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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of James Tyree; and
 
4    WHEREAS, James Tyree grew up in the Beverly neighborhood of
5Chicago; he earned his bachelor's degree and his Master of
6Business Administration degree from Illinois State University;
7and
 
8    WHEREAS, James Tyree began his career at Mesirow, an
9employee-owned, diversified financial services company, in
101980; he subsequently became the company's CEO and chairman and
11helped build the private company into a $51 billion-asset firm
12with more than 1,200 employees in offices nationwide and in
13London; and
 
14    WHEREAS, James Tyree led an investment group that bought
15the Chicago Sun-Times for $26 million when the newspaper was
16floundering in bankruptcy court in 2009; and
 
17    WHEREAS, James Tyree had served on more than 50 civic and
18corporate boards, including the board of PrivateBancorp Inc.;
19he was active in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the
20Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Executives' Club of
21Chicago, the Illinois State University Foundation, the

 

 

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1Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago
2Hospitals; he also served as board chairman of the City
3Colleges system for 10 years; and
 
4    WHEREAS, James Tyree was a lifelong fan of the Chicago
5White Sox; and
 
6    WHEREAS, James Tyree is survived by his wife, Eve, and his
7children, Jessica, Matthew, and Joseph; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10his family and friends, the passing of James Tyree; and be it
11further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the family of James Tyree as an expression of our
14sympathy.