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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
James E. Lind, who passed away on October 
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8, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, James Lind was born in Lemont; he earned 4 varsity 
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letters in basketball and 3 letters in football at Lemont High 
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School, throwing 13 touchdown passes for the 1945 football 
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team; in 2008, he was named to the Lemont High School's Hall of 
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Fame; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, After high school, James Lind attended North 
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Central College in Naperville, where he helped the team to 
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back-to-back seven-win seasons in 1946 and 1947; he earned his 
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bachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1950 and 
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his master's degree in education from Northern Illinois 
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University in 1964; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, After taking a number of teaching jobs downstate, 
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James Lind took a job teaching biology at Downers Grove North 
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in 1955; a year later, he became an assistant football coach 
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under legendary head coach Dick Carstens, for whom the school's 
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football stadium is named; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In 1957, James Lind was one of 8 teachers who were 
 


 






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asked to help start Downers Grove North's guidance department; 
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for the next decade, he served as both a biology teacher and a 
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guidance counselor; in 1967, he became a full-time guidance 
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counselor; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In 1977, James Lind stepped down from coaching 
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football and started working as a driver at Argonne National 
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Laboratory during the summers; in 1989, he retired as a 
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guidance counselor; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, James Lind is survived by his wife of 59 years, 
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Rosalie; his daughters, Lauren Hoffman, Lisa Kean, Jenifer, and 
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Julie; his sisters, Caryl Garling and Virginia Connelly; and 
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his 5 grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of James E. Lind; 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 James Lind as an expression of our 
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sympathy.