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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of Marshall Rosenthal; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal was born in the Chicago Housing 
5Authority's Jane Addams Homes; he grew up on the old West Side 
6and attended Roosevelt High School; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal earned his bachelor's degree 
8from DePaul University and his MBA from Michigan State 
9University; he was teaching at UCLA and had almost completed 
10his Ph.D. in finance at Michigan State when he decided to 
11pursue a career in journalism; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal was employed as the chief arts 
13and amusements writer for the Chicago Daily News; he 
14free-lanced for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and 
15the Reader, where he originated the Hot Type media column; he 
16worked as a producer and writer for WMAQ-TV and WBBM-TV and won 
172 local Emmys for investigative reporting and spot news; he 
18later handled communications for the Illinois Department of 
19Commerce and Community Affairs, Evanston/Skokie School 
20District 65, and the Golden Apple Foundation; he also worked as 
21the Chicago writer for Rolling Stone magazine; and

  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Marshall Rosenthal is survived by his daughter, 
2Alisa; his son, Daniel; and his brother, Jerome; therefore, be 
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4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
6his family and friends, the passing of Marshall Rosenthal; and 
7be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to the family of Marshall Rosenthal as an expression 
10of our sympathy.