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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to  learn  of  the  death of Donald
 4    Lawrence Moore of Naperville on July 15, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Moore grew up in Cincinnati, where he was  a
 6    graduate  of  Walnut  Hills  High  School;  after  earning  a
 7    bachelor's  degree  in  metallurgical  engineering  from  the
 8    University  of  Cincinnati  in  1952,  he  worked for General
 9    Electric for 17 years; he worked in the Cincinnati and Kansas
10    City offices and at the nuclear propulsion  division  in  Oak
11    Ridge,  Tennessee  before  being transferred to the company's
12    Naperville office; and

13        WHEREAS, Mr.  Moore  was  president  of  Instruments  and
14    Technology in Naperville, a manufacturer's rep company, which
15    he   began   in  1972  after  leaving  General  Electric;  he
16    volunteered Wednesday's at the DuPage Children's  Museum  for
17    several  years,  assisting  mostly in the Construction House,
18    where children learn to build things out of  wood  and  other
19    materials;  in  his  role  as  an exhibit facilitator, he was
20    credited for his ability to encourage learning; and

21        WHEREAS, Mr. Moore was also  a  member  of  the  American
22    Society  of Metals, where he served as regional secretary and
23    was co-chair and  secretary  of  the  quenching  and  cooling
24    committee;  he  was  an  active  member  of Knox Presbyterian
25    Church and the Hall of Famers; he had  been  an  elder  in  a
26    Kansas City Presbyterian church; and

27        WHEREAS,  Donald  Lawrence Moore's passing will be deeply
28    felt  by  his  wife,  Shirlee;  his  three  daughters,  Holly
29    Kowlaski, Amy  McKee,  and  Terry  Thompson;  and  his  seven
30    grandchildren; therefore, be it

31        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
 
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 1    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
 2    Donald Lawrence Moore along with all who knew and  loved  him
 3    and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends;
 4    and be it further

 5        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 6    presented to the  family  of  Donald  Lawrence  Moore  as  an
 7    expression of our deepest sympathy.