Full Text of HR0093 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Laurence | 4 | | J. Msall, who passed away on February 4, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was born to Emil and Lucille Msall | 6 | | in Chicago in the winter of 1962; he graduated from St. | 7 | | Ignatius High School in Chicago in 1980; he earned his | 8 | | bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Knox | 9 | | College in Galesburg in 1984, where he was a member of the Phi | 10 | | Delta Theta fraternity; he earned his Juris Doctor at Loyola | 11 | | University School of Law, Evening Division, in 1992; he | 12 | | married Nicola Hill-Cordell in 2018; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Knox College, Laurence | 14 | | Msall moved to Springfield to work for then-Governor Jim | 15 | | Thompson at the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs; | 16 | | in 1990, he joined the staff of the Commercial Club of Chicago | 17 | | as vice president, where he worked with the CEOs of some of | 18 | | Chicago's largest corporations to promote regional economic | 19 | | development strategies and special projects, including the | 20 | | Chicago Bears stadium and reorganization of the United Way of | 21 | | Chicago; in 1999, he was appointed by then-Governor George H. | 22 | | Ryan as senior advisor for Economic Development, where he was | 23 | | responsible for the oversight of 11 of the State's economic |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, In January 2002, Laurence Msall became president | 3 | | of the Civic Federation, an independent, non-partisan | 4 | | government research organization; over his 20-year tenure as | 5 | | president, he worked tirelessly to make the organization an | 6 | | indispensable source of reliable fiscal information and | 7 | | government process recommendations to public officials, the | 8 | | media, and the general public; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall belonged to several organizations, | 10 | | including the Board of Directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, | 11 | | the Chicago Civic Consulting Alliance, the Cook County Health | 12 | | Nominating Committee, and the Kennedy Forum of Illinois; he | 13 | | served on the Knox College Board of Trustees since 2017, which | 14 | | included serving on the 2020-21 Presidential Search Committee; | 15 | | he also served on the Advisory Board of the University of | 16 | | Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs and NPR | 17 | | Illinois Issues; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was an active volunteer with PADS | 19 | | Homeless Shelter and L'arche Chicago; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was an avid runner, fisherman, | 21 | | world traveler, and White Sox fan; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a doting father, a loving | 2 | | husband, a true sibling, a generous friend and mentor, and a | 3 | | true Chicago civic leader; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was preceded in death by his | 5 | | parents and his brother, Gerard Peter; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall is survived by his wife; his | 7 | | daughters, Lucille, Camille, and Matilda; his wife's children, | 8 | | Alex (Maria), Samantha (Michael), Tommy, Tess, and Oscar; his | 9 | | grandchildren, Valerie, Owen, and Reece Jeffrey; his siblings, | 10 | | Michael (Karla), Anita, Karin (Steve) Fischer, Mary (Scott) | 11 | | Rogers, Camille, Madeleine (Frank Mauceri), Christianne, and | 12 | | Julianne (Christopher) Pegler; his first wife, Mary Jo Smith; | 13 | | his many nieces and nephews; and his legion of friends; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we mourn the passing of
Laurence J. Msall and extend our | 18 | | sincere
condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 19 | | and loved
him; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 21 | | presented to the family of Laurence Msall as an expression of
| 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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