Full Text of SR0284 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Richard Bettin Stalling of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on June 12, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Stalling was born on November 9, 1937, in | 6 | | Washington, D.C.; his parents were the late Bettin and Ruth | 7 | | Stalling; he married Judith Stalling in the Iolani Palace in | 8 | | Honolulu, Hawaii in 1965; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Stalling graduated from Bethesda Chevy | 10 | | Chase High School in 1954; he subsequently earned his | 11 | | bachelor's degree in psychology from Northwestern University | 12 | | in 1959, his master's degree in psychology from Roosevelt | 13 | | University in 1965, and his Ph.D. in psychology from the | 14 | | University of Hawaii in Honolulu in 1969; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1969, Richard Stalling and his wife moved to | 16 | | Peoria after Richard accepted a position as a professor of | 17 | | psychology at Bradley University; he went on to teach at | 18 | | Bradley University for 38 years until his retirement in 2007; | 19 | | while at Bradley, he served as chair of the psychology | 20 | | department for eight years, represented the psychology | 21 | | department in the University Senate, and worked with Vice | 22 | | President Gary Anna and Councilman Roger Worman to create the |
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| 1 | | entrance to Bradley University; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Richard Stalling was an active member of several | 3 | | organizations, including the Central Illinois Landmark | 4 | | Foundation, the Greenway Project, and the Moss Bradley | 5 | | Residential Association, where he led the process to preserve | 6 | | the ornamental lighting on Moss Avenue; he also reviewed | 7 | | restaurants for the West Bluff Word under the pseudonym Melvin | 8 | | Shirver; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Stalling is survived by his wife, Judith | 10 | | Stalling, and his children, Samantha Stalling (Amber Hawk | 11 | | Swanson) and Vanessa Stalling (Sean Graney); therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | his family and friends, the passing of Richard Bettin Stalling; | 15 | | and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Richard Stalling as an expression of | 18 | | our sympathy.
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