Full Text of SR1686 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of John M. Boler of Inverness and Sanibel | 4 | | Island, Florida, who passed away on March 4, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Boler was born on April 4, 1934 in Marion, | 6 | | Ohio; his parents were John William and Violet Pearl Boler; he | 7 | | attended elementary and high school at St. Mary's in Marion; he | 8 | | subsequently earned his business degree from John Carroll | 9 | | University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1956, during which he served | 10 | | in the ROTC; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, After graduation, John Boler served as a second | 12 | | lieutenant in the United States Army Transportation Corps at | 13 | | Fort Eustis, Virginia; after six months of active duty, he | 14 | | continued to participate in the Army Reserve, where he was | 15 | | eventually honorably discharged at the rank of Captain; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After graduation from college, John Boler landed a | 17 | | promising position at the Clevite Corporation, where at 26 he | 18 | | became the youngest plant manager in the company's history; ten | 19 | | years later, he became the company's youngest general manager; | 20 | | when Clevite merged with Gould, Inc., he moved his family to | 21 | | Chicago in 1971, where he guided the international electronics | 22 | | conglomerate's entry into South America and other markets; by |
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| 1 | | the age of 43, he had facilitated or participated in 20 mergers | 2 | | and acquisitions for Gould; in 1977, he left Gould and started | 3 | | his own company, which would eventually become the Boler | 4 | | Company; with asset-based loans from major banks, he purchased | 5 | | four manufacturing companies, including Hendrickson, the | 6 | | world's leading supplier of heavy-duty truck suspensions; | 7 | | through his vision and leadership, the company modernized and | 8 | | grew to what has become one of America's largest privately held | 9 | | corporations; he served actively as Chairman of the Board until | 10 | | his death; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Boler served as a Trustee at John Carroll | 12 | | University for 26 years; his philanthropy led to the naming of | 13 | | the John and Mary Jo Boler School of Business in 1996 and the | 14 | | D.J. Lombardo Student Center in 1994; in 2005, he received the | 15 | | University's highest honor, the Alumni Medal; his service as | 16 | | Trustee and his philanthropy towards Rush University Medical | 17 | | Center led to the naming of the Mary Jo and John Boler Centers | 18 | | for Advanced Imaging in 2005, and Rush's highest honor, the | 19 | | Trustee Medal, in 2015; he served on and chaired the American | 20 | | Cancer Society's National Foundation Board and supported many | 21 | | educational, healthcare, and autism-related causes around the | 22 | | country, along with groups near and dear to his heart on | 23 | | Sanibel Island; he also quietly made college education possible | 24 | | for many friends and family; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, John Boler was preceded in death by his son, John | 2 | | Matthew, and his sisters, Barbara and Nancy; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, John Boler is survived by his wife of 58 years, | 4 | | Mary Jo; his daughters, Judy (Ray) McCormack and Jill (Dan) | 5 | | McCormack; his sons, Jim (Celeste) Boler, Mike (Jamie) Boler, | 6 | | and Matt (Christine) Boler, his grandchildren, Danny, Luke, | 7 | | Matt, John, Alex, Ray, Michael, Katie, Ben, Tricia, Domenic, | 8 | | Gina, and John; his sisters, Marilyn (Bill) Lowe, JoAnna (Jim) | 9 | | Cunningham, and Betty Jo (Bill) Whetro; his brother-in-law, | 10 | | Dave Lombardo; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be | 11 | | it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 14 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of John M. Boler; and be | 15 | | it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of John Boler as an expression of our | 18 | | sympathy.
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