[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 17, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REMEMBERING STATE SENATOR AND COOK COUNTY JUDGE ROBERT J. EGAN

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                           HON. RAHM EMANUEL

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 17, 2003

  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the life of a respected 
and exceptional public servant for the people of Chicago, the Honorable 
Robert J. Egan, who passed away on September 15, 2003.
  Robert Egan was born in Elmhurst in 1931. In 1958, he married his 
lovely wife Marie. Together they had five wonderful children, Beth, 
Margie, Sarah, Robert Jr., and Frank and four grandchildren, Tony, 
Meggy, Kaitlyn and Sarah.
  Judge Egan served as a first lieutenant from 1954-1956 in the U.S. 
Army infantry in Korea. He then worked his way through law school at 
Loyola University and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1959. He 
later joined the Illinois Attorney General's Office, where he served as 
Chief Legislative Counsel and Chief Attorney in its antitrust division.
  In 1970, Judge Egan was elected to the Illinois State Senate. 
Although defeated in 1972, he was subsequently reelected in 1974. He 
served in the Senate until 1984.
  During his first year in the State Senate, Judge Egan sponsored seven 
anticrime measures that were enacted into law. He also was a leader in 
the movement to strengthen sentences for serious and repeat offenders.
  Judge was his last title, gained when he was appointed to the Cook 
County Circuit Court in 1987. He retired from the bench in 1988.
  From 1990-1999, he served on the review board of the Illinois 
Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
  Mr. Speaker, I join with the people of the northwest side of the City 
of Chicago in recognizing the life of Robert Egan, and wish to express 
my deep sense of sorrow to Marie and the rest of Robert's loving 
family.

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