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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Jane Margaret Burke was born in Chicago on May 24, 1934 to Edward and Katherine Burke; and
WHEREAS, in 1956, she married William P. Byrne, a U.S. Marine aviator, who was killed in a plane crash in 1959; and
WHEREAS, in 1978, Jane M. Byrne married Jay McMullen, to whom she remained wed until his death on March 18, 1992; and
WHEREAS, in 1968 Jane M. Byrne was appointed commissioner of the Department ofi Consumer Sales, Weights, and Measures by Mayor Richard J. Daley and thus became the first woman cabinet member in the history of the city; and ^p-
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Kf\ L A1 ' 0(]f)WHEREAS, the Taste of Chicago began during Jane M. Byrne's tenure as Mayor, as did
yUJr (AJc>\JJoYannouncement of the Orange Line project and the opening of a rapid transit extension to O'Han
i^y^ International Airport; and
WHEREAS, in April of 1979, Jane M. Byrne became the first woman elected mayor of Chicago, receiving 82 percent of the vote over Republican Wallace Johnson; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Jane M. Byrne began the expansion of O'Hare International Airport, which is largely recognized as one of her most important achievements; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Jane M. Byrne had a vision for the redevelopment of Navy Pier and the creation of the Museum Campus; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Jane M. Byrne attracted national publicity and increased her popularity among Chicagoans by moving into the Cabrini Green public housing project in 1981, thereby drawing attention to the deteriorated public housing conditions and helping to improve city" services to the area; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Jane M. Byrne was the first Chicago mayor to proclaim "Gay Pride Parade Day in Chicago," which was first designated on June 28, 1981; and
^ BE IT RESOLVED, that the grand ballroom at Navy Pier is here
Grand Ballroom" in recognition of the achievements of Jane MNByrnc, and-aS^symbol of the
Testeem in which Jane M. Byrne is held by the Mayor;/^Ie City Council and the residents of
EdwaiyJ Burke, Alderman, 14th Ward .(/
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