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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of John Noel of Glen Ellyn on
4 Saturday, April 29, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Noel was born on August 17, 1946, in Chicago;
6 and
 
7     WHEREAS, He was serving his second term as a DuPage County
8 board member; since 2005, he served as the board's vice
9 chairman; he was elected to his post in 2000 and served as
10 chairman of the public transit committee and a member of the
11 storm water, technology, and transportation committees; and
 
12     WHEREAS, In 2005, the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference
13 named Mr. Noel as intergovernmental leader of the year; and
 
14     WHEREAS, He practiced law at Noel and Associates, a firm he
15 founded in 1995; previously, he was vice president and
16 associate general counsel for Waste Management of Oak Brook,
17 where he managed complex civil and criminal litigation; he also
18 served as an officer at the law firm Chadwell and Kayser in
19 Chicago; his legal career began at the Illinois Attorney
20 General's Office, where he was chief of the antitrust division;
21 he was also a partner in Century Philanthropy Group; and
 
22     WHEREAS, He was a member of the American Bar Association,
23 the American Arbitration Association, the Illinois State Bar
24 Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar
25 Association, and Medinah Country Club; and
 
26     WHEREAS, From 1992 to 2002, he was co-director of the
27 capital building campaign for St. Petronille Church; he was an
28 active supporter of capital projects for several area churches;
29 because of his knowledge and experience, Bishop Joseph Imesch

 

 

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1 appointed him as member counsel on administration for the
2 Diocese of Joliet; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Mr. Noel earned an A. B. degree from the
4 University of Notre Dame and his Juris Doctorate degree from
5 the Loyola University of School Law in Chicago; he completed
6 course work for his teacher's certification at Northeastern
7 Illinois University and Dominican University; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The passing of John Noel has been deeply felt by
9 many, especially his sons, Benjamin and Matthew; his brother,
10 Melbourne Jr. (Sandra) Noel; and his nieces, Emma, Anna,
11 Melissa, and Rebecca; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
14 John Noel, and we extend our sincere condolences to his family,
15 friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
18 sympathy.