Allen Hartman

Justice Allen Hartman, age 77, loving and beloved husband of Rivian; adored and adoring father of Dr. Adam Lindsay (Jill) Hartman of Baltimore, M.D. and Attorney Stacie Rachel Hartman; brother of the late Arnold, Lila and Leslie; fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Justice Hartman served in Illinois Appellate from 1978 to the date of his death, in the Circuit Court of Cook County from 1974 to 1978, in WWII U.S. Army infantry. He served as the Executive Director of the Chicago Home Rule Commission in 1972, as General Counsel and as First Assistant Corporation Counsel from 1965 to 1973. He authored many environmental control, lakefront protection and landmark protection ordinances, and he drafted the ordinance which facilitated development of one of the largest air rights projects in the country, nroth and east of Randolph Street and Beaubien Court, to Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, in recognition of which the City of Chicago honorarily named a street after him. He was an adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School of Chicago. He published numerous law review articles, chaired many judicial seminars including many with visiting judges, law professors and lawyers from foreign countries, sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency and the International Visitors Center. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Loop Synagogue. Service Friday, 1 p.m., at the Weinstein Family Services Wilmette: Chapel 111 Skokie Blvd., Wilmette. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie. For Info: 847-256-5700.