Full Text of SR1040 101st 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 Daniel M. "Dan" Pierce of Highland Park, | 4 | | who passed away on February 13, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce was born in Chicago on March 31, 1928; | 6 | | he graduated from New Trier High School; he earned degrees from | 7 | | Harvard College and Harvard Law School; he served in the U.S. | 8 | | Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps and attended the U.S. | 9 | | Air Force Command & Staff School during the Korean War; he | 10 | | married Rhoda Ann Kaplan; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce was with the law firm of Altheimer, | 12 | | Gray, Naiburg, Strasburger & Lawton for the remainder of his | 13 | | legal career; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce served in the Illinois House of | 15 | | Representatives from 1965 to 1985; during that time, he was the | 16 | | chairman of the House Environment Committee; he was very proud | 17 | | to be involved in the passage of a special education bill for | 18 | | school age children and also the Pollution Control Act in 1969, | 19 | | a year before the Federal Government took action; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce served as a three-term mayor of | 21 | | Highland Park from 1987 to 1995 and 1999 to 2003; his |
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| 1 | | accomplishments in office included overseeing the completion | 2 | | of the Clavey Road clover leaf project, working on the Sister | 3 | | Cities Foundation, and preserving the former American Legion | 4 | | building on Sheridan Road, which is now home to The Art Center | 5 | | of Highland Park; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce was elected to the North Shore Water | 7 | | Reclamation District, formerly known as the North Shore | 8 | | Sanitary District, in 2004; he was currently serving as its | 9 | | president and had been in that position for over a decade; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce further served his community as a | 11 | | member of the American Legion Board, the Healthcare Foundation | 12 | | of Highland Park Board of Trustees, and the Rotary Club of | 13 | | Highland Park/Highwood; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce was respected for his wit and | 15 | | intelligence; he was a mentor, friend, and colleague to all who | 16 | | came to know him; he leaves behind a legacy of community and | 17 | | public service accomplishments; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce was preceded in death by his sister, | 19 | | Ellen (Gardner) Grant; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dan Pierce is survived by his wife of almost 39 | 21 | | years, Rhoda Ann Pierce; his sons, Andrew (Margalynne), Anthony |
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| 1 | | (Teresa), and Theodore (Anne); his stepsons, Eric (Blake) and | 2 | | Peter (Katie); his grandchildren, Rebecca, Catherine, Oliver, | 3 | | Martin, Ellen, Phoebe, and Roscoe; and his sister, Susan | 4 | | (Louis) Axelrod; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Daniel M. "Dan" Pierce and extend our sincere condolences to | 8 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Dan Pierce as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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