SR0153 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Paul C. Schreckenberger, Ph.D. of River Forest, who passed away on November 29, 2016, at the age of 69; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Schreckenberger was raised in Buffalo, New York; he earned his bachelor's degree in medical laboratory science from the State University of New York; he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a master's degree in the same field in 1974; he served seven years in the United States Army National Guard; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Schreckenberger moved to Chicago to become an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, teaching clinical microbiology and helping to train laboratory technicians; he later became Associate Director of Clinical Laboratories at the University of Illinois Hospital; and

WHEREAS, After completing work on a Doctorate in Pathology with a focus on microbiology in 1989, Dr. Schreckenberger became the Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at Loyola University Medical Center and a professor of Pathology at the Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood; he was internationally recognized as an expert in the field of microbiology and lectured at conferences around the world; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Schreckenberger was named Teacher of the Year by pathology residents three times while at the Loyola University Medical Center; he was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology in 2008, and in 2010, he received the Pasteur Award from the Illinois Society for Microbiology; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Schreckenberger was one of the lead authors of the microbiology textbook "Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology"; he wrote a number of chapters for other books and contributed to 85 journal publications and 259 published abstracts or posters; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Schreckenberger kept spirits high in the department with festivities such as a costume contest or a themed lunch with hot dogs when the Chicago Cubs were in the World Series; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Schreckenberger was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Dorothy Schreckenberger, and his children, Laura and Scott; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Schreckenberger was the husband of Ann (Dye); the father of Adam; the brother of Ann Marie (Jean Bernard) Roeder, Mary Kathryn (Arthur) Hart, Thomas (Claudine), Denise (Darryl) Anello, and Charles "Chas" (Kimberly) Schreckenberger; the brother-in-law of Cindy (Jerry) Redmond and Sharon (the late Nelson) Dye; and uncle of many; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Paul C. Schreckenberger, Ph.D., and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Dr. Schreckenberger as an expression of our deepest sympathy.