Resolution on the Death of James E. Randell

This resolution, adopted on January 29, 1916, highlights the care and concern the association’s leadership has always had for others.

Resolution on the Death of James E. Randell

Whereas; death is one of nature’s laws, at times seeming cruel yet always opening the gateway to a broader and freer life, and

Whereas; one of our most esteemed and beloved co-workers, James E. Randell has passed to the great beyond, and

Whereas; his recent visit here with his family and the pleasant anticipation of having him with us again at an early date have made the members of this association feel especially close to him, and

Whereas; we realize that though we shall miss him sorely, there are those at his [?] whose hearts ache at the separation and whose loneliness time only can soften, therefore

Be it Resolved that we, the Atlanta Association of Building Owners & Managers, extend our sincerest sympathy to the sorrowing family and in doing so remind them that lives such as his never really die, their helpful influence is forever with us and their achievements afford a constant inspiration in the world’s work.

Beit further resolved that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Association and that a copy be forwarded to the bereaved family.

Will R. Beck
E. M. Horine
W. A. Jones
Committee

About James E. Randell

According to the January 28, 1916, issue of The Chicago Daily Tribune, James E. Randell was “a director of the board and manager of the Continental and Commercial National Bank building. Mr. Randell, who served two terms as president of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, was recognized as one of the leading experts in the country in building management.”

According to an article titled, “E M. Horine Heads Atlanta Builders – Last Address of Late James E. Randell, of Chicago, Read at Banquet by Son,” in the February 22, 1916, issue of The Atlanta Constitution, James E. Randell’s son, Murray E. Randell, traveled from Chicago to attend the third annual banquet of the Atlanta Association of Building Owners and Managers in honor of his father. The article states, “‘Office Building Dividends,’ the last work of one of America’s greatest office building owners and operators, the late James E. Randell, of Chicago, was read to the local skyscraper men by Murray E. Randell, who came to Atlanta at the special invitation of the local association to read his father’s address.”