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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply |
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| saddened to learn of the death of Fr. Robert Humbert, S.J., |
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| beloved Jesuit priest and administrator at
Loyola Academy in |
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| Wilmette for more than 35 years, passed away on June 25, 2004; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Humbert was born on May 7, 1922, in |
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| Cincinnati, Ohio; he attended St. Thomas
Aquinas grammar school |
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| and St. Xavier High School there; on August 31,
1940, soon |
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| after his graduation, he entered the Society of Jesus at the
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| novitiate in Milford, Ohio; he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree |
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| in Latin and English
from Loyola University Chicago in 1945 and |
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| a Master of Education degree in Guidance and
Statistics in |
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| 1957; he also earned a licentiate in philosophy
(Ph.L) from |
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| West Baden College, where he was ordained a priest on June 17, |
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| 1953; and in 1954, he received the licentiate in Sacred |
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| Theology (STL) from West Baden; and
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| WHEREAS, Fr. Humbert's principal assignments as a Jesuit |
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| saw him as assistant principal at Loyola Academy in Chicago |
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| from 1955-1956, and then at St. Xavier High School in |
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| Cincinnati from 1957 through 1961; he was appointed principal |
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| at St. Xavier in 1961, a position he held until 1963, when he |
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| was asked to serve as Socius to the Provincial in Oak Park; in |
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| 1968, he returned to Loyola Academy as headmaster, but in 1971, |
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| was asked to become director of alumni affairs, a position he |
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| held until 1988, when he was named Senior Alumni and |
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| Development Officer; in his role as director of alumni affairs, |
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| he routinely traveled across the United States for various |
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| alumni gatherings; his affable nature and generous spirit |
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| served as an example of the Ignatian ideal to Loyola Academy |
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| graduates around the country and encouraged them to remain |
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| involved with the school; and
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