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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of David Chetham McKee of Aurora, who passed
4away on May 19, 2010; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was a proud graduate of the University of
6Illinois and began his professional career as President and
7Chief Executive Officer of McKee Industries, Inc. in Aurora; he
8then became President of Oberweis Dairy, Inc., and later
9President of Anker Holdings Division of Furnas Electric
10Company; and
 
11    WHEREAS, After serving on the board of Copley Memorial
12Hospital from 1986 until 1990, he became the President and
13Chief Executive Officer of Rush Copley Medical Center; he held
14this position until 2000 and retired in 2006 as Rush Copley
15Medical Center Vice President of Special Projects; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Throughout his life, he served on numerous boards
17and community organizations including as Senior Director of the
18Old Second Bank Corporation, as Director of Fox Valley
19Properties, as Director of Blackberry Hill Homeowners'
20Association, as Director and Chairman of the Board of Copley
21Memorial Hospital, as Vice President, President, and Trustee of
22the IMSA Fund for the Advancement of Education, as Director and

 

 

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1Chairman of the Board of Greater Aurora Chamber of Commerce, as
2a Policy Council Member of Illinois Hospital and HealthSystems
3Association, as Director and Vice Chairman of the Valley
4Industrial Association, as Director of the Aurora Economic
5Development Commission, as Fundraising Chairman and Director
6of the Aurora Area United Way, as Director of the Salvation
7Army, as Director and Treasurer of the Aurora Area Convention
8and Tourism Council, as Director of the Valley Political Action
9Committee, and as Moderator at New England Congregational
10Church; and
 
11    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Grace and
12Theodore McKee; and his step-mother, Ethel McKee; and
 
13    WHEREAS, David Chetham McKee is survived by Linda, his wife
14of 43 years; his three children, Megan (John) Plain, Mindy
15(Jim) White, and Matthew McKee (Kaitlin Varady); his five
16grandchildren, Johnny, Grace, and Claire Plain, and Shannon and
17Maggie White; and his brothers John (Gwen) McKee and Paul
18McKee; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21his family and friends, the passing of David Chetham McKee; and
22be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of David Chetham McKee as a symbol of
3our sincere sympathy.