Full Text of SR0580 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 David C. Shaul of Champaign, who passed | 4 | | away on May 22, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, David Shaul was born in Rushville, Indiana to | 6 | | Verrollton C. and Wilma Jane (Clifton) Shaul on July 16, 1941; | 7 | | he graduated from Central High School in Champaign in 1959, | 8 | | where hosted a weekly radio show on WDWS-WHMS; he graduated | 9 | | from the University of Illinois with a degree in broadcast | 10 | | journalism in 1963 and married Annilee L. Armstrong in Decatur | 11 | | on June 5, 1965; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, David Shaul began a 37-year career with WCIA-TV as | 13 | | a news anchor, producer, and director of downstate Illinois' | 14 | | largest broadcast news department; he returned to WDWS-WHMS as | 15 | | a daytime news anchor in September of 2000; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, David Shaul was honored with an Associated Press | 17 | | Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 and a lifetime | 18 | | achievement Emmy from the Mid-America Chapter of the National | 19 | | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2011; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, David Shaul was inducted into the Eastern Illinois | 21 | | University Journalism Hall of Fame and was designated a |
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| 1 | | lifetime member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, During Dave Shaul's time at WDWS-WHMS, he was part | 4 | | of three first-place SilverDome awards from the Illinois | 5 | | Broadcast Association; while at WCIA, the news department won | 6 | | numerous awards; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, David Shaul was a fan of the University of | 8 | | Illinois Fighting Illini; he won the United Press International | 9 | | Best Television Sports Play-by-Play Award for his coverage of | 10 | | University of Illinois basketball in 1980 and the Best Newscast | 11 | | award presented by the Associated Press in 1988; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, David Shaul was a member of the Champaign-Urbana | 13 | | Kiwanis Club, the First Presbyterian Church in Champaign, the | 14 | | Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity, the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and | 15 | | the Champaign Public Library Foundation; he was also a proud | 16 | | volunteer for the C-U Kiwanis Tom Jones Challenger League; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, David Shaul is survived by his children, Annalisa | 18 | | (Brian) Cockerham, Elizabeth (David) Jones, and David | 19 | | (Elizabeth) Shaul; and his grandchildren, Molly and Abby | 20 | | Cockerham, Benjamin and Sarah Jones, and Nathan and Nicholas | 21 | | Shaul; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | David C. Shaul, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 4 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 | | further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of David Shaul as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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