Full Text of SR0043 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Daniel Joseph Edelman of | 4 | | Chicago; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Edelman was born in Manhattan in New York | 6 | | City on July 3, 1920, to Selig and Selma Edelman; he graduated | 7 | | from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and from Columbia | 8 | | University in 1940; he spent time as a sports reporter and | 9 | | served in the U.S. Army during World War II; after the war, he | 10 | | was a night reporter for CBS in New York and worked as a | 11 | | publicist for Musicraft Records; he married Ruth Ann Rozumoff; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, By 1947, Daniel Edelman was living in Chicago; he | 14 | | was the founder and chairman of one of the largest public | 15 | | relations firms in the world and a groundbreaker in the field; | 16 | | he began his company in a small office in Chicago in 1952 and | 17 | | it has grown to include 63 offices in 26 countries, with more | 18 | | than 4,600 employees; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, His company has helped build such well-known | 20 | | brands as Sara Lee, KFC, Microsoft, Pfizer, General Electric, | 21 | | Wal-Mart Stores, Abbott Laboratories, Samsung, Royal Dutch | 22 | | Shell, Kraft, Johnson & Johnson, and Unilever; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Edelman is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann; | 2 | | his sons, John and Richard; his daughter, Renee; and his 3 | 3 | | granddaughters; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Daniel Edelman, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 7 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Daniel Edelman as an expression of | 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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