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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of William | ||||||
| 4 | E. Brazley of Olympia Fields, who passed away November 8, 2008; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Architect William E. Brazley Jr. left his mark on | ||||||
| 7 | the skyline of Chicago, the suburbs and O'Hare Airport, but one | ||||||
| 8 | of his proudest moments was when he stepped on the golf course | ||||||
| 9 | at Olympia Fields Country Club in 1992; Mr. Brazley and Eric | ||||||
| 10 | Johnson, the former head of Johnson Products Company, were the | ||||||
| 11 | first two African Americans voted into the old-line country | ||||||
| 12 | club by the membership; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Mr. Brazley started William E. Brazley & | ||||||
| 14 | Associates Ltd., a Matteson architectural company, with his | ||||||
| 15 | wife, Peggy, in 1975; they built the company into a one of the | ||||||
| 16 | largest minority-owned architectural firms in the Midwest, | ||||||
| 17 | with more than 40 employees and two additional offices; the | ||||||
| 18 | company completed more than 500 projects during its 30-year | ||||||
| 19 | history; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, In addition, the firm designed and built the $50 | ||||||
| 21 | million joint cargo facility at O'Hare Airport for Lufthansa | ||||||
| 22 | and Air France Airlines, the $40 million convocation center at | ||||||
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| 1 | Chicago State University, and the Maywood public works | ||||||
| 2 | facility, as well as numerous schools, churches, and | ||||||
| 3 | educational municipal buildings in the Chicago area, Michigan, | ||||||
| 4 | and Indiana; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The company also worked with other builders on | ||||||
| 6 | major ventures including the McCormick Place Annex, the United | ||||||
| 7 | Terminal at O'Hare, Navy Pier expansion, and the modernization | ||||||
| 8 | of Cook County Hospital; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Mr. Brazley was a graduate of Thornton High School | ||||||
| 10 | in Harvey and Purdue University and did advanced work at | ||||||
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; before starting his | ||||||
| 12 | firm he was director of facilities management and assistant | ||||||
| 13 | budget director at Governors State University; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He was an accomplished chef who was proud of his | ||||||
| 15 | gumbo; he had an extensive outdoor kitchen that was once | ||||||
| 16 | featured on a home and garden television show; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, William Brazley is survived by his wife, Peggy; | ||||||
| 18 | his two sons, Kerry and Kendall; five grandchildren; and his | ||||||
| 19 | Goddaughter, Bettie Lewis; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
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| 1 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 2 | William Brazley; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of William E. Brazley as a symbol of | ||||||
| 5 | our sincere sympathy.
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