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92_SR0181
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of David L. Amory, who passed away on June 12, 2001; and
5 WHEREAS, David Lowndes Amory grew up in Boston; he
6 graduated from Middlesex School in 1951 and earned his
7 bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1955; and
8 WHEREAS, David L. Amory worked briefly for General Mills,
9 where he liked to tell people that he ran dog biscuit
10 displays and would sample his wares to prove the biscuits
11 were good for pets; soon afterward, he became a stockbroker
12 at Merrill Lynch in Chicago, and by the 1970s, was a manager
13 at Smith-Barney; in the early 1980s, he joined Johnson &
14 Higgins, where he served as a vice president and helped
15 establish life insurance policies for United Airlines
16 employees; and
17 WHEREAS, David L. Amory served as president of the
18 Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
19 from 1988 to 1994 and transformed the agency from a
20 grass-roots group to one with broad community recognition and
21 organization by developing the group's board of directors and
22 using his contacts in the business world to organize
23 fundraisers that featured professional sports figures and
24 corporate sponsorship; in addition, he directed capital
25 campaigns for the College of Lake County Foundation and for
26 the Western Golf Association's Evans Scholarship Fund; and
27 WHEREAS, David L. Amory was active in Lake County's
28 grass-roots Republican organization for many years and headed
29 the Republican Federation, the fundraising arm for the GOP in
30 Lake County; in addition, he managed the state representative
31 campaign for now Lt. Governor Corrine Wood in the early
32 1990s; and
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1 WHEREAS, The passing of David L. Amory will be deeply
2 felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife,
3 Mary; his sons, Alex and David, Jr.; his daughter, Susan; his
4 brother, John; his sister, Mally Haight; and his five
5 grandchildren; therefore, be it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 all who knew him, the death of David L. Amory of Lake Bluff,
9 Illinois; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of David L. Amory with our sincere
12 condolences.