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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
James Tyree; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, James Tyree grew up in the Beverly neighborhood of 
5Chicago; he earned his bachelor's degree and his Master of 
6Business Administration degree from Illinois State University; 
7and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, James Tyree began his career at Mesirow, an 
9employee-owned, diversified financial services company, in 
101980; he subsequently became the company's CEO and chairman and 
11helped build the private company into a $51 billion-asset firm 
12with more than 1,200 employees in offices nationwide and in 
13London; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, James Tyree led an investment group that bought 
15the Chicago Sun-Times for $26 million when the newspaper was 
16floundering in bankruptcy court in 2009; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, James Tyree had served on more than 50 civic and 
18corporate boards, including the board of PrivateBancorp Inc.; 
19he was active in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the 
20Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Executives' Club of 
21Chicago, the Illinois State University Foundation, the 
 
 
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1Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago 
2Hospitals; he also served as board chairman of the City 
3Colleges system for 10 years; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, James Tyree was a lifelong fan of the Chicago 
5White Sox; and
 
6    WHEREAS, James Tyree is survived by his wife, Eve, and his 
7children, Jessica, Matthew, and Joseph; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
10his family and friends, the passing of James Tyree; and be it 
11further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of James Tyree as an expression of our 
14sympathy.