Record #: R2016-658   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 9/14/2016 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 9/14/2016
Title: Tribute to late Mary Ann MacLean
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.
Attachments: 1. R2016-658.pdf

RESOLUTION

 

 

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 73; and

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

WHEREAS, A resident of Mettawa, IL, Mary Ann MacLean was a widely admired member of the local community and the loving wife for 49 years of Barry; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was the much-adored mother of Duncan, Gillian, Adrian, Elizabeth and Margaret and the grandmother of 12 to whom she imparted many of the fine and noble qualities that she possessed in abundance; and

WHEREAS, Born in Pittsburgh, Mary Ann MacLean attended university at Penn Hall in Pennsylvania and Lausanne, Switzerland; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean and her husband, the CEO of MacLean-Fogg Company and longtime Mayor of Mettawa, met in Chicago and were married in Hinsdale; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean shared her husband's desire to serve the community and volunteered for countless organizations through her passion for the arts, history and education; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was actively involved in a number of philanthropic causes, including as the Director and Chair of the Illinois State Museum, a board member of the Illinois State Board of Education, a trustee of the Chicago Zoological Society and the Chicago Botanic Garden, and a generous 50-year supporter of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and

WHEREAS, In 2011 the Illinois State Museum opened the Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum for children ages 3-to-10 and the Mary Ann MacLean Resource Center; and

WHEREAS, In 2013 the Brookfield Zoo dedicated the Mary Ann MacLean Conservation Leadership Center where the Chicago Zoological Society's Conservation, Education and Training Department educates students and zoo guests on conservation issues; and

WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of Mary Ann MacLean serve as an example to all; and

WHEREAS, Her love of life and ability to live it to the fullest endeared Mary Ann MacLean to her family members, friends and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their lives in ways they will never forget; and

 

 

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was an individual of great integrity and accomplishment who will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by her many relatives, friends and admirers; and

WHEREAS, To her beloved family, Mary Ann MacLean 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 fourteenth day of September, 2016, do hereby commemorate Mary Ann MacLean 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 Mary Ann MacLean.