Full Text of SR0026 98th 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 Robert M. Magnuson; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert Magnuson earned his degree from Lake Forest | 5 | | College and an MBA from Harvard Business School; after working | 6 | | for the Zenith Radio Corporation for a few years, he joined | 7 | | Elmhurst Memorial Hospital as a Controller and Assistant | 8 | | Administrator until he was named President and CEO of the | 9 | | hospital in 1966; he served in that capacity until his | 10 | | retirement in 1992; following his retirement, he remained | 11 | | involved with the hospital by serving as a trustee; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Robert Magnuson served as a board member, | 13 | | director, or officer of numerous business and healthcare | 14 | | associations, including the Illinois Hospital Association, the | 15 | | Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, and the Chicago | 16 | | Hospital Council; he served as the director of Elmhurst Federal | 17 | | Savings from 1971 to 1993 and as director of First Colonial - | 18 | | York State Bank from 1993 to 1996; he also served as a faculty | 19 | | preceptor for the health sciences administration programs at | 20 | | both the University of Chicago and Northwestern University; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Robert Magnuson was the recipient of numerous | 22 | | honors; in 1991, he was honored by the dedication of the $32 |
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| 1 | | million building addition to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, named | 2 | | the Robert M. Magnuson Pavilion; in 1992, he was named an | 3 | | Outstanding Business Leader by the Oak Brook Jaycees; in 1997, | 4 | | the Elmhunt Chamber of Commerce and Industry inducted him into | 5 | | its Civic Hall of Fame; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Magnuson was an active member of the | 7 | | Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Magnuson was the beloved husband of Diane; | 9 | | the father of Thomas, Dana (Robert) Padgett, Susan (James) | 10 | | Benes, Cheryl LeDuc, and Christine (Gregory) Raber; the | 11 | | grandfather of Meghan, Lauren, Grant, Nicole, Andrea, and | 12 | | Alexandra; the dear son of the late Martin D. and Adena | 13 | | Magnuson; and the brother of Jane (the late Clarence) Zelie; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert M. Magnuson; and | 18 | | be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Robert Magnuson as an expression of | 21 | | our sympathy.
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