Full Text of SR0803 94th General Assembly
SR0803 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 David MacDonald Gooder of | 4 |
| Chicago, on July 22, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago in 1917; he graduated | 6 |
| second in his class from New Trier High School; he graduated | 7 |
| from Harvard University with a major in economic theory and | 8 |
| then received his law degree from Northwestern Law School; he | 9 |
| was united in marriage in 1941 to the former Elizabeth Hunter; | 10 |
| he was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a longtime Downers Grove resident, moving | 12 |
| there with his wife following the war and joining the | 13 |
| international law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook in 1946; he was | 14 |
| an active member of the local community, serving on the Village | 15 |
| Council from 1963 to 1967, the Downers Grove Library Board from | 16 |
| 1959 to 1963, the DuPage Economic Development Council from 1983 | 17 |
| to 1985, the executive committee of the Oak Brook Development | 18 |
| Co. from 1964 to 1978, and was treasurer and chief financial | 19 |
| officer of the Butler Co. from 1966 to 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, He had a passion for the theater, having appeared | 21 |
| in more than 35 plays; he was proud of helping to build the | 22 |
| Theatre of Western Springs, of which he was an active member | 23 |
| from 1955 to 2000, and also of founding the Arts Business | 24 |
| Council; he further supported the arts through his actions as | 25 |
| chairman of the Advisory Council of DePaul University Theatre | 26 |
| School and board member of the League of Chicago Theatres and | 27 |
| the Court Theatre; he also served as president of the Illinois | 28 |
| Community Theatre Association, the American Community Theatre | 29 |
| Association, and the American Theatre Association during the | 30 |
| 1970s and 1980s; and
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| WHEREAS, Following the passing of his wife, he married |
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| fellow attorney Jean Allard; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of David MacDonald Gooder has been | 3 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Jean; his son, David | 4 |
| Jr.; his daughter, Wendy Sarano; his brother, Don; his sister, | 5 |
| Adrienne Pat Richard; his grandchildren, Brooke Royse and Bard; | 6 |
| and his great grandchildren; he was preceded in death in 1990 | 7 |
| by his first wife, Elizabeth "Betsy"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 |
| David MacDonald Gooder, and we extend our sincere condolences | 11 |
| to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 12 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 15 |
| sympathy.
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