Full Text of HR0193 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Jim | 4 | | Tyree; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree grew up in the Beverly neighborhood of | 6 | | Chicago; as a young boy, he delivered the Beverly Review and | 7 | | Southtown Economist newspapers; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree attended St. Barnabas Elementary School | 9 | | and Marist High School; he subsequently attended school in the | 10 | | City Colleges of Chicago system and at Illinois State | 11 | | University, where he earned his bachelor's degree and his | 12 | | Master of Business Administration degree; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree served as chairman and CEO of Mesirow | 14 | | Financial and as chairman of Sun-Times Media; he began his | 15 | | career at Mesirow, a diversified financial services firm, in | 16 | | 1980; after beginning as a research associate, he was named | 17 | | president of the firm in 1990, chief executive officer in 1992 | 18 | | and chairman and chief executive officer in 1994; under his | 19 | | leadership, Mesirow acquired some 50 firms, including the U.S. | 20 | | Corporate Recovery practice from KPMG LLP, Dann Insurance, and | 21 | | Boockford and Company; in October of 2009, he led an investment | 22 | | group that took the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times and |
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| 1 | | dozens of suburban newspapers out of bankruptcy; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2000, Jim Tyree was appointed to serve as board | 3 | | chairman of the City Colleges system by Chicago Mayor Richard | 4 | | M. Daley; he served in the position with pride and distinction | 5 | | for 10 years; he also served on dozens of corporate, civic, and | 6 | | not-for-profit boards, including the board of the University of | 7 | | Chicago Medical Center; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree was well known for his great generosity; | 9 | | he donated more than $500,000 each year to charities; he also | 10 | | championed research on diabetes, a disease that affected him | 11 | | during his life; he was named the 2004 Person of the Year by | 12 | | the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in recognition of his | 13 | | work; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree was a lifelong fan of the Chicago White | 15 | | Sox; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Jim Tyree is survived by his loving wife, Eve, and | 17 | | his children, Jessica, Matthew, and Joseph; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Jim | 21 | | Tyree; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Jim Tyree as an expression of our | 3 | | sympathy.
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