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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Edward James "Ed" Collins Jr., who passed 
4away on February 20, 2019; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Ed Collins was born in Lawrence,
Massachusetts to 
6Mary Elizabeth Rogers and Edward James Collins Sr. on March 17, 
71933; he graduated from Brighton High School in
Boston in 1952 
8and served for three years in the U.S. Army Security Agency, 
9where he was stationed in South Korea for over a year and 
10involved in top secret classified work; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Ed Collins returned from military service and  
12enrolled at Boston University; he transferred to the University 
13of
California, Berkeley and decided to become a journalist; he 
14graduated in 1955 and took a position with the Brawley Daily 
15News, a small community newspaper in Southern
California; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Ed Collins accepted a position as Executive 
17Director of the
Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce and then a 
18public relations job with the California Medical
Association; 
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, Ed Collins married Dorothy Jane McCann and they 
21lived in Kensington, California  for the next 13 years; in 1977, 
 
 
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1he accepted a position with the American Association of Medical 
2Society Executives and his family settled in Deerfield; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Ed Collins decided to
return to journalism and 
4obtained a master's degree in journalism from Columbia College 
5in Chicago in 2000; he began  to work for the Lake County 
6News-Sun newspaper as a general assignment
reporter for the 
7next 14 years; he retired in December 2014; and
  
 
  
8    WHEREAS, Ed Collins is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and 
9his son, Edward James
Collins III; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12Edward James "Ed" Collins Jr. and extend our sincere 
13condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
14him; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to  the family of  Ed Collins as an expression of our 
17deepest sympathy.