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90_SR0229
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sincerest sympathies to the family of Robert J.
4 Day, who passed away on July 7, 1998; and
5 WHEREAS, Robert J. Day was a native of Pennsylvania, born
6 on February 19, 1925; he went to work for the United States
7 Gypsum Company in 1950 as a salesman; he held several
8 management positions, and in 1979 became executive vice
9 president and a member of USG's board of directors; from 1981
10 to 1985 he was president and chief operating officer, and
11 then became chairman and chief executive officer; in May of
12 1990 he retired as USG chairman; and
13 WHEREAS, Mr. Day was a former board chairman and director
14 of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; he sat on the boards
15 of Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, the Lyric
16 Opera of Chicago, the Great Books Foundation, United Way,
17 and the Robert Crown Center for Health Education in Hinsdale;
18 Mr. Day recently served on the leadership council of the
19 DuPage Children's Museum; and
20 WHEREAS, Mr. Day was asked to fill a vacancy on the
21 DuPage County Board by then-Chairman Gayle Franzen; Mr. Day
22 had won nomination to a full term in the recent GOP primary,
23 and was on the ballot for the November election; and
24 WHEREAS, Mr. Day is survived by his wife, Marcia Udine
25 Day; his daughters, Margot Day Henshaw and Darcy Day Zoells;
26 his son, Douglas; and nine grandchildren; therefore, be it
27 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
28 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his
29 family and friends, the death of Robert J. Day of Hinsdale,
30 Illinois; may they find comfort and peace in this time of
31 need; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Robert J. Day.