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HR0144LRB104 12341 ECR 22521 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Chicago 

4Bears principal owner Virginia Halas McCaskey, who passed away 

5on February 6, 2025; and

6 WHEREAS, Virginia McCaskey was the eldest child of the 

7founder of the Chicago Bears and the National Football League 

8(NFL), George Halas; she received a degree in business 

9management from Drexel University with the goal of serving as 

10her father's secretary; she also joined the Pi Sigma Gamma 

11sorority, the Newman Club, the Panhellenic Council, and the 

12YWCA; her first memory of attending a Chicago Bears game was at 

13the age of two, and she attended her first NFL Championship 

14game at the age of eight; she also attended the 1940 NFL 

15Championship when the Bears won 73-0 with their infamous "T" 

16formation; and

17 WHEREAS, Virginia McCaskey officially served as secretary 

18of the Bears franchise and as a member of the team's board of 

19directors; she voted the shares of herself, her children, and 

20her grandchildren; she and her heirs owned 80% of the Bears, 

21and the team has been in Halas-McCaskey hands since George 

22Halas acquired the then Decatur Staleys from A.E. Staley in 

231921 and then moved the team to Chicago; and

HR0144- 2 -LRB104 12341 ECR 22521 r

1 WHEREAS, Virginia McCaskey's father originally intended 

2for her younger brother, George "Mugs" Halas Jr., to inherit 

3the team; however, Mugs tragically died of a heart attack in 

41979; therefore, Virginia was next in line to inherit the 

5Bears when her father, affectionately known as "Papa Bear", 

6passed away four years later; and

7 WHEREAS, During Virginia McCask