WHEREAS, James J. "Jim" McDonough, beloved husband of Jacqualine (nee Moynihan) for 57 years; loving father of Maureen (Dan) Curley of Western Springs, IL and Jim (Jennifer) McDonough of San Francisco, CA; proud grandfather of Marykate, jack and Tm Curley and Quinn Mcdonough; son of the late Maurice and the late Mary McDonough (nee Burke); brother of the late Therese (Bob) Dillon, and the late Marge (Mitch) Koziana; fond uncle to many nieces and nephews, has gone on to his eternal reward; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Jim was a builder and pMlanthropist whose leadership in both the public and private sectors played a transformative role in almost every major public works project in the Chicago area over the past half-century; and
WHEREAS, a lifelong Chicagoan and graduate of the city's St. Ignatius High School, Jim earned his degree in business from John Carroll University, where he was a member of the school's ROTC and subsequently served in the United States Army as a First Lieutenant and an Area Transportation Officer in Korea; and
WHEREAS, Jim spent most of his life actively involved in Chicago's civic and political landscape, he took tremendous pride in the fact that his uncle introduced a fellow Chicagoan, Richard J. Daley, to local politics; and
WHEREAS, after returning from military service in 1957, Jim took the first of many positions with the City of Chicago, joining the Department of Streets and Sanitation in a supervisory role and eventually advancing to the positions of Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner; Jim was also the Chief Administrator of the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge and later served as Chairman of both the Chicago Transit Authority and the American Public Transit Association; and
WHEREAS, in 1974 Jim became President and CEO of Murphy Engineering, which later became McDonough Associates, Inc., a full-service engineering and architectural consulting firm which h...
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