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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 Dr. David Arnold Frier Jr. of |
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| Springfield, who passed away on February 27, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Illinois Prisoner Review |
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| Board and served under two governors; he was born in Benton in |
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| 1931; and
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| WHEREAS, He received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral |
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| degrees from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; he was |
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| a tenured professor at Western Illinois University, where he |
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| taught political science for 20 years; a number of his |
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| students, including Mary Matalin and Senator Kirk Dillard, went |
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| on to political careers; and
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| WHEREAS, He was also a noted antique dealer and collector |
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| and for many years had a shop in Macomb, as well as exhibiting |
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| at shows around the Midwest; he was known for painting Illinois |
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| River duck decoys, which are widely sold at shows across the |
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| United States and on eBay; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. David Frier is survived by his wife, Yasna; |
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| and his six children, Timothy David, Kerry Dee, Randy Ryan, |
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| Bruce Hale, Jennifer Rae, and John David; therefore, be it
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