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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 Charles R. "Cork" Walgreen III of Lake |
4 | | Forest, who passed away on September 26, 2016; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III was born in Chicago on |
6 | | November 11, 1935 to Mary Ann Leslie and Charles R. Walgreen |
7 | | Jr.; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III started his 58-year |
9 | | Walgreens career in 1952 as a stock boy after school and on |
10 | | vacations; he later entered the University of Michigan in Ann |
11 | | Arbor, where he earned his bachelor's degree in pharmacy in |
12 | | 1958; he returned to Walgreens in 1959 as a pharmacist at the |
13 | | store on Western Avenue in Chicago; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, In 1963, Charles Walgreen III was named |
15 | | Administrative Assistant to the Vice-President of Operations |
16 | | and was elected to the company's board of directors; he served |
17 | | as District Manager from 1965 to 1966 and as Western Regional |
18 | | Director and Midwestern Regional Director from 1966 to 1968; he |
19 | | was named Vice-President in 1968, President in 1969, President |
20 | | and Chief Executive Officer in 1971, and Chairman and CEO in |
21 | | 1976; he served as Walgreens Chief Executive Officer until his |
22 | | retirement in January of 1998; he remained Chairman until |
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1 | | August of 1999; he retired from the board of directors as |
2 | | Chairman Emeritus in 2010; and
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3 | | WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III was a member of the American |
4 | | Pharmaceutical Association, Director and Chairman of the |
5 | | National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Director of the |
6 | | Illinois Retail Merchants Association, and Director of Junior |
7 | | Achievement of Chicago; he was a member of many other |
8 | | charitable and civic organizations; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, In 2004, Charles Walgreen III donated $2 million |
10 | | to his alma mater, the University of Michigan College of |
11 | | Pharmacy, to establish a professorship focusing on researching |
12 | | the socioeconomics of health care policies, regulations, and |
13 | | ethics; and |
14 | | WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III was preceded in death by his |
15 | | parents and his son, Tad Alexander Walgreen Sr.; and |
16 | | WHEREAS, Charles Walgreen III is survived by his wife, |
17 | | Kathleen B. Walgreen; his sons, Charles Richard Walgreen, Kevin |
18 | | Walgreen, Leslie Ray Walgreen, Chris Patrick Walgreen, Tad |
19 | | Alexander Walgreen, and Carl Allen Jr.; his daughters, Brooke |
20 | | Julia Walgreen, and Jorie Allen Grassie; 19 grandchildren; one |
21 | | great-grandchild; his sister, Leslie Ann Walgreen Pratt; his |
22 | | brother, James Alan Walgreen; and several nieces and nephews; |
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1 | | therefore, be it
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2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
4 | | Charles R. "Cork" Walgreen III, and extend our sincere |
5 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
6 | | him; and be it further
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7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
8 | | presented to the family of Charles Walgreen III as an |
9 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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