Bill Text: IL SR0952 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of William E. "Wild Bill" Dugan
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0952 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0952-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of William E. "Wild Bill" Dugan of Hancock, | ||||||
4 | Maryland who passed away on January 10, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, William Dugan was born on August 16, 1933; he grew | ||||||
6 | up in West Virginia; he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving | ||||||
7 | three tours in Korea with the 82nd Airborne Division as a | ||||||
8 | paratrooper; after returning to the U.S., he moved to Chicago | ||||||
9 | with his uncle; and
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10 | WHEREAS, In Chicago, William Dugan joined the | ||||||
11 | International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, working | ||||||
12 | as an equipment operator; he served as a business agent for the | ||||||
13 | union from 1965 to 1984; he was elected Local 150's President | ||||||
14 | Business Manager in 1986, a position he held until his | ||||||
15 | retirement in 2008; he created the Local 150 Organizing | ||||||
16 | Department and convinced the union's membership to establish an | ||||||
17 | administrative dues structure to fund it; he helped negotiate | ||||||
18 | significant wage and benefit increases in Heavy Highway and | ||||||
19 | Building Agreements, which lasted until 2010; he established | ||||||
20 | the Local 150 Legal Department in 2002; he convinced the union | ||||||
21 | to increase dues in order to build the Wilmington training site | ||||||
22 | in 2004, which opened in 2007 and was named for him after his | ||||||
23 | retirement; he was also the former owner of the Old Country |
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1 | Music Inn; and
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2 | WHEREAS, William Dugan was appointed to the Illinois State | ||||||
3 | Toll Highway Authority by then Governor Jim Thompson; he also | ||||||
4 | served on the Executive Board of the Chicago Federation of | ||||||
5 | Labor and as a General Vice President of the International | ||||||
6 | Union of Operating Engineers; and
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7 | WHEREAS, William Dugan was a lifelong Republican; he was an | ||||||
8 | avid hunter and outdoorsman; he was also a Chicago Bears | ||||||
9 | football fan; and
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10 | WHEREAS, William Dugan was preceded in death by his | ||||||
11 | brother, Roger Dugan; and
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12 | WHEREAS, William Dugan is survived by his wife, Dorothy | ||||||
13 | "Dottie" (Lynch) Dugan; his daughters, Billie Jean Fischer and | ||||||
14 | Lisa Weller; his grandchildren, Brandon William Fischer and | ||||||
15 | Luke Weller; his great-grandchildren, Natalie Fischer and | ||||||
16 | Brandon William Fischer Jr.; his siblings, Joy, Dellan, Gary, | ||||||
17 | Larry, and Hal; his many nieces and nephews; and his pet, | ||||||
18 | Buster; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
21 | William E. "Wild Bill" Dugan and extend our sincere condolences |
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1 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
2 | it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the family of William Dugan as an expression of | ||||||
5 | our deepest sympathy.
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