Full Text of HR0882 95th General Assembly
HR0882 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 Edward A. | 4 |
| Brennan of Burr Ridge, who passed away December 27, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Brennan was born in 1934 in Chicago;
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| a 1955 graduate of Marquette University; Mr. Brennan retired | 7 |
| from Sears, Roebuck and Company, as chairman and chief | 8 |
| executive officer on August 9, 1995, after a 39-year career; he | 9 |
| started with Sears in 1958 selling men's furnishings in | 10 |
| Madison, Wisconsin, and rose through the ranks to become Sears' | 11 |
| eleventh chairman, a position he achieved in 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the boards of Exelon Corporation and | 13 |
| McDonald's Corporation; in previous years, he served on the | 14 |
| boards of Allstate, 3M, Morgan Stanley, Dean Foods, and AMR, | 15 |
| the parent company of American Airlines, where he served as | 16 |
| executive chairman from April 2003 to May 2004;
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| previously served as chairman of the Board of Trustees at | 18 |
| DePaul University and Marquette University, and was president | 19 |
| of the United Way of America; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the chairman of the Board of Trustees of | 21 |
| Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and a member of the | 22 |
| United States Naval Academy Foundation Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Brennan was recognized for a lifetime of | 2 |
| philanthropy and civic leadership and a lifelong commitment to | 3 |
| public service and higher education in Chicago, as evidenced by | 4 |
| his 20 years of service as a DePaul trustee; he founded the | 5 |
| University's Corporate and Foundation Gifts Committee and also | 6 |
| helped to arrange numerous gifts to the university, funding | 7 |
| both scholarships and facilities; he also found time to serve | 8 |
| many other educational, Catholic, and not-for-profit | 9 |
| organizations; even in retirement, he still chaired the board | 10 |
| at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Brennan is survived by his wife of 52 | 12 |
| years, Lois L. (nee Lyon); his children, Edward J. (Deborah S.) | 13 |
| Brennan, Cindy B. (John) Walls, Sharon B. Lisnow, Donald A. | 14 |
| (Kimberly M.) Brennan, John L. (Jean M.) Brennan, and Linda B. | 15 |
| (Joel) Thode; his siblings, Bernard (Tammy) Brennan, David | 16 |
| (Mary) Brennan, Margaret Bourget, Melissa Brennan, and Joan | 17 |
| Ely; and 19 grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Edward | 21 |
| A. Brennan; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Edward A. Brennan as a symbol of our | 2 |
| sincere sympathy.
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