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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Patrick Damien "Pat" McAnany, who
4passed away on February 7, 2024 at the age of 93; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany, the son of Patrick Damien McAnany
6and Julia Rose (Guignon) McAnany, was born on February 28,
71930 in Kansas City, Kansas, along with his identical twin,
8Emile, and lived his childhood alongside his siblings,
9Richard, John, and Julie; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany entered the Jesuits in 1952 and was
11ordained a priest in 1963 with Emile; in 1970, he left the
12Society of Jesus to marry the love of his life, Charlain Agnes
13Rigamonti, who had been a nun in the Sisters of Saint Mary; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany and Charlain had two children
15together, Clare Marie and Damien; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany had a lifelong love of law,
17graduating from Harvard Law School in 1960; he taught in the
18law school at St. Louis University from 1966 to 1969 and helped
19rewrite the Illinois penal code from 1969 to 1971; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany continued his teaching career,

 

 

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1serving as a professor of criminal justice at the University
2of Illinois at Chicago from 1971 to 1999; he became the head of
3the department from 1991 to 1996, adding a Ph.D. program at the
4end of his tenure; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany was an active member of Ascension
6Parish in Oak Park since 1971; he was a founding member of the
7Peace and Justice Committee, which he served for 40 years; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany also served as chairman of the board
9of the Illinois Coalition to End the Death Penalty, lobbying
10successfully for its abolition; he also organized to help
11formerly incarcerated heroin addicts and domestic violence
12survivors, among countless other causes; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany had a passion for history, family
14history in particular; he researched his lineage extensively
15and wrote essays about his ancestry, which can still be found
16on McAnanyfamily.net; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Pat McAnany is survived by his loving wife, his
18two children, Clare Marie Kalemba and Damien McAnany Luce
19(Maggie Flemming Luce), and his grandchildren, Sebastian,
20Rose, and Xavier Kalemba and Vida and Silas Luce; therefore,
21be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
3Patrick Damien "Pat" McAnany and extend our sincere
4condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
5him; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to the family of Pat McAnany as an expression of our
8deepest sympathy.