Illinois SR 438: MEMORIAL - DONALD D. SMITH

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SR0438LRB104 15568 ECR 28734 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Nile W. Gossett, who passed away on 

4May 5, 2025 at the age of 60; and

5 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett was born to Nile Edward Gossett and 

6Essie Lee Todd on February 20, 1965; he was raised on the South 

7Side of Chicago, where he attended Paul Cuffee Elementary 

8School; and

9 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett started working at his father's 

10dry-cleaning business at age ten, and by age 12, he attended 

11Chicago State University's gifted center while skipping 

12seventh grade and graduating eighth grade as valedictorian; 

13and

14 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett attended Chicago Vocational High 

15School and then earned his bachelor's degree in business at 

16the Illinois Institute of Technology; and

17 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett worked for the Wrigley Company, the 

18Chicago Bulls, Inland Steel, McDonald's Corporation, and the 

19Chicago Chamber of Commerce; and

20 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett moved to Oak Park in 1999, where he 

SR0438- 2 -LRB104 15568 ECR 28734 r

1met his future wife, Megan, and the two married a year later; 

2and

3 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett worked in sales and marketing for 

4Inland Steel Company in Chicago; after attending a diversity 

5training class and discovering the subject was his passion, he 

6transferred to Inland's training department and joined their 

7diversity task force; and

8 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett launched his consulting business, 

9Best Practices Training, and began conducting diversity 

10training workshops for clients, including the Village of Oak 

11Park, in 2000; and

12 WHEREAS, Nile Gossett also became involved with Project 

13Unity, a community initiative founde