Full Text of SR0027 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 Martin J. "Marty" Gleason, who passed | 4 | | away on October 1, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marty Gleason was an active participant in | 6 | | Illinois Democratic politics for more than five decades; a 1955 | 7 | | graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he served as the | 8 | | Precinct Committeeman for Precinct 35 in Burr Ridge and, until | 9 | | his death, was an active volunteer for Bill Foster; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Marty Gleason served on the delegation to the | 11 | | Democratic National Committee in 1964 and again in 1972; he | 12 | | also served as State Central Committeeman and actively | 13 | | supported the Senate's campaigns for Adlai Stevenson, Paul | 14 | | Douglas, and Paul Simon; in addition to serving in these roles, | 15 | | he also ran for State Senate and for Congress; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1968, Marty Gleason served as the Deputy Floor | 17 | | Manager for Eugene McCarthy at the Democratic National | 18 | | Convention in Chicago; a 2008 article for the Daily Herald | 19 | | noted, "with convention experiences running the gamut from | 20 | | rubbing shoulders with celebrities Paul Newman and Joanne | 21 | | Woodward to bailing McCarthy volunteers out of jail at one in | 22 | | the morning, Gleason summed it up as 'like rolling over Niagara |
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| 1 | | Falls in a barrel'"; in Arthur Herzog III's book on the | 2 | | McCarthy campaign, Gleason recounted that Stephen A. Mitchell | 3 | | drafted him for the role because he had the reputation of being | 4 | | a "political alley fighter"; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marty Gleason was a true pioneer for the | 6 | | Democratic Party; he was at the forefront of many changes in | 7 | | the political landscape in DuPage and Will Counties, as well as | 8 | | the State of Illinois; he was always willing to accept the | 9 | | challenges that needed his energy and experience and worked for | 10 | | the good of the cause; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Marty Gleason was the husband of Nancy Sweeney | 12 | | (Voris) Gleason, the father of Lisa (Jim) Sattler and Cara | 13 | | Guzman, the stepfather of John Sweeney, Colleen (Warren) | 14 | | Jablonsky, Kevin (Shawn) Sweeney, Tim (Tracy) Sweeney, and | 15 | | Peter Sweeney, the grandfather of 16, and the great-grandfather | 16 | | of 12; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Martin J. "Marty" Gleason and extend our sincere condolences to | 20 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Marty Gleason as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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