Legislation Details

Record #: R2017-689   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 7/26/2017 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 7/26/2017
Title: Tribute to late Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.
Attachments: 1. R2017-689.pdf

RESOLUTION

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, The Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of her passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran was the loving wife of the late Thomas, a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran was the much-adored mother of Elizabeth, John, Julie, Edmund, Stephen and Regina, the grandmother of sixteen and the great-grandmother of thirteen to whom she imparted many of the fine and noble qualities that she possessed in abundance; and

WHEREAS, Raised in Chicago, the Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran graduated from Providence High School and Rosary College in River Forest where she studied speech and drama; and

WHEREAS, In 1975 the Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran was named by Mayor Richard J. Daley to serve as Chicago Park District Commissioner and became the first woman to hold that post; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran fought to keep the Lincoln Park Zoo free to the public and advocated for the return of mounted police units; and

WHEREAS, Along with her husband, the Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran opened a Montessori School in Cabrini-Green; and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran served for more than a decade as a consultant to the Village of Rosemont; and

WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of the Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran serve as an example to all; and

 

 

WHEREAS, To her beloved family, the Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran imparts a legacy of faithfulness, service and dignity; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-sixth day of July, 2017, do hereby commemorate the Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran for her grace-filled life and do hereby express our condolences to her family; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of the Honorable Jean Marie Burke Foran.

Alderman - 14th Ward