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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 Edmund J. |
| 4 | | "Eddie" O'Connor of Lake Forest, who passed away on January 17, |
| 5 | | 2011; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Eddie O'Connor was born in 1925 and raised on the |
| 7 | | west side of Chicago; his father, William, was a Chicago |
| 8 | | policeman who originally hailed from Limerick, Ireland and his |
| 9 | | mother, Elizabeth, was from
County Cork, Ireland; he worked his |
| 10 | | way through school as both an Andy Frain usher at
Chicago |
| 11 | | sporting events and as a conductor on the elevated train |
| 12 | | system; he attended St. Ignatius
College Prep before enlisting |
| 13 | | in the United States Marine Corps, where he served as a tail |
| 14 | | gunner on a
dive bomber in the Pacific Theatre during World War |
| 15 | | II; he later attended DePaul University as an
undergraduate and |
| 16 | | law student on the G.I. Bill; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Eddie O'Connor, along with his late brother, |
| 18 | | William "Billy" O'Connor, traded
agricultural commodities at |
| 19 | | the Chicago Board of Trade ("CBOT") and started the O'Connor
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| 20 | | and Company clearing firm in 1959; Eddie and Billy O'Connor |
| 21 | | played key roles in the management of the CBOT for
many decades |
| 22 | | and backed hundreds of local traders; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Eddie O'Connor was the driving force behind the |
| 2 | | creation of the Chicago Board
Options Exchange ("CBOE") in |
| 3 | | 1973; the CBOE helped transform Chicago and the State of |
| 4 | | Illinois into a
global trading center on par with New York, |
| 5 | | London, and Hong Kong; it was Eddie O'Connor's vision
that made |
| 6 | | the CBOE a reality; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Eddie O'Connor was the beloved husband of the late |
| 8 | | Patricia O'Connor, nee
Hoskins; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Eddie O'Connor was the loving father of Dan |
| 10 | | O'Connor, Chris (Roger) Lane, Patti (Michael) Mergener, |
| 11 | | Matthew (Trish) O'Connor, and Marty (Maureen) O'Connor; the |
| 12 | | dear grandfather of Kaitlin, Will, and Madeline O'Connor, Amy |
| 13 | | and Corry Lane, Jeremiah and Izzy Mergener, and Ned, Bridget, |
| 14 | | and Murphy O'Connor; he is also survived by his many nieces and |
| 15 | | nephews; his trusted family friend, Maria Diaz; and his many |
| 16 | | friends at Bob O'Link Golf Club; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of |
| 20 | | Edmund O'Connor; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Edmund O'Connor as a symbol of our |