Brian A. Braun

June 5th, 2023

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים💗
Sincetest heartfelt condolences to all of your family.
It was an absolute pleasure to get to meet and know members of your family at Northbrook Community Synagogue and to get to see your family grow and become involved in the community.
May Brian’s memory and legacy truly forever be for so many blessings 💗

~Sheryl B. Hipps & Kirk H. Hipps
~Family Friends, West Hartford, Connecticut

June 5th, 2023

Allen and Bari

~Allen and Bari Graber
~Congragent at NCS, Glenview

June 5th, 2023

We always enjoyed our times together with Brian, Terre, and their children, who have now grown up into wonderful people, a great reflection on Brian and Terre. Brian was a person of strong convictions and good humor, and a pillar of our Sinai community, and we shall miss him greatly. Z”L.

~Julia and Gene Robinson
~Sinai Temple friends, Champaign

June 4th, 2023

I will miss the humor and stories most. Brian was more than just our District attorney, he was a friend. He is, and will forever be part of our DPS family.

~Dr. Rochelle Clark, Superintendent DPS #61
~Colleague, Decatur, IL

June 2nd, 2023

Brian was a great legal mentor and friend. He was always teaching about the importance of fostering relationships with people and stakeholders. I value the lesson of “patience will be your strength” that he taught me. I will miss him and appreciate all that he stood for and the values that he lived and shared. God bless the entire family. – Larry Maynard, Oakwood CUSD #76 Superintendent

~Larry Maynard
~Legal and Friend, Oakwood, Illinois

June 2nd, 2023

Brian was a honorable man with whom I enjoyed working. He will be missed.

~Jon Nadler
~Union Rep, Mt Zion IL

June 2nd, 2023

I met Brian in 1988, within my first few weeks as Illinois Education Association General Counsel. Brian innately knew that in order to do the work that we loved as it deserved to be done, it was all about respectful, caring relationships, whether they be with coworkers, colleagues across the table or community. And while we represented our respective clients to the best of our skills and abilities, I knew no one as knowledgeable, no one as fair, no one as willing to work toward getting the right things done. He was not only the dean of Illinois school law but, more importantly, a truly deep down good person. He will be greatly missed by so many of us….

~Mitchell Roth
~Colleague and friend, Springfield, Illinois

June 1st, 2023

We first met at freshmen at SAM fraternity at I of I. Our friendship continued until his death. I knew Brian in so many roles — friend, journalism undergrad, Sports Editor of Daily Illini, roommate, teacher, law student, attorney, husband, father, grandfather, host, fellow Illini sports fan, and fellow Jew. He was a very critical thinker, and as close to a Renaissance man as anyone I ever personally encountered. He is gone but not forgotten. And is most assuredly missed.

~William (Bill) Summer
~Long-time (58 years) friend, SAN DIEGO