Illinois SR 304: MEMORIAL - ROYAL WALTER LAUING

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SR0304LRB104 13548 MST 26036 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Thomas Patrick Hardy of Hinsdale, who 

4passed away on March 27, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Thomas Hardy was raised in Chicago's Beverly 

6neighborhood, graduating from Brother Rice High School and 

7later from Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he was a proud 

8member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity; and

9 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy continued his education at Northwestern 

10University, where he graduated from the Medill School of 

11Journalism; and

12 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy had a long, distinguished career in 

13journalism, government, and public affairs; and

14 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy began his career in journalism at the 

15Chicago Tribune, first as a copy clerk and later as a political 

16writer and columnist, where his work included traveling with 

17candidates to cover three presidential campaigns; and

18 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy also served as a frequent analyst for 

19public affairs programming on WGN-TV and WTTW-TV during his 

20years as an active private-sector journalist; and

SR0304- 2 -LRB104 13548 MST 26036 r

1 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy became press secretary for Governor Jim 

2Edgar after two decades at the Chicago Tribune; and

3 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy then became a managing director of 

4public affairs for Burson-Marsteller, a global public 

5relations firm, before joining the University of Illinois; and

6 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy had recently retired from the 

7University of Illinois after nearly two decades, rising to the 

8rank of chief spokesman and executive director of the Office 

9of University Relations for the University of Illinois; and

10 WHEREAS, Tom Hardy was an athletic man and a sou