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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Richard M. "Dick" Jaffee; and
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4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaffee graduated from the University of |
5 | | Wisconsin School of Business in 1957; he received honorary |
6 | | Doctor of Humane Letters from the Illinois Institute of |
7 | | Technology in 2001 and Rush University in 2013; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaffee earned his CPA certificate from the |
9 | | State of Illinois in 1957 and briefly worked in public |
10 | | accounting for the firm of Deloitte & Touche; in 1958, after |
11 | | serving as an officer in the United States Army, he joined the |
12 | | Oil-Dri Corporation of America; he assumed the role of |
13 | | president from his father and company founder, Nick Jaffee, in |
14 | | 1960, and became chief executive officer in 1962; under his |
15 | | stewardship, the company became a worldwide leader in the |
16 | | manufacturing of clay products, employing 800 people; he |
17 | | retired in 2001 but continued to serve as chairman of the board |
18 | | until his passing; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, From 2008 to 2013, Richard Jaffee served as |
20 | | chairman of the board of trustees of Rush University Medical |
21 | | Center and chairman of its executive committee; he chaired |
22 | | Rush's largest-ever capital campaign, ultimately raising over |
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1 | | $389 million; his legacy remains forever memorialized by the |
2 | | new Rush University Center hospital dedicated in 2012; he was a |
3 | | life trustee of the Illinois Institute of Technology, the |
4 | | Museum of Science and Industry, and the Chicago History Museum; |
5 | | he served on an SEC advisory committee on smaller public |
6 | | companies and on an advisory committee to the Chicago Federal |
7 | | Reserve; he also served as a director of Harris Bank until |
8 | | 2006; and |
9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaffee was inducted into the Chicago |
10 | | Business Hall of Fame and received the Making History Award; |
11 | | and |
12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaffee was known to invest in the personal |
13 | | stories of everyone around him, from cab drivers to the valets |
14 | | at Rush; he loved to help people, usually by connecting them to |
15 | | someone who could be of further assistance; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaffee was the beloved husband of the late |
17 | | Shirley Handmaker Jaffee to whom he was married for 60 years; |
18 | | the loving father of Susan (David), Karen (Thomas), Nancy |
19 | | (William), and Daniel (Heidi); the grandfather of Jennifer, |
20 | | Michael, Kevin (Rebecca), Jimmy, Coley, Becca, Camille, |
21 | | Jeffrey, Taylor, Elise, Claire, Joey, Jaqueline, and |
22 | | Nathaniel; and loving brother to Robert (Phyllis); therefore, |
23 | | be it
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1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
3 | | Richard M. "Dick" Jaffee, and extend our sincere condolences to |
4 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
5 | | further
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6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
7 | | presented to the family of Richard Jaffee as an expression of |
8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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