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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Robert |
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| Emmet "Butch" McGuire Sr. of Rochester, Minnesota, on |
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| Wednesday, May 17, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McGuire was the owner of Butch McGuire's at 20 |
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| W. Division, which was one of America's first singles bars; he |
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| purchased the bar in 1961, and the Near North Side would never |
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| be the same; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Beverly, and his father was a |
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| Chicago attorney; he graduated from Morgan Park Military |
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| Academy and the University of Michigan with an engineering |
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| degree, having conquered severe dyslexia; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1985, Mr. McGuire said that 12.5 million people |
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| had come into his bar since 1961, and more than 4,750 marriages |
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| came out of his bar; he was progressive and was one of the |
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| first in Chicago to hire a female bartender; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved the Christmas season and from |
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| mid-November through late January, Butch McGuire's is lit with |
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| more than 250,00 lights; he had model trains that ran on tracks |
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| that hung above the rooms of the bar; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McGuire was known for his willingness to help |
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| others; young people often came to him for jobs, and he was |
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| willing to help out; many people got their start at Butch |
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| McGuire's; as a recipient of a donor heart transplant, each |
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| year he and his wife would host a benefit for the American |
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| Transplant Association; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert Emmet "Butch" McGuire Sr. |
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| has been deeply felt by many, especially his wife of 42 years, |