Full Text of SR0602 95th General Assembly
SR0602 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 Ted Fleming of Peoria, who passed away on | 4 |
| September 2, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Ted Fleming was a Life Trustee of Knox College; he | 6 |
| was a 1955 graduate of Knox, and was elected a Knox College | 7 |
| Trustee in 1985 and a Life Trustee in 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr Fleming and his family are among Knox College's | 9 |
| most generous benefactors and were the principal donors to | 10 |
| construction of the T. Fleming Fieldhouse; Ted
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| graduated from Knox College magna cum laude, with honors for | 12 |
| academic and athletic achievement; he was elected to Phi Beta | 13 |
| Kappa, earned varsity letters in tennis, swimming and diving, | 14 |
| and received the Hunter and Zetterberg awards; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an NCAA national finalist in diving in | 16 |
| 1955; he subsequently earned a second bachelor's degree at | 17 |
| Carnegie-Mellon University, where he won the Reinhold-Gould | 18 |
| Award for scholastic achievement; and in 1990 he was inducted | 19 |
| into the Allan P. Christiansen Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of | 20 |
| Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, Ted Fleming owned and operated Fleming Packaging |
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| Co., a custom printing company in Peoria founded by his father; | 2 |
| he was also active in numerous charitable organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, Ted Fleming is survived by his wife, Patricia Roze | 4 |
| Fleming; and his children, Ted W. Fleming, Tim Fleming, Tom | 5 |
| Fleming, and Teresa Fleming; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Ted Fleming; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Ted Fleming as a symbol of our | 12 |
| sympathy.
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