Bill Text: IL SR2459 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Philip Guentert.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR2459 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2459-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 Guentert, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | November 7, 2016, at the age of 58; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Philip Guentert grew up in Cleveland, Ohio; he | ||||||
6 | earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and attended | ||||||
7 | the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University | ||||||
8 | for a master's of public policy; he earned his Juris Doctor | ||||||
9 | from Harvard Law School; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Philip Guentert joined the Department of Justice | ||||||
11 | as an assistant United States attorney in Chicago in 1990; he | ||||||
12 | was the first chief of the office's public corruption section, | ||||||
13 | overseeing a number of investigations and prosecutions of | ||||||
14 | public officials; he was also the office's ethics and | ||||||
15 | professional responsibility adviser; he worked on the | ||||||
16 | prosecutions of former Illinois governors, George Ryan and Rod | ||||||
17 | Blagojevich; he also worked on the Archer Daniels Midland | ||||||
18 | price-fixing case in the 1990s; and
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19 | WHEREAS, In 2012, Philip Guentert and his wife, Monika | ||||||
20 | Bickert, moved to San Jose, California, where he joined the | ||||||
21 | United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of | ||||||
22 | California; previously, they spent five years in Bangkok, where |
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1 | they both worked for the United States Department of Justice; | ||||||
2 | he also worked throughout Asia as the Department's intellectual | ||||||
3 | property law enforcement coordinator; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Philip Guentert took his family on trips that | ||||||
5 | included trekking in Nepal, running a marathon in Berlin, and | ||||||
6 | hiking in Taiwan; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Philip Guentert was preceded in death by his first | ||||||
8 | wife, Jennifer; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Philip Guentert is survived by his wife, Monika; | ||||||
10 | his daughters, Eleanor and Louise; and his brother, James; | ||||||
11 | therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
14 | Philip Guentert, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
16 | further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Philip Guentert as an expression of | ||||||
19 | our deepest sympathy.
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