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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express |
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| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Robert |
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| T. Mortimer of Hinsdale, who passed away on December 16, 2006; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Mortimer was born on April 24, 1925 in |
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| Chicago; his parents were Edward Mortimer and Ruth MacKay; he |
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| married Mary Sherman on December 27, 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Mortimer served in the United States Navy |
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| in World War II as a Signalman 1st Class; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mortimer worked for Merrill Lynch, and later |
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| for Blunt Ellis & Simmons, opening their first Oak Brook office |
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| in 1962; he retired as senior vice president of Kemper |
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| Securities in 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 1947 graduate of Dartmouth College; he |
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| served as the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago president |
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| and as a member and officer of the Dartmouth Alumni Council |
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| from 1966 to 1970; in 1981 he received the Dartmouth Alumni |
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| Award for his many contributions to the school; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Mortimer served as the president of the |
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| Rotary Club of Oak Brook, where he was a Paul Harris fellow; he |
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| served as the president of the Hinsdale Golf Club; he was a |
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| trustee on the board of directors for the Robert Crown Center |
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| for Health Education and served on the Citizen's Advisory Board |
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| of Hinsdale Hospital and the Board of the Chicago Lighthouse |
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| for the Blind; and Mr. Mortimer and his wife served as |
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| co-chairmen of the Hinsdale-Oak Brook Crusade of Mercy; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert T. Mortimer is survived by his loving wife, |
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| Mary; his sons, Robert Jr. (Marion), William, and Peter |
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| (Christine); his grandchildren, Nicholas, Samuel, Michael, |
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| Kristine, William, Emily, Melissa, Craig, and Brittany; and his |
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| many nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we extend our sympathy |
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| to the friends and family of Robert T. Mortimer; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Robert T. Mortimer as an expression |
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| of our sincere sympathy.
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