Full Text of HR0885 94th General Assembly
HR0885 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Daniel P. O'Brien was born in 1924 in Cook County | 3 |
| Hospital; he started shining shoes on Chicago streets at the | 4 |
| age of 8 to help pay the rent with his mother as she raised 2 | 5 |
| boys alone; and
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| WHEREAS, Because of his fighting abilities, Mr. O'Brien was | 7 |
| recruited by the Mercy Home to be a CYO boxer in a bantam | 8 |
| weight division; he was also recruited to the boxing team of | 9 |
| the USS Wakefield while serving in the Coast Guard during World | 10 |
| War II where he fought for the ship's championship, beating | 11 |
| Harold Schwartz; Mr. O'Brien has kept that fighting spirit | 12 |
| throughout his business career, becoming a successful | 13 |
| businessman in real estate, health care, and restaurants; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. O'Brien returned to Chicago after the war and | 15 |
| took a job as a taxi driver; in 1979, he opened O'Briens | 16 |
| Sirloin Inn to friends, neighbors, conventioneers, and | 17 |
| politicians; throughout the years, Mr. O'Brien's unwavering | 18 |
| vision, business savvy, and fighting spirit contributed to the | 19 |
| prosperity of Old Town; he spends most of his time now at | 20 |
| O'Briens Restaurant at Whittaker Woods Golf Course in New | 21 |
| Buffalo, Michigan; and
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| WHEREAS, Still working after 7 decades, Mr. O'Brien has | 23 |
| become multi-oriented to his businesses comprising of | 24 |
| restaurant and lodging hospitality, commercial and residential | 25 |
| real estate, long-term care, golf course design, and the | 26 |
| establishment of a taxi service in New Buffalo; at a young 80 | 27 |
| years old, the same spirit can be seen in Mr. O'Brien on a | 28 |
| daily basis; and
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| WHEREAS, His passions of his life begin at home; Mr. | 30 |
| O'Brien and his wife, Mary, have raised 6 children and have 16 | 31 |
| grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we congratulate Daniel O'Brien on being chosen as the Grand | 4 |
| Marshall of this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago, | 5 |
| and on all of his life's acheivements; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Mr. O'Brien as an expression of our respect and | 8 |
| esteem.
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