Full Text of SR0421 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Leo J. "Bear" Sullivan III of Gurnee, who | 4 | | passed away on October 23, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on August 16, 1934 in St. Louis, | 6 | | Missouri; he graduated from Central Catholic High School in | 7 | | 1952, and recently attended his graduating class's 50th | 8 | | reunion; while attending St. Louis University, he clerked for | 9 | | two separate Police Magistrates in East St. Louis; he graduated | 10 | | from St. Louis University Law School in 1958 with a J.D. degree | 11 | | and was admitted to the Illinois and Missouri Bars the same | 12 | | year; the same year he joined the United States Navy and was | 13 | | commissioned in 1959 after completing OCS in Newport, Rhode | 14 | | Island; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, His first assignment as a Legal Officer was to the | 16 | | USNS Kodiak, Alaska where he served as the legal officer to | 17 | | that command and others; in September of 1960 he was | 18 | | transferred to the Administrative Command at Great Lakes, where | 19 | | he was in charge of the Courts Martial Unit and later acted as | 20 | | the Appellate Review Officer; in late 1960 he worked part time, | 21 | | nights, and weekends, for Snyder, Clarke, Dalziel, Holmquist | 22 | | and Johnson in Waukegan; upon his release from active duty in | 23 | | March of 1962, he became a member of the firm, and in 1967 he |
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| 1 | | was made a partner; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In November of 1962 he married Theresa "Terry" who | 3 | | passed away in 1999; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1968, he left the firm and started his own | 5 | | practice in Waukegan; it grew and was known as Sullivan, Smith, | 6 | | Hauser & Noonan Ltd; he became "of counsel" to the firm in | 7 | | 2001; during his practice he tried and argued cases at all | 8 | | levels of the Illinois Court system as well as in federal court | 9 | | and had the privilege of arguing a case before the U. S. | 10 | | Supreme Court; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, In 1984 and 1985, he was the President of the Lake | 12 | | County Bar Association; he served 2 terms as a member of the | 13 | | Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association; he was a past | 14 | | Chairman of the Board of the ISBA Mutual Insurance Company, a | 15 | | leading malpractice insurer of Illinois lawyers founded by the | 16 | | Illinois State Bar Association, and co-chairman of the Claims | 17 | | Committee; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, He lived with his wife Marilynn in Gurnee, where | 19 | | he had been a resident for over 45 years; when time permitted | 20 | | they spent time at their home near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; they | 21 | | enjoyed traveling and cruising when not spending time with the | 22 | | family; he was proud to have been a founding member and the |
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| 1 | | president of the first Montessori School in Waukegan, the | 2 | | president of the Immaculate Conception Parish Men's club, past | 3 | | president and board member of the Abbey Springs Yacht Club of | 4 | | Fontana, Wisconsin, and other community endeavors; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his mother and father, | 6 | | Marie and Leo (Bud) Sullivan; as well as his brothers, Richard, | 7 | | Carl, Leo, and Harry; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He will be truly missed by his wife, Marilynn; his | 9 | | sons, Leo IV, Mike, Terrence, Sean, and Kevin; his | 10 | | daughter-in-law, Lisa; his granddaughter, Britney; and his | 11 | | full-time caretaker, Carlos; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | his family and friends, the passing of Leo Sullivan; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Leo Sullivan as a symbol of our | 18 | | sincere sympathy.
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