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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
COMMEMORATING THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND MEMORY OF JOHN FLYNN ROONEY
WHEREAS, John Flynn Rooney, an award winning journalist, and reporter for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin for nearly three decades died June 30, leaving behind family, countless friends, devoted readers and a community enriched for having known him; and
WHEREAS John Rooney was one of the legal community's greatest chroniclers; he was noted for his intelligence, exceptional attention to detail and excellence. "No detail seemed too minor to escape his attention. No question appeared too tough to ask. No story was too big or too small, or too difficult, to handle," 1st District Appellate Justice Michael B. Hyman said as he presented Rooney with a lifetime achievement award last month during The Chicago Bar Association's Herman Kogan Media Awards; and
WHEREAS, John Rooney had the unique ability to work without rancor and as a result was genuinely admired and respected; there was never a personal, partisan, or ulterior motive when it came to the way he wrote. He was known as a reporter who could be hard-hitting with his sources when he needed to be and as someone who reflected the very best of the free press; and
WHEREAS, while he was in high school and college, John Rooney worked as a runner for renowned personal-injury attorney Philip Corboy. He and the Rooney siblings who followed him did such a good job, lawyers at the firm started calling the runners "Rooneys," The title to this day is still used at Corboy and Demetrio and according to Thomas Demetrio "It's a badge of honor to be called a Rooney"; and
WHEREAS, John Rooney was a second-generation news man. His father, Edmund J. Rooney Jr. was a reporter for the old Chicago Daily News. John Rooney graduated from Marist High School. He earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Loyola University of Chicago and a master's degree in public affairs reporting at Sangamon State University, now known as Un...
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