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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Dr. Terry Tyler Martinez of Collinsville, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on March 25, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Terry Martinez was born September 4, 1946, in | ||||||
| 6 | Linton, Indiana; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, He was a born educator and encouraged and | ||||||
| 8 | influenced generations of professional pharmacists, nurses, | ||||||
| 9 | and dentists; he loved the outdoors and enjoyed biking, | ||||||
| 10 | camping, swimming, ice skating, and hiking; and he enjoyed | ||||||
| 11 | planning trips and traveling with his family, especially to | ||||||
| 12 | Hawaii, the National Parks, British Columbia, and the | ||||||
| 13 | Caribbean; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He was a board-certified toxicologist with | ||||||
| 15 | Toxicologic Associates and served as an expert witness for | ||||||
| 16 | court cases throughout the Midwest; he was a professor of | ||||||
| 17 | pharmacology and toxicology for nearly thirty years, most | ||||||
| 18 | recently teaching at St. Louis College of Pharmacy and SIU | ||||||
| 19 | Edwardsville; he worked with poison control centers for more | ||||||
| 20 | than ten years; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, He earned degrees from Purdue University and the | ||||||
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| 1 | University of British Columbia; he was a member of several | ||||||
| 2 | professional organizations, including the Western Pharmacology | ||||||
| 3 | Society for which he was instrumental in mentoring students; he | ||||||
| 4 | was also a veteran who served in the United States Army; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Frederick | ||||||
| 6 | "Fred" Tyler Martinez; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Martinez is survived by his wife, Ruth, nee | ||||||
| 8 | Sonsini, Martinez; his mother, Iva Lorene, nee Frye, Martinez; | ||||||
| 9 | his daughter, Sarah Irene (Christopher "Chip") Peila; his | ||||||
| 10 | daughter, Laura Elizabeth; his son, Daniel Noah; his | ||||||
| 11 | grandchildren, Marina Keale Peila and Benjamin Tosh Peila; his | ||||||
| 12 | uncle, Everett "Bub" Frye; and his cousins; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Terry Martinez; and | ||||||
| 16 | be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Dr. Terry Martinez as a symbol of | ||||||
| 19 | our sincere sympathy.
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