Full Text of SR0921 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 Jerome R. "Jerry" Butler Jr. of | 4 | | Chicago, former City of Chicago Architect and Public Works | 5 | | Commissioner, who passed away on December 2, 2021; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Butler was born on September 6, 1928; he | 7 | | graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1952, | 8 | | studying at the old University of Illinois Navy Pier campus | 9 | | for his first two years of undergraduate education; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Butler joined Chicago city government in | 11 | | 1960; he was appointed as city architect by Mayor Richard J. | 12 | | Daley in 1967; beginning in 1974, he help led the restoration | 13 | | of the Navy Pier auditorium at the east end of Navy Pier, which | 14 | | involved a full restoration of the auditorium and the addition | 15 | | of a promenade on the north side of the pier and a solar energy | 16 | | project to heat the buildings on the pier's east end; he was | 17 | | also involved with the further redevelopment of Navy Pier | 18 | | before it reopened in 1995, which included the addition of the | 19 | | familiar Family Pavilion, Crystal Gardens, carousel, and first | 20 | | Ferris wheel; he was appointed as Commissioner of the Chicago | 21 | | Department of Public Works in 1979 by Mayor Jane Byrne; later, | 22 | | he served a short term as commissioner of the Chicago | 23 | | Department of Aviation under Mayor Harold Washington; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Butler won the American Institute of | 2 | | Architects Design Excellence Award for the Navy Pier project; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Butler was preceded in death by his wife, | 5 | | Marianne (Falvey) Butler; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Butler is survived by his children, Ellyn | 7 | | (Robert) Berninger, Carolyn Butler, and Mark (Mary) Butler; | 8 | | his grandchildren, Megan (Michael) and Patricia (Joshua); his | 9 | | great-grandchildren, Matthew and Eliza; and his extended | 10 | | family and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Jerome R. "Jerry" Butler Jr. and extend our sincere | 14 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 | | him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Jerome Butler as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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