Full Text of SR2482 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Dr. Paul Michael Green of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on September 10, 2016, at the age of 73; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green served as the Arthur Rubloff Professor | 6 | | of Policy Studies at Roosevelt University
from 1999 to 2016, | 7 | | educating thousands of students during his tenure, and hiring | 8 | | every member of the
current Department of Political Science and | 9 | | Public Administration at the University; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 2005, Dr. Green founded the Institute of | 11 | | Politics at Roosevelt University, a non-partisan
political | 12 | | research center that presented unbiased analysis of State and | 13 | | local elections in Illinois; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green was a legendary political commentator, | 15 | | expressing his views on local, national,
and global political | 16 | | issues, and frequently quoted in local, national, and worldwide | 17 | | media; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green was a fixture on the Chicago political | 19 | | landscape; he served as a political analyst for
WGN Radio, | 20 | | guest columnist for Crain's Chicago Business and the Daily | 21 | | Herald, and was the author of
several books and articles on |
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| 1 | | Illinois and Chicago politics; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green served the City Club of Chicago, a civic | 3 | | organization that provides a forum for the
discussion of public | 4 | | affairs in metropolitan Chicago and the State of Illinois; he | 5 | | served as the City Club Governor and Treasurer for more than 25 | 6 | | years, and as Chairman since 2011; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green served as Monee Township Supervisor from | 8 | | 1977 to 1983; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green received his Bachelor of Arts in History | 10 | | and Political Science at the University of Illinois and his
| 11 | | Master of Arts and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green was preceded in death by his son, | 13 | | Robert; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green is survived by his wife of 47 years, | 15 | | Sharon, and his daughter, Sarah; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green will be deeply missed and remembered for | 17 | | his tremendous collegiality, generous
heart, and political wit | 18 | | and wisdom by infinite numbers of colleagues, students, and | 19 | | alumni from
Roosevelt University and throughout the city and | 20 | | State; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | "Chicago political legend" Dr. Paul Michael Green, and extend | 4 | | our sincere
condolences to his family, friends, and all who | 5 | | knew and loved him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Dr. Green as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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