Full Text of SR1254 98th 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 Tom Meyer of Rockford; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Tom Meyer was a Rockford native; he was a graduate | 5 | | of Auburn High School, Illinois State University, and the John | 6 | | Marshall Law School in Chicago; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1979, Tom Meyer won a seat on the Rockford City | 8 | | Council as Third Ward alderman, replacing future Mayor John | 9 | | McNamara; in 1981, he helped McNamara in his successful bid for | 10 | | mayor; during his tenure on the City Council, he helped | 11 | | negotiate with Democrats and Republicans to get ordinances | 12 | | passed as the City made its way out of the early 1980s | 13 | | recession that pushed the Rockford jobless rate at one point to | 14 | | 25%; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After serving 2 terms as alderman, Tom Meyer | 16 | | became a political savant, helping with Mayor McNamara's | 17 | | reelection in 1985; he subsequently worked on the 3 mayoral | 18 | | campaigns of Charles Box and the mayoral campaign of Doug | 19 | | Scott; he most recently served as an adviser to the successful | 20 | | City Council bid of Tom McNamara, the son of John McNamara; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Tom Meyer served as an attorney for 38 years with |
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| 1 | | several different partners; most recently, he worked at Meyer | 2 | | and Horning, a full-service law firm representing | 3 | | corporations, small businesses, and entrepreneurs in areas of | 4 | | real estate, personal injury, and family law; for more than 20 | 5 | | years, he spent much of his time representing the Rockford | 6 | | Housing Authority; the past 5 years of his practice included | 7 | | his son, Nicholas; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Tom Meyer was an avid Chicago White Sox fan who | 9 | | coached youth soccer, basketball, and baseball games when he | 10 | | was younger and played thousands of rounds of golf; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Tom Meyer is survived by his mother, Ellen; his | 12 | | wife, Lydia, whom he married in 1993; his sons, Nathan, | 13 | | Nicholas, and Noah; 6 grandchildren; 2 brothers; and his | 14 | | sister; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 17 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Tom Meyer; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Tom Meyer as an expression of our | 21 | | sympathy.
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