Full Text of SR0773 94th General Assembly
SR0773 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of John Noel of Glen Ellyn on | 4 |
| Saturday, April 29, 2006; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Noel was born on August 17, 1946, in Chicago; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, He was serving his second term as a DuPage County | 8 |
| board member; since 2005, he served as the board's vice | 9 |
| chairman; he was elected to his post in 2000 and served as | 10 |
| chairman of the public transit committee and a member of the | 11 |
| storm water, technology, and transportation committees; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2005, the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference | 13 |
| named Mr. Noel as intergovernmental leader of the year; and
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| WHEREAS, He practiced law at Noel and Associates, a firm he | 15 |
| founded in 1995; previously, he was vice president and | 16 |
| associate general counsel for Waste Management of Oak Brook, | 17 |
| where he managed complex civil and criminal litigation; he also | 18 |
| served as an officer at the law firm Chadwell and Kayser in | 19 |
| Chicago; his legal career began at the Illinois Attorney | 20 |
| General's Office, where he was chief of the antitrust division; | 21 |
| he was also a partner in Century Philanthropy Group; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the American Bar Association, | 23 |
| the American Arbitration Association, the Illinois State Bar | 24 |
| Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar | 25 |
| Association, and Medinah Country Club; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1992 to 2002, he was co-director of the | 27 |
| capital building campaign for St. Petronille Church; he was an | 28 |
| active supporter of capital projects for several area churches; | 29 |
| because of his knowledge and experience, Bishop Joseph Imesch |
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| appointed him as member counsel on administration for the | 2 |
| Diocese of Joliet; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Noel earned an A. B. degree from the | 4 |
| University of Notre Dame and his Juris Doctorate degree from | 5 |
| the Loyola University of School Law in Chicago; he completed | 6 |
| course work for his teacher's certification at Northeastern | 7 |
| Illinois University and Dominican University; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Noel has been deeply felt by | 9 |
| many, especially his sons, Benjamin and Matthew; his brother, | 10 |
| Melbourne Jr. (Sandra) Noel; and his nieces, Emma, Anna, | 11 |
| Melissa, and Rebecca; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 |
| John Noel, and we extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 15 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 18 |
| sympathy.
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