Bill Text: IL SR0217 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Laurence Msall of Inverness, formerly of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [SR0217 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0217-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
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| 3 | to learn of the death of Laurence Msall of Inverness, formerly | ||||||
| 4 | of Oak Park, who passed
away on February 4, 2023 at the age of | ||||||
| 5 | 61; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was born in Chicago on January 3,
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| 7 | 1962 to parents Emil and Lucille (Kotewa) Msall; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall graduated from St. Ignatius | ||||||
| 9 | College Prep
and Knox College; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall earned a Juris Doctor degree from
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| 11 | Loyola University School of Law in 1992; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a recipient of the 1992 Loyola
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| 13 | Leadership and Service Award; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, After graduating from Knox College in 1984, | ||||||
| 15 | Laurence Msall moved to Springfield to work for
then-Governor | ||||||
| 16 | Jim Thompson at the Department of Commerce and
Community | ||||||
| 17 | Affairs (DCCA) and served as DCCA's chief
legislative liaison; | ||||||
| 18 | and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall joined the staff of the Commercial
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| 1 | Club of Chicago in 1990 as vice president, where he worked to
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| 2 | promote regional economic development strategies and special | ||||||
| 3 | projects, including the Soldier Field rehab and reorganization
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| 4 | of the United Way of Chicago; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall served as secretary to the
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| 6 | Commercial Club Foundation and as vice president of the Civic
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| 7 | Committee; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was appointed by then-Governor
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| 9 | George H. Ryan as Senior Advisor for Economic Development in
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| 10 | 1999, where he oversaw eleven of the State's economic
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| 11 | development and infrastructure-related agencies; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a member of the Civic
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| 13 | Federation, a bipartisan research organization working to
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| 14 | reduce government costs and improve public services; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall spent the last 21 years as
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| 16 | president of the Civic Federation; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was an active member of St. Giles
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| 18 | Catholic Parish in Oak Park and Holy Family in Inverness; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Over the course of his professional career, | ||||||
| 20 | Laurence Msall earned the trust and respect of Illinois | ||||||
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| 1 | elected officials, policymakers, and policy advocates alike | ||||||
| 2 | for his wise and thoughtful counsel on fiscal and budget | ||||||
| 3 | matters; he regularly provided input and feedback in the | ||||||
| 4 | government and public arenas and was highly regarded and | ||||||
| 5 | admired for his intelligence, honesty, and insight as well as | ||||||
| 6 | his friendly and respectful manner; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a committed supporter of the
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| 8 | non-profit L'Arche Chicago, which works to help adults with
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| 9 | intellectual disabilities lead happy, fulfilling lives; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall married Nicola Hill in
2018; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was an avid runner, devoted | ||||||
| 12 | Chicago White Sox and Bruce Springsteen fan, fisherman,
world | ||||||
| 13 | traveler, husband, father, grandfather, uncle,
and friend; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a longtime honorary member of | ||||||
| 15 | the Harmon family and was a mentor and an all-around sounding | ||||||
| 16 | board to Senate President Don Harmon, encompassing the Oak | ||||||
| 17 | Park and St. Ignatius days, Knox College and the practice of | ||||||
| 18 | law, Tuesday Night Hoops, and Family Mass; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was preceded in death by his
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| 20 | mother, his father, and his brother, Gerard Peter; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall is survived by his wife, Nicola;
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| 2 | his three daughters, Lucille, Camille, and Matilda; Nicola's
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| 3 | children, Alex (Maria), Samantha (Michael), Tommy, Tess, and
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| 4 | Oscar; his three grandchildren, Valerie, Owen, and newly born
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| 5 | Reece Laurence; eight of his siblings, Michael (Karla), Anita,
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| 6 | Karin (Steve) Fischer, Mary (Scott) Rogers, Camille, Madeleine
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| 7 | (Frank Mauceri), Christianne, and Julianne (Christopher)
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| 8 | Pegler; his first wife, Mary Jo Smith; and his many nieces and
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| 9 | nephews; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall will be missed by his family, many
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| 11 | friends, colleagues, and the community whom he knew
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| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Laurence Msall and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 19 | presented to the family of Laurence Msall as an expression of
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| 20 | our deepest sympathy.
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