Full Text of SR1337 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 Michael J. Dolan of Oak Park, who | 4 | | passed away on March 4, 2022 at the age of 84; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Michael Dolan was born in Joliet and raised in | 6 | | Waukegan; he was the oldest of five children; he and his wife | 7 | | of 57 years, Barbara, started their family in Downstate | 8 | | Illinois while attending graduate school at Southern Illinois | 9 | | University in Carbondale; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Michael Dolan spent his career as a psychology | 11 | | administrator at multiple correctional facilities throughout | 12 | | the State, beginning in 1971 when he was employed at | 13 | | facilities for juvenile offenders by the Department of | 14 | | Children and Family Services (DCFS); he later transferred to | 15 | | the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), specifically | 16 | | the Menard Psychiatric Center, where he designed and | 17 | | implemented group counseling programs; he then transferred to | 18 | | the Dixon Correctional Center in Sterling in 1990, where he | 19 | | established a hospice program for elderly offenders at the | 20 | | center's Health Care Unit; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Michael Dolan and Barbara retired to Oak Park in | 22 | | 2004; during this chapter, he was actively involved with the |
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| 1 | | Nineteenth Century Charitable Association and served on | 2 | | numerous in-house committees; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Michael Dolan held a passion for acting and | 4 | | theater with humor and expressive faces being his trademarks; | 5 | | he was cast in plays into middle age; he also channeled his | 6 | | inner performer during routine social interactions; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Dolan enjoyed reading from many literary | 8 | | genres, including biographies and historical fiction; all the | 9 | | while, he kept up with updates in literature pertinent to his | 10 | | profession; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Michael Dolan was known as the family | 12 | | photographer, always carrying his camera to document ordinary | 13 | | and extraordinary moments with his wife, children, and | 14 | | grandchildren; he was also a notable home chef and handled the | 15 | | grocery shopping for his family; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Michael Dolan is survived by his children, Shelly | 17 | | (Tim Schaffert), Lynne (Mark Argyilan), and Sean (Hillary) | 18 | | Dolan, and his grandchildren, Margot, Jacob, River, Fiona, and | 19 | | Theo; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Michael J. Dolan and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Michael Dolan as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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