SR0884 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Timothy Brumleve; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Brumleve was born in Champaign on March 15, 1952 to Mary and Robert Brumleve; he married Dorothy Anderson on May 24, 1974 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; he graduated in 1969 from University Laboratory High School in Urbana; in June of 1973, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, graduating with high honors and highest departmental distinction in chemistry; at the University of Illinois, he was an Edmund J. James Scholar, was named to the Bronze Tablet, and received the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award; he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Analytical Chemistry on December 26, 1978 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was the recipient of the first John Motley Morehead Foundation fellowship in chemistry; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Brumleve was an internationally recognized authority on lighting technologies; he was a leader in the research and development of industrial lighting; his career in chemistry began in 1970 at Anderson Physics Laboratories, Inc. (APL) in Urbana, a company founded by his father-in-law, Dr. Scott Anderson; from 1977 to 1978, he was a research and teaching assistant in chemistry at the University of North Carolina; he was a post-doctoral research associate from 1978 to 1979 at Colorado State University, where he conducted research in electroanalytical chemistry; from 1979 to 1980, he taught undergraduate chemistry courses at the State University of New York; he returned to APL in 1980, spending the next 9 years working as director of research and development; from 1989 to 1994, he was a senior scientist at APL; from 1994 to 2013, he was APL's Vice-President of Technology; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Brumleve invented multiple materials and components for fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps, resulting in 10 United States patents and pending applications as well as multiple derivative foreign patents; he published more than 20 papers in professional journals since 1978 and authored 29 professional conference papers in chemistry and lamp-related areas; he invented new zinc-mercury amalgam products for fluorescent lamps, which grew into a $2 million product line; he served as a member of the organizing committee for the International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting; in 2013, he started Tim Brumleve & Co., a consulting firm specializing in high-temperature materials chemistry, discharge lighting, and electroanalytical chemistry; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Brumleve interests included collecting antique radios, televisions, test equipment, and vinyl LPs; from an early age, he enjoyed playing the organ, winning a statewide organ playing contest; he also had a longtime interest in electronics, with his first job as a teenager at Radio Doctors in Champaign; he also enjoyed Ham radio and going antiquing with his wife, watching classic television shows and movies, and watching golf on weekends; he was a member of the Antique Radio Club of Illinois and enjoyed riding and repairing his classic Triumph motorcycle; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Brumleve was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, and his parents; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Brumleve is survived by his 5 children, Jacob Brumleve, Joseph Brumleve, William Brumleve, Catherine Roland, and Abraham Brumleve; his 4 grandchildren, Mary Roland, Clark Roland, Timothy Brumleve, and Joshua Brumleve; his step-granddaughter, Martha Luca; his sister, Sally Popa; and numerous extended family members and friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Dr. Timothy Brumleve, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Timothy Brumleve as an expression of our deepest sympathy.