Longtime Realtor Roy Fair loses cancer battle. 

Fair was a past president of the Illinois Association of REALTORS and the 1982 Illinois REALTOR of the year.  He served for 22 years as a director of the National Association of REALTORS.  "We lost a great friend and REALTOR advocate," said IAR President Kay Wirth.  "He gave so much to the REALTOR organization, locally, state and nationwide.

Roy was a real estate pioneer and a role model for many.  He was dedicated and focused, a favorite saying being, "There's no reason to do well that which does not need to be done."

He was the founder of the Illinois Acadamey of Real Estate, my model and my father.  He will be greatly missed by many.

Mike Fair
Director
Illinois Academy of Real Estate