SR0745 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Donald R. "Don" Moran of Savoy, who passed away on October 7, 2019; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran was born in Thomasboro to Patrick and Margaret (Benting) Moran on March 5, 1933; he graduated from Rantoul Grade School and Rantoul Township High School; he received his Bachelor of Science from Eastern Illinois University, his Master of Education from the University of Illinois, and a Certificate of College Business Management from the University of Kentucky; he served with the U.S. Army in the 2nd Armored Division in Germany and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Army of Occupation of Germany Medal; he married Judyth Tenenholtz in Hawaii in 1978; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran retired in 1988 as the business manager (vice president for finance) of Parkland College, where he had also served as assistant business manager and chairman of the business division; prior to that, he was a member of the business education faculty at Rantoul Township High School; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran earned the professional registration certificate for both school business official and school business administrator; he was a member (emeritus) of the Association of School Business Officials of the United States and Canada and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials; he served as a staff member of the Illinois Administrator's Academy – Retired Professionals Service Corps; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran was a member of Chi Gamma Iota, Delta Pi Epsilon, the National Association of Retired Teachers, the Parkland College Foundation's Society of 1966, and the Livingston C. Lord Society of Eastern Illinois University; he was a former member of the Champaign and Urbana Chambers of Commerce, the Champaign Rotary Club, and the Illinois Association of Community College Business Administrators; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran was a past member of the church board of the Rantoul American Lutheran Church (1967-1970 and 1985-1987), the Rantoul High School Board of Education (1970-1973), the board of directors of the Illinois Association of Community Colleges (1979-1980), the village board of trustees of Thomasboro (1980-1985), the board of directors of the Champaign Chamber of Commerce (1982-1983), and the executive board of directors of the Champaign Rotary Club (1982-1983); he also served as treasurer of the Champaign Chamber of Commerce (1980-1982) and represented Rantoul Township High School District 193 on the Champaign-Ford Counties Educational Service Region Reorganization Committee; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran had articles published in professional journals, where he reported on different teaching methodologies that he developed in teaching accounting concepts, typing techniques, and general business theories; he is listed in the 1974-1975 edition of Outstanding Educators of America and the 1980-1981 Who's Who in the Midwest; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran was inducted into the Rantoul Township High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1984; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran held a registered Class C federal Securities and Exchange Commission license; in 1989, he was appointed marketing representative for the Illinois School District Liquid Asset Fund's East Central Illinois Territory, an 11-county area of 122 public school districts; he retired in January of 1995; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran loved telling stories and had a wry sense of humor; he loved writing monthly Letters to the Editor in The News-Gazette; but most of all, he loved his family; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Bonnie Moran; and

WHEREAS, Don Moran is survived by his wife, Judyth; his daughters, Lisa Moran, Lori (Courtney) Cole, and Lynda (Douglas) Watterson; his brother, David Moran; his grandchildren, Jessica (Nick) Cole York, Jennifer (John) Cole Williams, Dallas (Erica) Watterson, and Justin Watterson; and his great-grandchildren, Lillian, Dexter, and Sawyer Watterson, Emma and Cole York, and Annabelle and Audrey Williams; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Donald R. "Don" Moran 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 Don Moran as an expression of our deepest sympathy.