Full Text of HR0858 95th General Assembly
HR0858 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Reynaldo | 4 |
| Glover, who passed away on November 27, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Reynaldo Glover was born in Gary, Indiana, on | 6 |
| March 2, 1943, the second of six children; after graduating | 7 |
| from high school, he went to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend | 8 |
| Fisk University; in 1965, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, | 9 |
| earning an LL.B. in 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduation Reynaldo Glover went to work for | 11 |
| the Law Students Civil Rights Research Council in New York, | 12 |
| where he became the national executive director; after | 13 |
| returning to Chicago, he became a general partner at a number | 14 |
| of law firms culminating in his joining TLC Beatrice | 15 |
| International Holdings in New York in 1994 and becoming counsel | 16 |
| to DLA Piper in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1996-2000, Reynaldo Glover managed and | 18 |
| oversaw all corporate disposition transactions including the | 19 |
| sale by TLC of the third largest ice cream business in Spain, | 20 |
| the largest snack food business in Ireland, and the seventh | 21 |
| largest retail grocery chain in France; during 2007, Mr. Glover | 22 |
| oversaw the liquidation of the company;
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Glover was elected chairman of the Fisk | 2 |
| University Board of Trustees in 2003, a position he held until | 3 |
| his death; he served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of | 4 |
| the City Colleges of Chicago;
Mr. Glover was a member of the | 5 |
| Cook County Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the | 6 |
| Economic Club of Chicago, Alpha Phi Alpha, and Beta Boule Sigma | 7 |
| Pi Phi Fraternity; his favorite pursuit was archery and he was | 8 |
| an active member of the Chicago Archery Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Reynaldo Glover is survived by his wife, Pamela; | 10 |
| his children, Brian, Reynaldo Jr., Jharett, Brantley, Ryan, and | 11 |
| Shea; his three brothers; and his many relatives, friends, and | 12 |
| colleagues; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| mourn, along with his family, friends, and colleagues, the | 16 |
| passing of Reynaldo Glover; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Reynaldo Glover as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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