Full Text of SR0345 100th 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 Burton D. Cohen, who passed away on March | 4 | | 4, 2017 at the age of 77; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Burton Cohen graduated from the Illinois | 6 | | Institute of Technology and earned a Juris Doctorate from | 7 | | Northwestern University; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Burton Cohen spent 35 years at McDonald's | 9 | | Corporation; he retired as Sr. Vice-President and Chief | 10 | | Franchising Officer, where he oversaw McDonald's franchising | 11 | | activities worldwide and helped the company grow into the | 12 | | Fortune 500; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In his retirement years, Burton Cohen kept busy as | 14 | | the founder of Burton D. Cohen & Associates; he served on the | 15 | | boards of many firms including The Learning Experience and The | 16 | | Dwyer Group; he co-authored and taught Strategic Franchising as | 17 | | a faculty member at the Kellogg School of Management at | 18 | | Northwestern University; the wildly popular course, which he | 19 | | taught for 15 years, became the gold standard in business | 20 | | school curricula; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Burton Cohen was an avid tennis player, biker, and |
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| 1 | | golfer; he enjoyed travel and photography, taking his camera to | 2 | | six continents; he loved to cook, listen to jazz, opera, and | 3 | | classical music, and spend time with his family; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Burton Cohen is survived by his wife of 48 years, | 5 | | Linda; his children, David (Kristin) and Jordana (Richard); and | 6 | | his grandchildren, Jonah, Theodore, and Florence; therefore, | 7 | | be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Burton D. Cohen, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Burton Cohen as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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