Bill Text: IL SR2106 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dr. Philip R. O'Connor of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR2106 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2106-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 Philip R. O'Connor Ph.D. of Chicago, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on September 26, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor was born to Philip J. and Irene | ||||||
6 | (Peters) O'Connor in Vallejo, California on September 16, 1948; | ||||||
7 | he graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago | ||||||
8 | and received his master's and doctorate in political science | ||||||
9 | from Northwestern University; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor had an extensive consulting career, | ||||||
11 | most recently serving as the president of PROactive Strategies; | ||||||
12 | he was a nationally-recognized expert on the development and | ||||||
13 | implementation of competitive strategies in the insurance and | ||||||
14 | utilities industries; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor served on numerous boards and | ||||||
16 | charities; he served as a member of the board of the Big | ||||||
17 | Shoulders Foundation for the schools of the Archdiocese of | ||||||
18 | Chicago, Haymarket Center, Misericordia, and was the founding | ||||||
19 | member of the alumni board of the Loyola University John Felice | ||||||
20 | Rome Center; he served as an independent director of Delphi | ||||||
21 | Financial Group Inc. and the Reliance Standard Life Insurance | ||||||
22 | Company; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor had extensive government and | ||||||
2 | political experience; he was appointed to various boards and | ||||||
3 | commissions by five governors over four decades; he was | ||||||
4 | director of the Illinois Department of Insurance from 1979 to | ||||||
5 | 1982, chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission from 1983 to | ||||||
6 | 1985, and a member of the Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||||
7 | from 1998 to 2004; he served as an advisor to countless | ||||||
8 | governors and politicians, most notably running the successful | ||||||
9 | campaigns for governor of Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor volunteered to serve at the U.S. | ||||||
11 | Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq from 2007 to 2008, working with the | ||||||
12 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. State Department as | ||||||
13 | an advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
15 | and
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16 | WHEREAS, Dr. O'Connor is survived by his wife, Lynn | ||||||
17 | Carlson; his stepchildren, Jeffrey, Greg, and Melissa (Ian) | ||||||
18 | Carlson (Riddle); his grandchildren, Olivia and Isabella; his | ||||||
19 | sisters, Kathy and Marilyn O'Connor; his niece and nephew, | ||||||
20 | Emily (Alex) Watson and Ryan (Martine) Gordon; and his | ||||||
21 | great-niece, Sona; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
3 | Philip R. O'Connor Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
4 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
5 | further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Dr. O'Connor as an expression of our | ||||||
8 | deepest sympathy.
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