Full Text of SR0952 101st 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 William E. "Wild Bill" Dugan of Hancock, | 4 | | Maryland who passed away on January 10, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Dugan was born on August 16, 1933; he grew | 6 | | up in West Virginia; he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving | 7 | | three tours in Korea with the 82nd Airborne Division as a | 8 | | paratrooper; after returning to the U.S., he moved to Chicago | 9 | | with his uncle; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In Chicago, William Dugan joined the | 11 | | International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, working | 12 | | as an equipment operator; he served as a business agent for the | 13 | | union from 1965 to 1984; he was elected Local 150's President | 14 | | Business Manager in 1986, a position he held until his | 15 | | retirement in 2008; he created the Local 150 Organizing | 16 | | Department and convinced the union's membership to establish an | 17 | | administrative dues structure to fund it; he helped negotiate | 18 | | significant wage and benefit increases in Heavy Highway and | 19 | | Building Agreements, which lasted until 2010; he established | 20 | | the Local 150 Legal Department in 2002; he convinced the union | 21 | | to increase dues in order to build the Wilmington training site | 22 | | in 2004, which opened in 2007 and was named for him after his | 23 | | retirement; he was also the former owner of the Old Country |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, William Dugan was appointed to the Illinois State | 3 | | Toll Highway Authority by then Governor Jim Thompson; he also | 4 | | served on the Executive Board of the Chicago Federation of | 5 | | Labor and as a General Vice President of the International | 6 | | Union of Operating Engineers; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, William Dugan was a lifelong Republican; he was an | 8 | | avid hunter and outdoorsman; he was also a Chicago Bears | 9 | | football fan; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, William Dugan was preceded in death by his | 11 | | brother, Roger Dugan; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, William Dugan is survived by his wife, Dorothy | 13 | | "Dottie" (Lynch) Dugan; his daughters, Billie Jean Fischer and | 14 | | Lisa Weller; his grandchildren, Brandon William Fischer and | 15 | | Luke Weller; his great-grandchildren, Natalie Fischer and | 16 | | Brandon William Fischer Jr.; his siblings, Joy, Dellan, Gary, | 17 | | Larry, and Hal; his many nieces and nephews; and his pet, | 18 | | Buster; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | William E. "Wild Bill" Dugan and extend our sincere condolences |
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| 1 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of William Dugan as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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