RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF APRIL 1, 2010
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MEMORIAL RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners extending sympathy and condolences to the family of Earl A. Deutsch
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WHEREAS, Mr. Earl A. Deutsch departed this life on March 24, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Deutsch was born in Chicago on March 22, 1924 to Sidney and Fay Deutsch; and
WHEREAS, Earl served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and saw duty in China, Burma and India; and
WHEREAS, Earl A. Deutsch received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois in 1946 and a Juris Doctor degree from The John Marshall Law School in 1950 and began a stellar career in law; and
WHEREAS, in the mid-1950’s Mr. Deutsch founded the law firm of Deutsch, Levy and Engel, Chartered, which presently serves the District as Special Counsel for complex environmental matters; and
WHEREAS, Earl served as Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago from October 1965 through December of 1966; and
WHEREAS, during Earl’s storied legal career, in addition to serving as attorney and counselor to numerous business clients, as a director on the boards of banks and real estate companies, and a repeated delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he also served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County, a Master in Chancery for the Circuit Court of Cook County, and as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Earl A. Deutsch was predeceased by his wife, Lois, and sister, Elaine Rubens; and
WHEREAS, Earl is survived by his loving children, Andrew, Amy and Jill, their spouses, Cynthia Babcock Deutsch, Arnold Glickman and Roger Stein, and his adoring grandchildren, Jonathan, Laura, Sara, Matthew, Michael and William; and
WHEREAS, Earl’s unique and vigorous personality made him loved and respected by all who met him, and the friends he made over his long life are too many to count; and
WHEREAS, countless people mourn the passing of this highly regarded attorney, counselor, father, grandfather and friend.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, on behalf of ourselves and our staff, extend our sympathy and condolences to the family of Earl A. Deutsch; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, and that a copy of same, suitably engrossed, be presented to the family of Earl A. Deutsch.
Dated: April 1, 2010
Approved: TERRENCE J. O’BRIEN, President; KATHLEEN THERESE MEANY, Vice-President; GLORIA ALITTO MAJEWSKI, Chairman, Committee on Finance; FRANK AVILA; PATRICIA HORTON; BARBARA J. MCGOWAN; CYNTHIA M. SANTOS; DEBRA SHORE; MARIYANA T. SPYROPOULOS, Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Approved as to Form and Legality: Frederick M. Feldman, General Counsel