Full Text of SR0504 95th General Assembly
SR0504 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Edward A. Brennan of Burr Ridge, who | 4 |
| passed away December 27, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Brennan was born January 16, 1934 in | 6 |
| Chicago;
Mr. Brennan retired from Sears, Roebuck and Company, | 7 |
| as chairman and chief executive officer on August 9, 1995, | 8 |
| after a 39-year career; he started with Sears after his | 9 |
| graduation from Marquette University in 1956, selling men's | 10 |
| furnishings in Madison, Wisconsin, and rose through the ranks | 11 |
| to become Sears' eleventh chairman; and
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| WHEREAS, He was elected chairman and chief executive | 13 |
| officer of the company's retail group in 1981; he helped in the | 14 |
| acquisition of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. and Coldwell Banker | 15 |
| and Company; he became the chairman of the board and chief | 16 |
| executive officer of the Sears Corporation in 1986, the same | 17 |
| year that Sears launched the Discover Card; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, He served on the boards of Exelon Corporation and | 19 |
| McDonald's Corporation; in previous years, he served on the | 20 |
| boards of Allstate, 3M, Morgan Stanley, Dean Foods, and AMR, | 21 |
| the parent company of American Airlines, where he served as | 22 |
| executive chairman from April 2003 to May 2004;
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| previously served as chairman of the Board of Trustees at | 2 |
| DePaul University and Marquette University, and was president | 3 |
| of the United Way of America; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the chairman of the Board of Trustees of | 5 |
| Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and a member of the | 6 |
| United States Naval Academy Foundation Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Brennan was recognized for a lifetime of | 8 |
| philanthropy and civic leadership and a lifelong commitment to | 9 |
| public service and higher education in Chicago, as evidenced by | 10 |
| his 20 years of service as a DePaul trustee; he founded the | 11 |
| University's Corporate and Foundation Gifts Committee and also | 12 |
| helped to arrange numerous gifts to the university, funding | 13 |
| both scholarships and facilities; he also found time to serve | 14 |
| many other educational, Catholic, and not-for-profit | 15 |
| organizations; even in retirement, he still chaired the board | 16 |
| at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Brennan is survived by his wife of 52 | 18 |
| years, Lois L. (nee Lyon); his children, Edward J. (Deborah S.) | 19 |
| Brennan, Cindy B. (John) Walls, Sharon B. Lisnow, Donald A. | 20 |
| (Kimberly M.) Brennan, John L. (Jean M.) Brennan, and Linda B. | 21 |
| (Joel) Thode; his siblings, Bernard (Tammy) Brennan, David | 22 |
| (Mary) Brennan, Margaret Bourget, Melissa Brennan, and Joan | 23 |
| Ely; and 19 grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Edward A. Brennan; and | 4 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Edward A. Brennan as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sincere sympathy.
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