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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 Jack Daly of Hinsdale, who passed away on |
| 4 | | February 5, 2011; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was raised in a hamlet on Long Island, New York |
| 6 | | and was a die-hard fan of the New York Mets; he was also a big |
| 7 | | fan of the Olympics and had been a torch runner for several of |
| 8 | | the games; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jack Daly was McDonald's chief public relations |
| 10 | | executive, who helped guide the global fast-food giant; he was |
| 11 | | a company veteran with nearly 20 years at the Oak Brook-based |
| 12 | | corporation and oversaw its global public relations; Mr. Daly |
| 13 | | joined the company in 1992 as vice president of communications |
| 14 | | and was later named senior vice president of corporate |
| 15 | | communications in 2002; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Nationally known in the public relations |
| 17 | | industry, Mr. Daly was named in 2008 to PR Week's "Power List" |
| 18 | | of 25 top leaders; he was also involved in Ronald McDonald |
| 19 | | House Charities; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Early in his career, Mr. Daly focused on politics, |
| 21 | | serving as press secretary to Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes from |
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| 1 | | 1974 to 1976 and 1980 to 1981; from 1976 to 1980, he worked as a |
| 2 | | sports reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and held a |
| 3 | | research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania's |
| 4 | | Annenberg School of Communications; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He founded his own public relations agency, J. |
| 6 | | Daly & Associates, in 1983; four years later, he joined |
| 7 | | GolinHarris Communications in Chicago as vice president of the |
| 8 | | agency's McDonald's account; he was eventually promoted to |
| 9 | | deputy general manager of the Chicago office; he left Golin in |
| 10 | | 1991 to become vice president of public affairs for Taco Bell, |
| 11 | | before joining McDonald's a year later; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jack Daly is survived by his wife, Gail; his sons, |
| 13 | | Brendan, Patrick, and Evan; his mother, Virginia; and his |
| 14 | | siblings Patricia Daly, Denise Grieve, and Tim Daly; therefore, |
| 15 | | be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 18 | | his family and friends, the passing of Jack Daly; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Jack Daly as a symbol of our sincere |
| 22 | | sympathy.
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