Bill Text: IL HJR0062 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Daniel L. "Dan" Goodwin.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-18 - Resolution Adopted [HJR0062 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0062-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives and the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn
of the death of Daniel L. "Dan" Goodwin, who passed away on
January 19, 2024; and
WHEREAS, On June 26, 1943, Daniel L. Goodwin was born in
Berwyn, Illinois; as a child, he enrolled in the Chicago
public schools system and Illinois public universities,
receiving a diploma from Lane Tech and a degree from what was
then the Illinois Teachers' College - Chicago North; and
WHEREAS, With the career goal of being a science teacher,
Dan Goodwin earned a master's degree from Northern Illinois
University nd set to work as a science teacher in the Chicago
Public School system; he was assigned to schools on the West
Side of the City of Chicago and worked in the West Side in the
1960s; and
WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Dan Goodwin, his wife, Carol
Goodwin, and their colleagues saw the challenges and hopes
facing young adults as they searched for safe places to live
and raise a family; he and three fellow teachers formed an
alliance to acquire, develop, build, and manage real estate;
and

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WHEREAS, The foursome chose Dan Goodwin to lead what would
become The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.; with
one eye on the financial marketplace and the other eye on
customer demand, the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies,
Inc. moved into commercial real estate development; and
WHEREAS, Entities, partnerships, and affiliations in which
The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. have been a
lynch pin have launched more than 800 separate real estate
investment tranches, have led or aided in the development of
hundreds of millions of square feet of real estate, have
established ties with hundreds of thousands of partners and
investors, and have closed more than $80 billion in commercial
real estate transactions; and
WHEREAS, By 2024, The Inland Real Estate Group of
Companies, Inc. had achieved nationwide market-leadership
expertise in leasing, property management, land development,
commercial real estate brokerage, commercial real estate
finance, property finance, and property investment; and
WHEREAS, By 2024, under its founder, chairman, and CEO Dan
Goodwin, The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies,
headquartered in Oak Brook, was the employer of more than
1,000 Americans across the country, including experts in real

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estate development, real estate management, and real estate
finance and investment; and
WHEREAS, Chairman and CEO Dan Goodwin never forgot his
ties to the former Illinois Teachers' College-Chicago North,
now known as Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU); NEIU
asked their graduate, Dan Goodwin, to sit on their board of
trustees; he would chair the NEIU board for 10 years, from 1996
through 2006; in 2016 in honor of his service, NEIU named its
College of Education The Daniel L. Goodwin College of
Education; and
WHEREAS, Benedictine University in Lisle developed an even
more prolonged interrelationship with Dan Goodwin's life of
service; for more than 30 years, he served as vice chairman of
Benedictine University; the Daniel L. Goodwin College of
Business (GCOB) at Benedictine University currently has 22
faculty members, administrators, and staff, with a
career-minded orientation similar to the life pathway that Dan
Goodwin himself followed; and
WHEREAS, Of the hundreds of local and national
recognitions accorded to Dan Goodwin, a select list in 2021
for the works of service he had performed up to that time
contained more than 40 separate honors and awards, including
an unprecedented three separate presentations of the Ethics in

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Business Award by the Better Business Bureau, presented in
2009, 2014, and again in 2017 to The Inland Real Estate Group
of Companies, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Dan Goodwin never relinquished his passionate
support for affordable housing for all Illinois families; he
organized the New Directions Housing Corporation, a
non-for-profit corporation, that has worked closely with
financial partners and tax advisors to finance the
construction of housing all over Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Dan Goodwin also served for 10 years on the board
of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Trust
Fund, helping to raise billions of dollars for affordable
housing, first-time family housing, and senior housing
throughout Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Constantly fighting for his native State of
Illinois, Dan Goodwin served for many years on the board of the
Better Government Association (BGA); to honor his service, the
BGA renamed the award bestowing its highest honor as the
Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award in 2017; and
WHEREAS, Daniel L. Goodwin died on January 19, 2024 at the
age of 80; friends described him as a prolific fundraiser,
giver, networker, and friend of enlightened business and

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thoughtful finance; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we express our profound grief
upon the death of Illinois native son, Daniel L. "Dan"
Goodwin, and our gratitude for his unprecedented achievements
in business and public service; and be it further