THE JOURNAL & TOPICS NEWSPAPERS | THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
Heart Attack Claims Botterman
At age 44, Wheeling Township Democrat Committeeman and Harper Community College trustee Patrick Botterman died from an apparent heart attack Monday.
"We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Patrick Botterman," said Harper President Dr. Robert L. Breuder. "Patrick was a gifted political consultant, an exceptional leader and a cherished member of the Harper College family."
Botterman, of Arlington Hts., was elected to the Board of Trustees twice and also served on the Board of the Harper College Educational Foundation.
"Patrick was a tireless advo cate for making higher education affordable and accessible to the people of the northwest suburbs and played a major role in Harper's success and growth over the past 10 years," com mented Breuder. "He will be greatly missed and our prayers and thoughts go out to his fam ily and many friends and col leagues throughout Illinois."
Botterman's political resume was long and extensive dating back to 1996. In that year, he was the campaign manager for Illinois State Senator Terry Link. Two years later, he was the political director for John Schmidt, who ran for governor.
Starting in 2000 through the first three months of this year, Botterman was a campaign manager for politicians that in cluded John Schmidt, Congressman Melissa Bean, Carol Mosley Braun, Senator Dan Kotowski, Chicago Ald. Scot Waguespack and Mark Pera.
Botterman was born on Jan. 25, 1964. He was a Harper trustee from 1998-2003 and then again from 2007-08. In addition, he served on the Harper Foundation Board from 2003-07. He was also a Wheeling Township Democrat Committeemen, which serves approximately 95% of Prospect Heights and Wheeling, 85% of Arlington Heights, 60% of Mt. Prospect, 55% of Buffalo Grove, and small portions of Des Plaines, Northbrook and Rolling Meadows.