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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Kevin M. Dolan of Mundelein, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on October 7, 2023; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Kevin Dolan was born in Youngstown, Ohio to John | ||||||
6 | and Mary Dolan on July 15, 1957; he attended St. Edwards | ||||||
7 | Elementary School and Ursuline High School; he graduated from | ||||||
8 | the University of Notre Dame in 1979 with a degree in finance, | ||||||
9 | and while in college, he developed a number of lifelong | ||||||
10 | friendships; he married Barb Wirtes in 1981; and | ||||||
11 | WHEREAS, Kevin Dolan began working for Abbott Laboratories | ||||||
12 | after graduation; he worked there for 33 years, retiring in | ||||||
13 | 2012; while there, he served in a number of finance and | ||||||
14 | accounting roles, including vice president and controller for | ||||||
15 | TAP Pharmaceuticals and vice president and controller of the | ||||||
16 | US Pharmaceutical Division, and enjoyed close friendships with | ||||||
17 | many colleagues; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Kevin Dolan served as Mundelein park district | ||||||
19 | commissioner beginning in 1997; during which time, he founded | ||||||
20 | the annual Dolan St. Patrick's Day Party; he was a member of | ||||||
21 | the school board for the Santa Maria del Popolo School, and | ||||||
22 | this experience as an elected official inspired him to seek |
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1 | his position with the park district; he also served on the | ||||||
2 | board of trustees for the Illinois Association of Park | ||||||
3 | Districts (IAPD) and as a former chairman of the IAPD board; | ||||||
4 | and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Kevin Dolan loved golf since he was a child, | ||||||
6 | which would inspire him to become owner and proprietor of the | ||||||
7 | Four Seasons Golf Resort and Tiki Bar; his other | ||||||
8 | post-retirement pursuits apart from golfing and abundant | ||||||
9 | grilling for folks, included serving on the executive board of | ||||||
10 | North Shore Bank and being a silent partner in Our Lord's | ||||||
11 | Little Ones Preschool; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Kevin Dolan was a 3rd degree member of the | ||||||
13 | Mundelein chapter of the Knights of Columbus; he coached his | ||||||
14 | sons' basketball teams and had played in basketball and | ||||||
15 | softball leagues with his friends; he was a Tig Award winner at | ||||||
16 | the Bud Bash; above all, he cherished his role as a husband and | ||||||
17 | father; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Kevin Dolan was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
19 | and his brother, Jack Dolan; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, Kevin Dolan is survived by wife, Barb; his | ||||||
21 | children, Brian, Maggie, Sean, Kevin, and Meghan; and his | ||||||
22 | grandchildren, Maeve, Clare, and Quinn; therefore, be it |
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
3 | Kevin M. Dolan and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
4 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
5 | further | ||||||
6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Kevin Dolan as an expression of our | ||||||
8 | deepest sympathy. |