Full Text of SR0632 93rd General Assembly
SR0632 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is with regret that the members of the Illinois | 3 |
| Senate learned of the recent death of President/Executive | 4 |
| Secretary/Treasurer of the 47,000 member Chicago and Regional | 5 |
| Council of Carpenters, Earl J. Oliver, on July 9, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl J. Oliver grew up in Indiana in a labor | 7 |
| family; he first joined the Carpenters Union in 1963 as a | 8 |
| millwright; he was elected president of his local 1693 and | 9 |
| elected as a delegate to the Chicago District in 1975, was | 10 |
| elected Chair of the Midwestern Association of Millwrights in | 11 |
| 1985, was elected President/Executive Secretary/Treasurer of | 12 |
| the Chicago and Northeast Illinois District Council of | 13 |
| Carpenters in 1992 and then was elected 1st Vice President of | 14 |
| the Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trade | 15 |
| Council in 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Oliver was known for his vision and | 17 |
| innovation; under his leadership, the District Council | 18 |
| expanded its membership exponentially, organizing the | 19 |
| unorganized, and expanding union building throughout the | 20 |
| region; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Earl Oliver's leadership, apprenticeship | 22 |
| training and journeymen skill upgrading became a mainstay of | 23 |
| the Union; five years ago he established the first Carpenters' | 24 |
| Pre-apprentice and apprenticeship training school in Chicago | 25 |
| and in June, Mayor Daley joined him to break ground for the | 26 |
| expansion of the school; a new 38,000 square foot building will | 27 |
| double the size of the existing facility and allow for the | 28 |
| training of 500 pre-apprentices each year; and
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| WHEREAS, An astute business leader as well, Earl Oliver | 30 |
| joined forces with developer John Buck and used the old three | 31 |
| story union headquarters at 12 East Erie in Chicago for a joint |
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| venture in which they razed the former headquarters and created | 2 |
| a 200 unit luxury rental apartment building on the site, which | 3 |
| also houses the Union Headquarters, restaurants, and shops; and
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| WHEREAS, Recently, he had announced the completion of a | 5 |
| three-year agreement with MARBA, the association of commercial | 6 |
| builders in Northern Illinois, the 5th such agreement he had | 7 |
| forged in the last 14 years; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Earl J. Oliver has been deeply felt | 9 |
| by many, especially his wife 40 years, Cheryl; his children, | 10 |
| Earl E. Oliver, William Oliver, and Joanne Crosby; his | 11 |
| grandchildren, Christine, Scottie, and Jennifer Crosby; and | 12 |
| his siblings, Shirley Hine and Dianne Smith; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 |
| Earl J. Oliver, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 16 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Earl J. Oliver as an expression of | 20 |
| our sincerest condolences during their time of bereavement.
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