Full Text of SR0195 95th General Assembly
SR0195 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
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Starkey Duncan Jr., who passed away on | 4 |
| May 15, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Starkey Duncan Jr. spent his childhood in | 6 |
| Nashville, Tennessee and San Antonio, Texas; he received a | 7 |
| bachelor's degree in philosophy from Vanderbilt University; he | 8 |
| served two years as a line officer in the US Navy; upon | 9 |
| returning from the Navy he enrolled in the clinical psychology | 10 |
| program at the University of Chicago for his doctorate; he | 11 |
| joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1967; and
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| WHEREAS, Starkey Duncan Jr. was a psychology professor at | 13 |
| the University of Chicago; he oversaw the psychology | 14 |
| department's undergraduate program since 1977; he was known | 15 |
| throughout the university as a mentor for undergraduates and as | 16 |
| an advocate for student athletes; he served as the University | 17 |
| of Chicago faculty representative to the NCAA for more than 25 | 18 |
| years; and he helped organize the university's annual folk | 19 |
| music festival; and
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| WHEREAS, Starkey Duncan Jr. was a pioneer in the study of | 21 |
| human interaction; he was a leader in the field of nonverbal | 22 |
| communication and was one of the first researchers to go beyond |
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| speech and analyze the gestures, gazes, pauses, and smiles that | 2 |
| define face-to-face interactions; he studied the interplay | 3 |
| between verbal and nonverbal communication and developed a | 4 |
| rigorous methodology to study them, including a technique to | 5 |
| diagram and map face-to-face interaction; his research led him | 6 |
| to co-author the book "Face to Face Interactions: Research, | 7 |
| Methods and Theory", considered a seminal work in the study of | 8 |
| human interaction; he recently expanded his work to include | 9 |
| interactions between parents and children and physicians and | 10 |
| patients, as well as sequential behavior patterns of children | 11 |
| in an effort to understand disorders such as autism; and
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| WHEREAS, Starkey Duncan Jr. was an enthusiastic sports fan | 13 |
| and high school football player; he was a proficient banjo | 14 |
| player and a folk music aficionado; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Starkey Duncan Jr. was considered by all who knew | 16 |
| him as a loving, affable, and easygoing family man, an | 17 |
| innovative educator and researcher, and a man who embodied | 18 |
| integrity and good ethics; and
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| WHEREAS, Starkey Duncan Jr. is survived by his fiancee, | 20 |
| Marilee Marchelya; his children, Arne, Sarah, and Owen Duncan; | 21 |
| his sister, Martha McHenry; two nephews; and seven | 22 |
| grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Starkey Duncan Jr.; and | 4 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Starkey Duncan Jr. as an expression | 7 |
| of our sympathy.
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