Full Text of SR0991 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of former Illinois State Representative | 4 | | James Richard "Jim" Reilly Jr., who passed away on April 4, | 5 | | 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly was born in Springfield to James and | 7 | | Alta Reilly on January 31, 1945; he graduated from Springfield | 8 | | High School and received his Bachelor of Science from Illinois | 9 | | College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago, | 10 | | where he was Phi Beta Kappa; he married M. Veronica Lynch in | 11 | | Saugatuck, Michigan in 1991; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly practiced law with the firm of | 13 | | Foreman, Rammelkamp, Bradney and Hall in Jacksonville and | 14 | | served as the Jacksonville City Attorney; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly was elected to the Illinois House of | 16 | | Representatives, representing Jacksonville and west central | 17 | | Illinois; he served for three terms over six years from 1977 | 18 | | until 1983 and had numerous accomplishments in the area of | 19 | | child welfare and protection; he chaired the Illinois | 20 | | Education and State Government Committees and the Committee on | 21 | | Appropriations; he was chief sponsor of the Illinois Human | 22 | | Rights Act and Emergency Medical Services Act and championed |
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| 1 | | reform for the Regional Transportation Authority; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly served as the chief executive officer | 3 | | of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), the | 4 | | agency that owns McCormick Place, the nation's largest | 5 | | convention center, and Navy Pier, Illinois' top tourist and | 6 | | leisure destination; he most recently served as a trustee of | 7 | | the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and as a life | 8 | | trustee of Navy Pier's Board of Directors; he oversaw the | 9 | | development and complete renovation of Navy Pier and the | 10 | | expansion of McCormick Place; under his leadership as trustee | 11 | | for the MPEA, historic measures were enacted to ensure the | 12 | | economic vitality of McCormick Place and Navy Pier; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly's professional experiences included | 14 | | serving as chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority, | 15 | | chief executive officer of the Chicago Convention and Tourism | 16 | | Bureau, and chairman of the board of the Illinois Capital | 17 | | Development Board; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly supported numerous organizations, | 19 | | including Navy Pier, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Mercy | 20 | | Hospital, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Choose | 21 | | Chicago, the Jacksonville Area Association of Citizens with | 22 | | Intellectual Disability, the Jacksonville Theater Guild, | 23 | | Illinois College, the Edgar Fellows Program, and Chicago's |
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| 1 | | culture and arts community; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly's favorite pastimes included trains, | 3 | | both real and models, and he showcased them for his many nieces | 4 | | and nephews during the holiday gatherings; he traveled | 5 | | extensively, both overseas and throughout the United States; | 6 | | his visits to Europe were frequent, and he enjoyed calling the | 7 | | British Island of Tortola a second home; he particularly | 8 | | appreciated Vienna, Taiwan, Venice, Kenya, and Paris; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly had a passion for the arts; his | 10 | | support of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony | 11 | | Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra reflected | 12 | | this and were surpassed only by his commitment and dedication | 13 | | to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater; he was an avid fan of the | 14 | | Chicago Bears and Chicago Bulls, although his years spent in | 15 | | downstate Illinois led to the St. Louis Cardinals becoming his | 16 | | favorite baseball team; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly was preceded in death by his parents; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reilly is survived by his wife of 30 years, | 20 | | Veronica; an aunt; many cherished cousins, brothers, and | 21 | | sisters-in-law; and numerous nieces, nephews, and their | 22 | | spouses; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | former Illinois State Representative James Richard "Jim" | 4 | | Reilly Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 5 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Rep. Reilly as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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