Full Text of SR1275 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 Richard H. Driehaus of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on March 9, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Driehaus was born on July 27, 1942 and | 6 | | was a lifelong resident of Chicago; he graduated from St. | 7 | | Margaret of Scotland Catholic Grammar School, St. Ignatius | 8 | | College Prep, and Southeast Junior College; he earned his | 9 | | bachelor's degree in 1965 from DePaul University and his | 10 | | Master of Business Administration from DePaul in 1970; he also | 11 | | holds honorary doctoral degrees from DePaul and St. Xavier | 12 | | University; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Richard Driehaus joined A.G. Becker and within | 14 | | two years became its youngest portfolio manager in addition to | 15 | | being ranked among the top 1% of the portfolio managers | 16 | | measured by the A.G. Becker Fund Evaluation Service; from 1973 | 17 | | to 1979, he worked at various brokerage firms, including | 18 | | Mullaney, Wells & Co. as Director of Research and Jesup & | 19 | | Lamont as Director of Research and a money manager; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1979, Richard Driehaus formed the stock | 21 | | brokerage firm Driehaus Securities Corporation; in 1982, he | 22 | | formed Driehaus Capital Management, which currently manages |
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| 1 | | $13.2 billion in assets; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2000, Richard Driehaus was featured by | 3 | | Barron's magazine as part of the All-Century team of the 25 | 4 | | individuals identified as the most influential within the | 5 | | mutual fund industry over the past 100 years; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Richard Driehaus recognized early in his career | 7 | | that giving back to society makes for a fuller life; he focused | 8 | | his attention and energy on a wide variety of philanthropic | 9 | | and community service endeavors and donated in excess of $5 | 10 | | million per year, which was done individually and through the | 11 | | efforts of The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the Richard | 12 | | H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trusts; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Since 2001, the annual Richard H. Driehaus prize | 14 | | for classical architecture, through the University of Notre | 15 | | Dame, has honored architects from around the world; the | 16 | | $200,000 prize promotes and encourages the principles of | 17 | | traditional, classical, and sustainable architecture and | 18 | | urbanism; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Driehaus was the devoted father of | 20 | | Tereza, Caroline, and Katherine Driehaus; the loving brother | 21 | | of Dorothy (Art) Mellin and Elizabeth Driehaus (Demitrios | 22 | | Athens); and the fond uncle and great-uncle of numerous nieces |
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| 1 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Richard H. Driehaus and extend our sincere condolences to his | 5 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Richard Driehaus as an expression | 9 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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