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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Robert Glen Lamphere of Bull Valley, who 
4passed away on May 19, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere was born in Geneva to Marian and 
6Glen Lamphere on December 15, 1931; he attended Geneva High 
7School, where he was an all-state athlete in football, 
8basketball, and track; he attended the University of 
9Wisconsin-Madison on a football scholarship, where he was a 
10member of the 1953 Rose Bowl team and graduated with a degree 
11in English in 1954; after graduation, he served as an officer 
12in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere started his career at Van 
14Vlissingen and Company as a commercial real estate broker, 
15rising to the title of chairman; for over 50 years, he was a 
16highly respected leader in the Chicago-area commercial real 
17estate brokerage, development, and management community; his 
18developments included the Oak Forest Industrial Park, the 
19Palatine Expressway Industrial Park, the Northgate Industrial 
20Center in Wheeling and in partnership with his son, Chuck 
21Lamphere, the development of Lincolnshire Corporate Center, 
22The Corporate Grove, and The Corporate Woods in Southern Lake 
23County; he served as president of the Chicago Chapter of the 
 
 
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1Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and was a board 
2member of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development 
3association; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere was a lifelong reader, dog lover, 
5landscape designer, avid golfer, and founding member of the 
6Bull Valley Golf Club; he was a proud alumnus and active 
7supporter of the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department 
8and the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine; 
9and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere was preceded in death by his 
11brother, Donald (Jacquelyn) Lamphere; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Robert Lamphere is survived by his loving wife of 
1328 years, Nanette Obriot Lamphere; his children, Chuck (Sarah) 
14Lamphere and Vicki (John) Burchard; his grandchildren, Gordon, 
15Duncan and Malcolm Lamphere, and Elise Burchard; his 
16half-sister, Laura Lee Leff; and many nieces and nephews; 
17therefore, be it
  
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
20Robert Glen Lamphere, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
21family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
22further
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2presented to  the family of  Robert Lamphere as an expression of 
3our deepest sympathy.