Full Text of HJR0062 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives and the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn | 4 | | of the death of Daniel L. "Dan" Goodwin, who passed away on | 5 | | January 19, 2024; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, On June 26, 1943, Daniel L. Goodwin was born in | 7 | | Berwyn, Illinois; as a child, he enrolled in the Chicago | 8 | | public schools system and Illinois public universities, | 9 | | receiving a diploma from Lane Tech and a degree from what was | 10 | | then the Illinois Teachers' College - Chicago North; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, With the career goal of being a science teacher, | 12 | | Dan Goodwin earned a master's degree from Northern Illinois | 13 | | University nd set to work as a science teacher in the Chicago | 14 | | Public School system; he was assigned to schools on the West | 15 | | Side of the City of Chicago and worked in the West Side in the | 16 | | 1960s; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Dan Goodwin, his wife, Carol | 18 | | Goodwin, and their colleagues saw the challenges and hopes | 19 | | facing young adults as they searched for safe places to live | 20 | | and raise a family; he and three fellow teachers formed an | 21 | | alliance to acquire, develop, build, and manage real estate; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The foursome chose Dan Goodwin to lead what would | 2 | | become The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.; with | 3 | | one eye on the financial marketplace and the other eye on | 4 | | customer demand, the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, | 5 | | Inc. moved into commercial real estate development; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Entities, partnerships, and affiliations in which | 7 | | The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. have been a | 8 | | lynch pin have launched more than 800 separate real estate | 9 | | investment tranches, have led or aided in the development of | 10 | | hundreds of millions of square feet of real estate, have | 11 | | established ties with hundreds of thousands of partners and | 12 | | investors, and have closed more than $80 billion in commercial | 13 | | real estate transactions; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, By 2024, The Inland Real Estate Group of | 15 | | Companies, Inc. had achieved nationwide market-leadership | 16 | | expertise in leasing, property management, land development, | 17 | | commercial real estate brokerage, commercial real estate | 18 | | finance, property finance, and property investment; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, By 2024, under its founder, chairman, and CEO Dan | 20 | | Goodwin, The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, | 21 | | headquartered in Oak Brook, was the employer of more than | 22 | | 1,000 Americans across the country, including experts in real |
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| 1 | | estate development, real estate management, and real estate | 2 | | finance and investment; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Chairman and CEO Dan Goodwin never forgot his | 4 | | ties to the former Illinois Teachers' College-Chicago North, | 5 | | now known as Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU); NEIU | 6 | | asked their graduate, Dan Goodwin, to sit on their board of | 7 | | trustees; he would chair the NEIU board for 10 years, from 1996 | 8 | | through 2006; in 2016 in honor of his service, NEIU named its | 9 | | College of Education The Daniel L. Goodwin College of | 10 | | Education; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Benedictine University in Lisle developed an even | 12 | | more prolonged interrelationship with Dan Goodwin's life of | 13 | | service; for more than 30 years, he served as vice chairman of | 14 | | Benedictine University; the Daniel L. Goodwin College of | 15 | | Business (GCOB) at Benedictine University currently has 22 | 16 | | faculty members, administrators, and staff, with a | 17 | | career-minded orientation similar to the life pathway that Dan | 18 | | Goodwin himself followed; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Of the hundreds of local and national | 20 | | recognitions accorded to Dan Goodwin, a select list in 2021 | 21 | | for the works of service he had performed up to that time | 22 | | contained more than 40 separate honors and awards, including | 23 | | an unprecedented three separate presentations of the Ethics in |
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| 1 | | Business Award by the Better Business Bureau, presented in | 2 | | 2009, 2014, and again in 2017 to The Inland Real Estate Group | 3 | | of Companies, Inc.; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Dan Goodwin never relinquished his passionate | 5 | | support for affordable housing for all Illinois families; he | 6 | | organized the New Directions Housing Corporation, a | 7 | | non-for-profit corporation, that has worked closely with | 8 | | financial partners and tax advisors to finance the | 9 | | construction of housing all over Illinois; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dan Goodwin also served for 10 years on the board | 11 | | of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Trust | 12 | | Fund, helping to raise billions of dollars for affordable | 13 | | housing, first-time family housing, and senior housing | 14 | | throughout Illinois; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Constantly fighting for his native State of | 16 | | Illinois, Dan Goodwin served for many years on the board of the | 17 | | Better Government Association (BGA); to honor his service, the | 18 | | BGA renamed the award bestowing its highest honor as the | 19 | | Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award in 2017; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Daniel L. Goodwin died on January 19, 2024 at the | 21 | | age of 80; friends described him as a prolific fundraiser, | 22 | | giver, networker, and friend of enlightened business and |
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| 1 | | thoughtful finance; therefore, be it | 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 4 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we express our profound grief | 5 | | upon the death of Illinois native son, Daniel L. "Dan" | 6 | | Goodwin, and our gratitude for his unprecedented achievements | 7 | | in business and public service; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Carol Goodwin, Daniel L. Goodwin's beloved wife, | 10 | | Jennifer Blaha, his daughter, and Julie Tice, his daughter, as | 11 | | representatives of the family of the late Daniel L. Goodwin. |
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