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