SR2256 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Charles R. "Cork" Walgreen III of Lake Forest, who passed away on September 26, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III was born in Chicago on November 11, 1935 to Mary Ann Leslie and Charles R. Walgreen Jr.; and

WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III started his 58-year Walgreens career in 1952 as a stock boy after school and on vacations; he later entered the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he earned his bachelor's degree in pharmacy in 1958; he returned to Walgreens in 1959 as a pharmacist at the store on Western Avenue in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, In 1963, Charles Walgreen III was named Administrative Assistant to the Vice-President of Operations and was elected to the company's board of directors; he served as District Manager from 1965 to 1966 and as Western Regional Director and Midwestern Regional Director from 1966 to 1968; he was named Vice-President in 1968, President in 1969, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1971, and Chairman and CEO in 1976; he served as Walgreens Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in January of 1998; he remained Chairman until August of 1999; he retired from the board of directors as Chairman Emeritus in 2010; and

WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III was a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Director and Chairman of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Director of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, and Director of Junior Achievement of Chicago; he was a member of many other charitable and civic organizations; and

WHEREAS, In 2004, Charles Walgreen III donated $2 million to his alma mater, the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, to establish a professorship focusing on researching the socioeconomics of health care policies, regulations, and ethics; and

WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Tad Alexander Walgreen Sr.; and

WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III is survived by his wife, Kathleen B. Walgreen; his sons, Charles Richard Walgreen, Kevin Walgreen, Leslie Ray Walgreen, Chris Patrick Walgreen, Tad Alexander Walgreen, and Carl Allen Jr.; his daughters, Brooke Julia Walgreen, and Jorie Allen Grassie; 19 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his sister, Leslie Ann Walgreen Pratt; his brother, James Alan Walgreen; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Charles R. "Cork" Walgreen III, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Charles Walgreen III as an expression of our deepest sympathy.