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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Raulin "Sonny" Wight, past president and 
4CEO of Wight & Company, who passed away on August 21, 2010; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born November 29, 1923, in Elgin and  was a 
6lifelong resident of Downers Grove; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, He was a 1941 graduate of Downers Grove High 
8School; he served as an instructor in the United States Army at 
9the end of World War II; he later received his bachelors degree 
10in architecture from the University of Nebraska; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, He was very proud of his relationships with the 
12Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and Pepperidge Farm, and 
13of his role as a director of the Downers Grove National Bank; 
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15    WHEREAS, He served as president of Wight & Company until 
16the late 1980s, and he will be remembered most for his work at 
17Triton Community College and at the College of DuPage where, 
18under his tenure, the firm designed the Harold McAninch Fine 
19Arts Center and the Physical Education Center; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Raulin Wight Jr. is survived by his wife and 
 
 
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1childhood sweetheart, Lois; his daughter, Jill Ann Breedlove; 
2his son, Mark; his brother, George; his sisters, Nancy Reimers 
3and Jane; and his two grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
6his family and friends, the passing of Raulin Wight Jr.; and be 
7it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to the family of Raulin B. "Sonny" Wight Jr. as a 
10symbol of our sincere sympathy.