Full Text of SR0609 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 Robert Glen Lamphere of Bull Valley, who | 4 | | passed away on May 19, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere was born in Geneva to Marian and | 6 | | Glen Lamphere on December 15, 1931; he attended Geneva High | 7 | | School, where he was an all-state athlete in football, | 8 | | basketball, and track; he attended the University of | 9 | | Wisconsin-Madison on a football scholarship, where he was a | 10 | | member of the 1953 Rose Bowl team and graduated with a degree | 11 | | in English in 1954; after graduation, he served as an officer | 12 | | in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere started his career at Van | 14 | | Vlissingen and Company as a commercial real estate broker, | 15 | | rising to the title of chairman; for over 50 years, he was a | 16 | | highly respected leader in the Chicago-area commercial real | 17 | | estate brokerage, development, and management community; his | 18 | | developments included the Oak Forest Industrial Park, the | 19 | | Palatine Expressway Industrial Park, the Northgate Industrial | 20 | | Center in Wheeling and in partnership with his son, Chuck | 21 | | Lamphere, the development of Lincolnshire Corporate Center, | 22 | | The Corporate Grove, and The Corporate Woods in Southern Lake | 23 | | County; he served as president of the Chicago Chapter of the |
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| 1 | | Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and was a board | 2 | | member of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development | 3 | | association; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere was a lifelong reader, dog lover, | 5 | | landscape designer, avid golfer, and founding member of the | 6 | | Bull Valley Golf Club; he was a proud alumnus and active | 7 | | supporter of the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department | 8 | | and the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere was preceded in death by his | 11 | | brother, Donald (Jacquelyn) Lamphere; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere is survived by his loving wife of | 13 | | 28 years, Nanette Obriot Lamphere; his children, Chuck (Sarah) | 14 | | Lamphere and Vicki (John) Burchard; his grandchildren, Gordon, | 15 | | Duncan and Malcolm Lamphere, and Elise Burchard; his | 16 | | half-sister, Laura Lee Leff; and many nieces and nephews; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Robert Glen Lamphere, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Robert Lamphere as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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