Full Text of SR0578 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Wesley Arthur Wildman, who passed away | 4 | | on August 6, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was born to Arthur W. Wildman and | 6 | | Louise Rankin-Wildman in Chicago on May 22, 1931; he was | 7 | | raised on the South Side of the city; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman graduated from Calumet High | 9 | | School; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman completed his undergraduate and | 11 | | postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago; he obtained | 12 | | a bachelor's degree in 1951, a Juris Doctor in 1953, and a | 13 | | master's degree in 1955; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was a law practitioner and | 15 | | professor; his specialty was labor law, specifically | 16 | | management representation during contract negotiations and | 17 | | labor disputes; his clients included the Chicago Board of | 18 | | Education and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was often cited in local news |
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| 1 | | reports concerning strikes by employees at high-profile | 2 | | companies; the news outlets included the Chicago Tribune and | 3 | | Chicago Business among others; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman's legal career included a stint at | 5 | | the Franczek Law Firm; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was appointed by former Illinois | 7 | | Governor James Thompson as one of the three original members | 8 | | of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman taught industrial relations for | 10 | | decades at the University of Chicago Graduate School of | 11 | | Business, now the Booth School of Business, and had a strong | 12 | | and lasting impact on many of his students, including Booth | 13 | | alumnus and now Senate President Don Harmon; after retirement, | 14 | | he continued teaching as an adjunct professor of Public Policy | 15 | | until 2014; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Wesley Wildman was preceded in death by his | 17 | | parents and his brother; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his death, Wesley Wildman was | 19 | | survived by his wife, Andrea; his children, Kathleen (Nancy | 20 | | Katz), Christopher (Karen), Jeanne (Chris Felknor), Ellen | 21 | | (Mary English), Richard (partner Sara Truelsen), Anne, and |
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| 1 | | David (partner Laura Candre); and his grandchildren, Andrew | 2 | | and Jordan Felknor; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Wesley Arthur Wildman and extend our sincere condolences to | 6 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Wesley Wildman as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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