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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Serving the community was paramount in Arthur Chase's life in Massachusetts, where he
served two terms in the Massachusetts Senate from 1991-1995. Senator Chase worked
to improve conditions for mental health patients, and backed legislation to create the
Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science a public magnet school, later writing a book
about the history of the school. A pragmatic state senator, Senator Chase worked across
the aisle to create the Central Massachusetts Legislative Caucus; and,
WHEREAS, Arthur and his family founded the Chase Paper Company, and printed the official
invitations to the first inauguration of President Ronald Reagan. He later founded
Checkerboard Ltd., printing luxurious stationary for clients such as Bill Gates and Luciano
Pavarotti; and,
WHEREAS, Arthur moved to Collier County in 2004, and soon after was on the board of directors for
the Heron in Pelican Bay. He thought it an ethical duty for citizens to be informed about
local issues and social needs. He encouraged leadership and political action, and was a
master at developing strategies to correct a wrong; and,
WHEREAS, Arthur passionately believed that preserving natural resources was an obligation of
citizenship and he became an advocate for Clam Pass, its waters, and its priceless
mangrove forest; and,
WHEREAS, He was an advocate at civic and county meetings, and financially supported the Mangrove
Action Group, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Naples Botanical Gardens, Neighborhood
Health Clinic, Naples Council on World Affairs, Planned Parenthood of Collier County and
the Holocaust Museum; and,
WHEREAS, Arthur made things happen, partly because he was indefatigably persistent, but most of
all because he excited imaginations and recruited others in the cause.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed that the Collier County Board of County Commissioners hereby
honors the life and work of Arthur Chase and expresses its most sincere sympathy to his
family for their loss of this great man.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 27th Day of January 2015.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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