Full Text of SR0020 95th General Assembly
SR0020 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of George Alan Karnes Wallis Hickrod, who | 4 |
| died on December 27, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Alan Hickrod was born, May 16, 1930, in Fort | 6 |
| Branch, the son of Herschell Hickrod and Bernice Karnes; he | 7 |
| earned his Bachelor's degree at Wabash College, class of 1952; | 8 |
| his education was interrupted by a term of duty in the United | 9 |
| States Marine Corps; after receiving his honorable discharge, | 10 |
| he resumed his studies, earning his Master's and Doctoral | 11 |
| degrees from Harvard University, where he graduated Phi Beta | 12 |
| Kappa in 1966; and
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| WHEREAS, After his graduation from Harvard, he taught at | 14 |
| Erie College where he met and married Dr. Lucy Jen Huang; she | 15 |
| passed away in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1967, Professor Hickrod began his career at | 17 |
| Illinois State University, becoming the first director of the | 18 |
| Center for the Study of Educational Finance; at the request of | 19 |
| the Illinois General Assembly, the Center monitored the | 20 |
| progress of a school funding formula co-authored by Dr. Hickrod | 21 |
| and prepared biannual reports for every elected official of the | 22 |
| Illinois General Assembly;
during his long tenure at the |
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| University teaching graduate-level courses in the Department | 2 |
| of Educational Administration and Foundations, he earned a | 3 |
| reputation as a popular teacher and mentor, as well as an | 4 |
| outstanding researcher; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1983, Illinois State University conferred upon | 6 |
| him the honor of Distinguished University Professor;
Dr. | 7 |
| Hickrod was a recognized national authority on school funding; | 8 |
| he was a founding member of the American Education Finance | 9 |
| Association and served a term as president and many years on | 10 |
| the board of directors; he was invited to testify before a | 11 |
| committee of congress; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as a consultant and was a popular | 13 |
| speaker with groups interested in school finance; he received | 14 |
| many awards, including the Chicago Urban League's annual award | 15 |
| for outstanding service in human relations;
he was an avid | 16 |
| reader of politics and history, his letters to the editor of | 17 |
| the Pantagraph often reflected his most recent reading; the | 18 |
| letters to the editor as well as other essays were recently | 19 |
| published in a book entitled, "An Embattled and Unapologetic | 20 |
| Liberal"; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Alan Hickrod was a lifelong member of the Scottish | 22 |
| Rite Masonic Order, achieving the highest grades and rankings | 23 |
| in his 50-year affiliation with the organization; he was proud |
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| of his Scottish ancestry, and was an organizer and one of the | 2 |
| first Chiefs of the Scottish-American Society of Central | 3 |
| Illinois; Alan Hickrod was one of only a few persons in the | 4 |
| Midwest who speak Scot Gaelic;
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| WHEREAS, He was a gourmet chef and wine connoisseur; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Alan Hickrod is survived by his wife, Dr. Marcia | 7 |
| Escott, and her children Beth and Don Newcomer; Eric Escott and | 8 |
| Lulu Vallee, and their daughter, Hazel Jane Escott; he is also | 9 |
| survived by the children, grandchildren, and family members of | 10 |
| Dr. Lucy Jen Huang Lui: Gretchen Liu; Rachel Liu, Wayne, and | 11 |
| Sue Hickrod Liu, and their daughter Rachel Liu; Ko Hshing and | 12 |
| Chia Ning Huang, and their children; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family, friends, and former students, the passing of Alan | 16 |
| Hickrod; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Alan Hickrod as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sympathy.
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