Illinois SR 582: MEMORIAL-WILLIAM S. HANLEY

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SR0582LRB104 19235 RMO 32681 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of William S. Hanley of Brooklin, Maine, 

4who passed away on December 8, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, William Hanley, the son of William M. and Dorothy 

6Hanley, was born in Chicago on June 4, 1939; he graduated from 

7St. Benedict Parish School in 1957; he received his Bachelor 

8of Arts in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame 

9in 1961 and earned his Juris Doctor at the University of 

10Chicago School of Law in 1964; he married Nancy J. Fahrnkopf at 

11Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 1970; and

12 WHEREAS, William Hanley began his legal career at the 

13Chicago law firm Kahn, Adsit, and Arnstein; he moved to 

14Springfield and served as legislative counsel to Illinois 

15Governor Richard B. Ogilvie from 1969 to 1972; he was an 

16attorney with the law firm of Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, 

17Cullen, and Cochran from 1972 to 2000; he was a Ford Foundation 

18fellow and held a variety of other professional roles, 

19including general counsel to the Illinois Community College 

20Board and chairman of the Secretary of State's Advisory 

21Council on Public Records and Privacy; and

22 WHEREAS, William Hanley moved to Maine in 1994, where he 

SR0582- 2 -LRB104 19235 RMO 32681 r

1opened the William S. Hanley Law Office in Blue Hill; he served 

2as town counsel for Brooklin, Maine and chairman of the 

3Brooklin Planning Board; he was also a member of the 

4humanitarian organization Independent Order of Odd Fellows; 

5and

6 WHEREAS, William Hanley and his wife, Nancy, raised their 

7sons William and Michael in Springfield in the 1970s and 

81980s, years fondly rem