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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dr. Arthur J. "Art" Siedler of Champaign,
4who passed away on June 12, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on
6March 17, 1927 to Arthur William and Margaret (nee Stadler)
7Siedler; he served with the United States Coast Guard from 1945
8to 1946 on the USS General W.H. Gordon (AP-117); he was awarded
9American and Asiatic Theater ribbons; he received a Bachelor of
10Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1951, a Master of
11Science from the University of Chicago in 1956, and a Doctor of
12Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1959; he married
13Doris Jean Rose in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 23,
141976; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was chief of the Division of
16Biochemistry and Nutrition at the American Meat Institute
17Foundation in Chicago from 1959 to 1964; a group leader at the
18Norwich (New York) Pharmaceutical Company from 1964 to 1965;
19chief of the Physiology Section from 1965 to 1969; and chief of
20the Biochemistry Section from 1969 to 1972; he then moved on to
21the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he became
22acting director of the Division of Nutritional Science from
231978 to 1981; head of the Department of Food Science from 1972

 

 

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1to 1989; professor of Food Science, Internal Medicine and
2Nutritional Science from 1972 to 1994; and professor emeritus
3since 1994; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was elected as Fellow of IFT
5(Institute of Food Technologists) and was awarded the
6Chairman's Service Award from the Chicago Section of IFT; he
7also was Chair of the Committee on Food Stability for the
8Natick Labs for the Department of Defense; he was the 1959
9National Livestock and Meat Board Grantee and the 1960 National
10Institute of Health Research Grantee; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler enjoyed a good party, bloodies and
12Manhattans, and beer; he loved the Fighting Illini and enjoyed
13gardening and making homemade salsa; he loved good eats,
14fishing, and a good cigar; he made frequent trips to Alaska to
15fish for salmon with his son, Bill; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was preceded in death by his sister,
17Doris Weinauer, and his step-son, Rick Rose; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler is survived by his wife, Doris; his
19son, Bill Siedler (Genie); his daughter, Nancy Wilhite; his
20daughter, Sandy Goodner (Joe); his step-daughter, Roxanne
21(Craig) Butler; his step-son, Randy Rose; his 12 grandchildren;
22his 11 great-grandchildren; his nephews and nieces; and

 

 

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1countless friends and former colleagues; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
4Dr. Arthur J. "Art" Siedler, and extend our sincere condolences
5to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
6it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Dr. Siedler as an expression of our
9deepest sympathy.