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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Dr. Frank James Kerous IV, who passed 
4away on July 29, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous was born to Frank and Lucille 
6(Christopher) Kerous on March 26, 1940; he graduated from  
7Morton High School in 1957, where he excelled at academics and 
8swimming and was the editor in chief of the 1957 Mortonian 
9yearbook;  he attended Knox College in Galesburg, where he 
10continued to swim with the swimming team; he was also a member 
11of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; he married Sandra Erland 
12on March 16, 1968; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous attended the University of Illinois at 
14Chicago, where he obtained a doctoral degree in dental surgery, 
15followed by two years of specialty training in periodontics; he 
16was one of the first periodontists in the Chicago suburbs, 
17maintaining offices in Arlington Heights and Oak Brook for many 
18years; he began teaching at the University of Illinois at 
19Chicago in 1964, where he spent 38 years in the Department of 
20Periodontics, eventually becoming a tenured faculty member; 
21after retirement, he was the Clinical Director of Periodontics 
22and spent most of his time preparing senior students for board 
23examination; he and his  wife opened and operated McDonald's 
 
 
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1franchises in the Glenview area in the late 1970s; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous and his wife were early members of 
3Christ Church of Oak Brook; he was secretary of the board of 
4elders for many years and  the principal architect of the Christ 
5Church endowment fund in 1980; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous was elected a trustee of Knox College 
7in 1974, and made a life trustee in 2009; he was President of 
8the Knox alumni association from 1974 to 1976, and chaired 
9three capital fund drives; he was made an Honor Delta TKE in 
101978; and
  
 
  
11    WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous is survived by his wife, Sandra; his 
12children, Karen (Richard) Kooy, Kathryn (David) Voss, and Frank 
13(Emily) Kerous V; and his grandchildren, Luke, Julia, Joshua, 
14Matthew, Elliana, Carrigan, and Annabel; therefore, be it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
17Dr. Frank James Kerous IV, and extend our sincere condolences 
18to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be 
19it further
  
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
21presented to  the family of  Dr. Kerous as an expression of our 
 
 
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1deepest sympathy.