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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Donald "Doc" Shanower of Naperville, who
4passed away on September 14, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Donald Shanower was born in Ohio to Merl and Ella
6Shanower; he served in the United States Army during World War
7II, taking part in the Battle of the Bulge and earning a Purple
8Heart and other service medals; he earned his bachelor's and
9master's degrees from Kent State University; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Donald Shanower joined the faculty at North
11Central College in 1955 as an assistant professor in the speech
12and theater department; he earned his doctoral degree from the
13University of Michigan 4 years later; he established The Summer
14Place in 1966, creating a source for community theater that
15continues to thrive in the city; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Donald Shanower served as President of the Rotary
17Club of Naperville and volunteered at the Naper Settlement and
18the Bethlehem Center, now known as the Northern Illinois Food
19Bank; he and his wife traveled extensively, and in 1984, he was
20North Central College's first exchange professor to Hirosaki
21Gakuin College in Japan; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The North Central College varsity softball field
2bears the name "Shanower Family Field" in honor of Donald
3Shanower's love of the sport and the loss of his son, Dan, who
4lost his life in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon on
5September 11, 2001; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Donald Shanower was preceded in death by his
7parents; his siblings, Molly Jane, Robert, and Paul; and his
8son, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Dan Shanower; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Donald Shanower is survived by his wife of 64
10years, Patricia; his children, Vicki (Ed) Wike, Paula (Bob)
11Coleman, Tom ('Ana) Shanower, and Jon Shanower; his 8
12grandchildren, Rachel, John, and Molly Wike, Andrew Coleman,
13Elaine O'Kelley, and Matthew, Nicholas, and Stephanie
14Shanower; and his great-grandchild, Haven O'Kelley; therefore,
15be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
18Donald "Doc" Shanower, and extend our sincere condolences to
19his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to the family of Donald Shanower as an expression of

 

 

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1our deepest sympathy.