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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to recognize the life and service of
4former State Representative Daniel Marshall Pierce, who passed
5away on February 13, 2020; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce was born in Chicago on March 31,
71928; he moved to the North Shore when he was young and
8graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce earned an undergraduate and a law
10degree from Harvard University and later served in the United
11States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps during the
12Korean War; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce began his career in the Illinois
14House in 1965 as a part of the legendary election involving the
15"Bed Sheet Ballot," a 33-inch long, 236-candidate ballot for
16all 177 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives; he was
17one of the three representatives of the 32nd District; during
18his time in the Illinois House, he served as Chairman of the
19House Revenue Committee, the Mental Health Investigating
20Committee, the Energy and Environment Committee, the Illinois
21Economic Fiscal Commission, and the Energy Resources
22Commission; he retired from the House in 1983; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce continued his life of public service
2after his time in the Illinois House; he was elected Mayor of
3Highland Park in 1987 and reelected in 1991; he served a final
4term after being elected again in 1999; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce served as a member of the North Shore
6Water Reclamation District, beginning in 2004; he served as
7president from 2006 until his passing in 2020; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce served as a Democratic State Central
9Committeeman for the 10th Congressional District; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce was a loving husband and father and
11was survived by his wife, Rhoda Pierce, three sons, and two
12stepsons; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Rep. Pierce was a mentor to many elected
14officials; he served with humility and conviction and believed
15deeply in bipartisanship; he was a friend to so many;
16therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
18HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we recognize the life and service of former State
20Representative Daniel Marshall Pierce; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Rep. Pierce's wife, Rhoda, as a symbol of our
3gratitude for his work in this body and his lifetime of public
4service.