Full Text of SR0775 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 Howard M. Dean Jr. of Hinsdale, who | 4 | | passed away on March 25, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born and raised in Hinsdale; he graduated | 6 | | from Hinsdale Township High School in 1956; he received his | 7 | | Bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern | 8 | | Methodist University in 1960 and his Master's degree in | 9 | | business administration from Northwestern University in 1961; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He spent his career with Dean Foods Company | 12 | | beginning in 1965 after completing a tour of duty in the United | 13 | | States Navy, where he attained the rank of lieutenant junior | 14 | | grade; after serving as the company's internal auditor for 5 | 15 | | years, he became president and chief operating officer in 1970; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1987, he was elected to the position of chief | 18 | | executive officer and president; in 1989, he became chairman of | 19 | | the board; he retired in 2003; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, He served on several boards within the dairy and | 21 | | food industries as well as in other industries; he served as |
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| 1 | | president of the Hinsdale Golf Club in 1979 and president of | 2 | | The Community House in 1980; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his daughter, | 4 | | Elizabeth L. Flynn; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Howard Dean Jr. is survived by his wife of 52 | 6 | | years, Diane; his daughters, Ashley D. (David) Killpack and | 7 | | Jennifer D. (William) Brummett; his brothers, Greg B. (Pam) | 8 | | Dean and William E. (Doreen) Dean; and his grandchildren, Alli | 9 | | and Lauren Flynn, Jack, Christy, Kelly, and Howard Hellwig, and | 10 | | Anna, Jessie, and Abby Brummett; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 | | his family and friends, the passing of Howard Dean Jr.; and be | 14 | | it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Howard Dean Jr. as a symbol of our | 17 | | sincere sympathy.
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