Bill Text: IL SR0921 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jerome R. "Jerry" Butler Jr. of Chicago.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-03-24 - Resolution Adopted [SR0921 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SR0921-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
to learn of the death of Jerome R. "Jerry" Butler Jr. of
Chicago, former City of Chicago Architect and Public Works
Commissioner, who passed away on December 2, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Jerome Butler was born on September 6, 1928; he
graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1952,
studying at the old University of Illinois Navy Pier campus
for his first two years of undergraduate education; and
WHEREAS, Jerome Butler joined Chicago city government in
1960; he was appointed as city architect by Mayor Richard J.
Daley in 1967; beginning in 1974, he help led the restoration
of the Navy Pier auditorium at the east end of Navy Pier, which
involved a full restoration of the auditorium and the addition
of a promenade on the north side of the pier and a solar energy
project to heat the buildings on the pier's east end; he was
also involved with the further redevelopment of Navy Pier
before it reopened in 1995, which included the addition of the
familiar Family Pavilion, Crystal Gardens, carousel, and first
Ferris wheel; he was appointed as Commissioner of the Chicago
Department of Public Works in 1979 by Mayor Jane Byrne; later,
he served a short term as commissioner of the Chicago
Department of Aviation under Mayor Harold Washington; and

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WHEREAS, Jerome Butler won the American Institute of
Architects Design Excellence Award for the Navy Pier project;
and
WHEREAS, Jerome Butler was preceded in death by his wife,
Marianne (Falvey) Butler; and
WHEREAS, Jerome Butler is survived by his children, Ellyn
(Robert) Berninger, Carolyn Butler, and Mark (Mary) Butler;
his grandchildren, Megan (Michael) and Patricia (Joshua); his
great-grandchildren, Matthew and Eliza; and his extended
family and friends; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Jerome R. "Jerry" Butler Jr. and extend our sincere
condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Jerome Butler as an expression of
our deepest sympathy.