SR0533 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Marshall Rosenthal; and

WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal was born in the Chicago Housing Authority's Jane Addams Homes; he grew up on the old West Side and attended Roosevelt High School; and

WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal earned his bachelor's degree from DePaul University and his MBA from Michigan State University; he was teaching at UCLA and had almost completed his Ph.D. in finance at Michigan State when he decided to pursue a career in journalism; and

WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal was employed as the chief arts and amusements writer for the Chicago Daily News; he free-lanced for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Reader, where he originated the Hot Type media column; he worked as a producer and writer for WMAQ-TV and WBBM-TV and won 2 local Emmys for investigative reporting and spot news; he later handled communications for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, Evanston/Skokie School District 65, and the Golden Apple Foundation; he also worked as the Chicago writer for Rolling Stone magazine; and

WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal is survived by his daughter, Alisa; his son, Daniel; and his brother, Jerome; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Marshall Rosenthal; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Marshall Rosenthal as an expression of our sympathy.