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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
Jim | ||||||
| 4 | Tyree; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree grew up in the Beverly neighborhood of | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago; as a young boy, he delivered the Beverly Review and | ||||||
| 7 | Southtown Economist newspapers; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree attended St. Barnabas Elementary School | ||||||
| 9 | and Marist High School; he subsequently attended school in the | ||||||
| 10 | City Colleges of Chicago system and at Illinois State | ||||||
| 11 | University, where he earned his bachelor's degree and his | ||||||
| 12 | Master of Business Administration degree; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree served as chairman and CEO of Mesirow | ||||||
| 14 | Financial and as chairman of Sun-Times Media; he began his | ||||||
| 15 | career at Mesirow, a diversified financial services firm, in | ||||||
| 16 | 1980; after beginning as a research associate, he was named | ||||||
| 17 | president of the firm in 1990, chief executive officer in 1992 | ||||||
| 18 | and chairman and chief executive officer in 1994; under his | ||||||
| 19 | leadership, Mesirow acquired some 50 firms, including the U.S. | ||||||
| 20 | Corporate Recovery practice from KPMG LLP, Dann Insurance, and | ||||||
| 21 | Boockford and Company; in October of 2009, he led an investment | ||||||
| 22 | group that took the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times and | ||||||
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| 1 | dozens of suburban newspapers out of bankruptcy; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 2000, Jim Tyree was appointed to serve as board | ||||||
| 3 | chairman of the City Colleges system by Chicago Mayor Richard | ||||||
| 4 | M. Daley; he served in the position with pride and distinction | ||||||
| 5 | for 10 years; he also served on dozens of corporate, civic, and | ||||||
| 6 | not-for-profit boards, including the board of the University of | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago Medical Center; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree was well known for his great generosity; | ||||||
| 9 | he donated more than $500,000 each year to charities; he also | ||||||
| 10 | championed research on diabetes, a disease that affected him | ||||||
| 11 | during his life; he was named the 2004 Person of the Year by | ||||||
| 12 | the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in recognition of his | ||||||
| 13 | work; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree was a lifelong fan of the Chicago White | ||||||
| 15 | Sox; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree is survived by his loving wife, Eve, and | ||||||
| 17 | his children, Jessica, Matthew, and Joseph; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Jim | ||||||
| 21 | Tyree; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Jim Tyree as an expression of our | ||||||
| 3 | sympathy.
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