Full Text of HR1272 96th General Assembly
HR1272 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Platon | 4 |
| Constantine Deliyannis of Deerfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis was a brilliant mathematics | 6 |
| scholar, whose contributions to academia were exceeded only by | 7 |
| his love and devotion to his wife, children, and grandchildren; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis was born on August 21, 1931, in | 10 |
| Athens, Greece; his parents were Constantine and Synodia | 11 |
| (Korbeti) Deliyannis; and
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| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis received a degree in electrical | 13 |
| and mechanical engineering from the prestigious National | 14 |
| Metsovion Polytechnic University in Athens in 1954; soon after, | 15 |
| he began his graduate studies in the United States at the | 16 |
| University of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis' studies were interrupted when | 18 |
| he was required to return to Greece to serve over 2 years as a | 19 |
| naval officer in the Greek Royal Navy; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his military service in Greece, Platon |
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| Deliyannis resumed his studies at the University of Chicago and | 2 |
| received a Doctorate of Mathematics from the institution in | 3 |
| 1963; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1966 to 1969, Platon Deliyannis and his | 5 |
| family moved back to Athens, Greece, where he served as the | 6 |
| Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Physics of the | 7 |
| Nuclear Research Centre Demokritos to consider the peaceful | 8 |
| uses of nuclear energy; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1969, Platon Deliyannis and his family moved | 10 |
| back to the United States, settling in Deerfield, where he | 11 |
| served as a Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology | 12 |
| for 32 years and as Professor Emeritus for the following 9 | 13 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, During his career, Platon Deliyannis was a widely | 15 |
| respected scholar in the international mathematics community, | 16 |
| especially for his research in measure theory and functional | 17 |
| analysis, and was particularly noted for his pioneering | 18 |
| research in quantum logics and the mathematical foundations of | 19 |
| quantum theory; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Aside from his academic scholarship, Platon | 21 |
| Deliyannis was a faculty member that was respected and liked by | 22 |
| his peers and his students; and
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| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis was active in the Greek Orthodox | 2 |
| Church; he was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Greek | 3 |
| Orthodox Church for 29 years and the Ascension of Our Lord | 4 |
| Greek Orthodox Church for the last 10 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis was a cultured and enlightened | 6 |
| man who was a passionate fan of classical music; he played the | 7 |
| piano and classical guitar and regularly attended the symphony | 8 |
| and opera; he was an avid reader; he enjoyed cooking and | 9 |
| entertaining with friends; he travelled to virtually every | 10 |
| country in Europe, as well as China, Canada, and 39 U.S. | 11 |
| states; he also enjoyed woodworking and building bookcases and | 12 |
| other furniture; and
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| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis was a kind and gentle man of the | 14 |
| highest integrity, who had a robust sense of humor, a loving | 15 |
| demeanor, and a genuine zest for life; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Platon Deliyannis placed above all else his | 17 |
| devotion to his beloved family, including his wife Virginia | 18 |
| (Revidi) Deliyannis, their children, Constantine Deliyannis | 19 |
| and Anny (Deliyannis) Gary, and their grandchildren, Alex, | 20 |
| Harry, Simon, and Zoe, all of whom survive him and who loved | 21 |
| him dearly; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| mourn the passing of Platon Constantine Deliyannis; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Platon Deliyannis as an expression | 7 |
| of our sympathy.
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