Full Text of SR0848 96th General Assembly
SR0848 96TH 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 A. "Bud" Berry III of St. Charles, | 4 |
| who passed away on April 16, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago to George A. Berry Jr. and | 6 |
| Helen Royer Berry and raised in Hinsdale; he attended Philips | 7 |
| Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and was a graduate of | 8 |
| Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, where he was a | 9 |
| letterman in football, hockey, and track; in September 1946, he | 10 |
| married Jane Morton of Geneva, and they had two children, | 11 |
| Robert F. Berry and George A. Berry IV; and
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| WHEREAS, In June 1935, he began his career at American | 13 |
| Terra Cotta Corporation, a company originally founded in 1881 | 14 |
| as American Terra Cotta & Ceramic Co. by William Day Gates and | 15 |
| bought and re-organized by his father, George A. Berry Jr., in | 16 |
| 1935; he was a member of the United States Army from 1941-46, | 17 |
| where he was involved in the D-Day Invasion and the Battle of | 18 |
| the Bulge; he completed his service in England as an adjutant | 19 |
| of the 433rd Fighter Control Squadron; after World War II, he | 20 |
| returned to work at American Terra Cotta Corporation and | 21 |
| continued his illustrious career at the company; and
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| WHEREAS, He was instrumental in transforming the company |
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| from the manufacturer of clay products, which discontinued in | 2 |
| 1966, to an industry leader in commercial heat treating and | 3 |
| manufacturer of heat treated ground engaging tools for the | 4 |
| construction equipment industry; the worldwide company, known | 5 |
| today as TC Industries Inc., has facilities in Crystal Lake; | 6 |
| Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada; and | 7 |
| Skinningrove, U.K.; he retired as chairman in 1984, but | 8 |
| remained involved in the company's planning and real estate | 9 |
| activities until his passing; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, He authored and published two books on the history | 11 |
| of the company, " Common Clay: A History of American Terra Cotta | 12 |
| Corporation 1881-1966 ," and " Bars & Blades: A History of TC | 13 |
| Industries, Inc. 1881-2006 "; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, He was president of the Architectural Terra Cotta | 15 |
| Institute from 1950-56, director of Structural Clay Products | 16 |
| Institute in Washington, D.C., through 1966, national | 17 |
| president of the Associated Alumni of Middlebury College in | 18 |
| 1964, and served as trustee of the Geneva Community Hospital in | 19 |
| Geneva for 20 years; he was a member of the Geneva Golf Club | 20 |
| and The Chicago Club for 64 years, the Chicago Golf Club for 42 | 21 |
| years, and a member of the Key Largo Anglers Club, the Card | 22 |
| Sound Golf Club, and the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, | 23 |
| where he has had a winter home for 40 years; during his time in | 24 |
| Florida, he pursued his favorite hobby of fishing for the "Big |
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| Three": bonefish, tarpon, and permit; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and a | 3 |
| sister, Dorothy Gillespie; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife; his sons; his | 5 |
| daughter-in-law, Margo; his two grandchildren, Sterling Morton | 6 |
| Berry and George A. Berry; and his sister, Helen von Dallwitz; | 7 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of George Berry; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of George Berry as a symbol of our | 14 |
| sincere sympathy.
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