Full Text of SR0585 103rd General Assembly
SR0585 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0585 | | LRB103 31669 ECR 60160 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Peter James McLennon, who passed away | 4 | | on January 27, 2023 at the age of 80; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon was the son of a physician and | 6 | | attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary before graduating from | 7 | | Fenwick High School; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon received undergraduate degrees in | 9 | | history and statistics from the University of Illinois at | 10 | | Chicago; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon's undergraduate education took him | 12 | | eleven years and involved six other schools; he also spent | 13 | | time as an Army drill sergeant in Louisiana and as a deckhand | 14 | | aboard a Great Lakes freighter, the Edmund Fitzgerald; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon performed research for the | 16 | | advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding and also advised on | 17 | | policy and election procedures for former Cook County Clerk | 18 | | David Orr; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon owned a printing company named | 20 | | Otis, which is a name he shared with his brother Bob who |
| | | SR0585 | - 2 - | LRB103 31669 ECR 60160 r |
|
| 1 | | founded the Wisconsin blues band, Otis and the Alligators; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon became the chief researcher for | 3 | | Carol Mosely Braun in 1992 when he helped her lead a successful | 4 | | campaign for the U.S. Senate; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon once bicycled alone from Texas to | 6 | | Chicago in a test of fortitude and solitude; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon moved no further from Chicago than | 8 | | Oak Park after marrying his wife, the late Phyllis Stepak | 9 | | McLennon, though he never settled; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon and Phyllis once bought a | 11 | | three-flat and moved three times, first into the building and | 12 | | twice more in changing floors; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon's stories about life and his | 14 | | experiences mixed merriment with scorn and scholarship; he was | 15 | | never wrong about saints and medieval schisms; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Peter McLennon is survived by his two daughters, | 17 | | Sarah and Paula McLennon; his son-in-law, P.J. Klapperich; | 18 | | Piper, Skyler, and Oscar Klapperich; his sister, MaryEllen | 19 | | Pollock; and his brother; therefore, be it
|
| | | SR0585 | - 3 - | LRB103 31669 ECR 60160 r |
|
| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Peter James McLennon and extend our sincere condolences to his | 4 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Peter James McLennon as an | 8 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
|
|