RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson III, has been called lo eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 90; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Senator Stevenson is survived by his wife of 66 years, Nancy Anderson, his four children, Adlai IV, Warwick, Lucy and Katherine, his brothers, Borden and John and nine grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Senator Stevenson was born October 10, 1930 to Adlai Ewing Stevenson II and the former Ellen Borden in Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Senator Stevenson attended five grade and preparatory schools including public schools in Lake Forest, IL, Harrow in England, and Milton Academy in Massachusetts from which he graduated in 1948; and
WHEREAS, In 1952, Senator Stevenson earned a Bachelor's Degree in Government from Harvard University; and
WHEREAS, In 1953, Senator Stevenson went on to join the Marine Corps., attended Officer Candidate School and arrived in Korea with a tank unit just after the truce and mustered out as a first lieutenant in 1954; and
WHEREAS, In 1957, Senator Stevenson graduated from Harvard Law School and later became a partner in a prestigious Chicago law firm, Mayer, Brown & Piatt; and
WHEREAS, Senator Stevenson's political career began in 1964 where he was elected to a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives in which he sponsored 84 bills in two years, which named him the house's "best legislator" by The Independent Voters of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Senator Stevenson went on to be elected Illinois State Treasurer, serving . from 1967 to 1970; and.
WHEREAS, In 1981, Senator Stevenson left the Senate where he served a decade and twice ran for governor of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, In 1986, after leaving active politics he resumed practicing law, but went on to become President and Chairman of SC&M Investment Management and later a co-founder of HuaMei Capital; and
WHEREAS, To his beloved family, Honorable Adlai...
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