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Saturday, October 4, 2025

Former state university employee Hallihan paid in $50K to pension fund, could collect $1.18M in retirement

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Former state university employee William Hallihan, who retired in November 2017, saved $49,752 toward a pension over 11 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hallihan would collect as much as $1.18 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Hallihan received $24,754 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Hallihan will have already received $50,251 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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