Record #: R2022-277   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 3/23/2022 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 3/23/2022
Title: Recognition of Father Daniel Brandt's rescue of injured driver on Kennedy Expressway
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M., Waguespack, Scott, Napolitano, Anthony V.
Attachments: 1. R2022-277.pdf

RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS, Father Daniel "Dan" Brandt is being recognized for his heroic actions by risking his own safety in removing and assisting an injured driver from his vehicle in a rollover accident on the Kennedy Expressway on February 17, 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been, informed o f his actions by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and.

 

WHEREAS,father Dan was born in Norwood Park, Illinois then moved to Park Ridge, Illinois where he attended Main South High School. He graduated from Northern Illinois in DeKalb with a Degree in Business; and

 

WHEREAS, Father Dan worked for a few years in a CPA firm before joining the Catholic Seminary, University of St. Mary of the Lake in 1995, and was ordained in 1999; and

 

WHEREAS,.After his Ordination, his first assignment was at St. William Parish. While serving the parish, he began working with the Chicago Police Department's Chaplain Unit; and

 

WHEREAS, Father Dan became Pastor of Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Bridgeport, before replacing Father Nangle in 2011 as the full-time Director of CPD's Chaplain's Unit and currently resides at a parish in Logan Square; and

 

WHEREAS, Father Dan should be recognized and honored for his heroic actions that he took on February 17, 2022 by assisting a person in a.rollover accident; now, therefore

 

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members-of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-third day of March, 2022, do hereby congratulate Father Dan Brandt for his service, dedication, and bravery as Chaplain of tlie Chicago Police Department; and

Alderman, 14th Ward

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy ofthis resolution be presented to Father Dan Brandt.

 

CITY OF CHICAGO

                                                               

OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ANNA M. VALENCIA

 

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A, . Scott E. Waguespack
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., . Anthony V. Napolitano
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