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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Philip M. Klutznick of Chicago,
4 Illinois, who recently passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, Philip Klutznick was born in 1907 in Kansas
6 City, Missouri; he attended law school and worked as a city
7 attorney for Omaha, Nebraska; during World War II he worked
8 for President Roosevelt as a developer of temporary housing
9 for defense workers; one of the towns he built was Oak Ridge,
10 Tennessee, the home of the first nuclear bomb; and
11 WHEREAS, After the war Mr. Klutznick and his family moved
12 to Chicago, where he worked with his company, American
13 Community Builders, to develop Park Forest, a planned suburb
14 centered around a mall; and
15 WHEREAS, Philip Klutznick served as the international
16 president of B'nai B'rith from 1953 to 1959; he served as
17 president of the World Jewish Congress in the late 1970s, and
18 was chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the Jewish
19 United Fund; and
20 WHEREAS, Philip Klutznick served President Eisenhower,
21 President Kennedy, and President Carter as an envoy to the
22 United Nations; in 1979 he was appointed by President Carter
23 to serve as commerce secretary; and
24 WHEREAS, Philip Klutznick will be remembered for creating
25 Water Tower Place in Chicago, Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, the
26 Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook, and River Oaks in Calumet City;
27 and
28 WHEREAS, Philip Klutznick is survived by his children,
29 Bettylu (Dr. Paul) Saltzman, Thomas (Tina) Klutznick, James
30 (Judith) Klutznick, Robert (Gloria) Klutznick, and Samuel
31 Klutznick; his grandchildren, Amy (Steven Wellner) Saltzman,
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1 David (Jody Futorian) Saltzman, Peter (Laurel) Saltzman, Jane
2 (Jeffry) Baird, Karen Klutznick, John (Heather) Klutznick,
3 Daniel Klutznick, Katherine Klutznick, Barri (Peter Pencak)
4 Klutznick, Marc Klutznick, Kimberly Klutznick, Jennifer
5 Klutznick, Lauren Klutznick, and Nathan Klutznick; his
6 great-grandchildren, Rebecca and Nathan Wellner, Veronica,
7 Emanuel, Alex, and Jordan Saltzman, and Adin and Benjamin
8 Baird; and many other members of his family; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
10 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
11 all that knew him, the memory of Philip Klutznick of Chicago,
12 Illinois; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to the family of Philip Klutznick, along with our
15 sincere regards.