Full Text of SR0328 100th 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 Dr. James C. Forstall of Springfield, who | 4 | | passed away on March 3, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Forstall was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to | 6 | | Joseph Carroll and Helen Lockley Forstall; he married Giovanna | 7 | | F. Vannini in Livorno, Italy on February 21, 1959; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Forstall served his country as a Lieutenant | 9 | | Colonel in the United States Army; he did tours of duty in both | 10 | | the Korean and Vietnam Wars and retired from the Army after 20 | 11 | | years of service; he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Air | 12 | | Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation | 13 | | Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and three Meritorious Unit | 14 | | Citations; he represented President Richard M. Nixon at the | 15 | | Presidential Wreath Laying at the Lincoln Tomb on Lincoln's | 16 | | birthday in 1969; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Forstall received his doctorate in higher | 18 | | education and educational administration from Illinois State | 19 | | University in 1985 and dedicated decades of his life to higher | 20 | | education; he worked as Administrative Assistant to the | 21 | | President of Sangamon State University, as Vice-President of | 22 | | Student Affairs at Lincoln Land Community College, and as |
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| 1 | | Associate Director of Grants Administration for the Illinois | 2 | | Board of Higher Education; he also worked for the Dean of | 3 | | Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Forstall was a member of St. Agnes Parish; he | 5 | | was active in the Springfield Chapter of the National | 6 | | Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Retired | 7 | | Officers Association, the Frontiers International Club of | 8 | | Springfield, and the Lion's Club; he was a vocal member of many | 9 | | organization's boards, including Memorial Medical Center, | 10 | | Goodwill Industries, the Marine Bank Student of the Year | 11 | | Scholarship, the American Savings Bank, the Citizens Club of | 12 | | Springfield, and the Better Government Association Advisory | 13 | | Board; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Forstall was appointed by United States | 15 | | Congressman Paul Findley to the District Advisory Council of | 16 | | the Small Business Administration; he was a member of SCORE and | 17 | | for the past 10 years, a member of the Springfield Dominican | 18 | | Anti-Racism Team; he served as Co-Chairman of the Diocesan Task | 19 | | Force for Racial Justice and as a Diocesan representative on | 20 | | the Peace and Social Justice Committee; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In December of 2013, Dr. Forstall was bestowed the | 22 | | "Magnificat Award" by The Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki, | 23 | | Bishop of Springfield; he earned the First Citizen Award in |
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| 1 | | 2016; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Forstall was preceded in death by his parents; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Forstall is survived by his wife, Giovanna; | 5 | | his sons, Giulio (Dorris) and Gregory (Tami) Forstall; his | 6 | | grandchildren, Stephanie, Gabrielle, Savannah, and Chana; and | 7 | | several cousins; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Dr. James C. Forstall, and extend our sincere condolences to | 11 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Dr. Forstall as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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