Full Text of SR1879 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 Harold W. Sundelius, Ph.D., K.N.O. of | 4 | | Moline, who passed away on June 17, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harold Sundelius was born in Escanaba, Michigan to | 6 | | Herbert A. and Caroline Johnson Sundelius on July 6, 1930; he | 7 | | graduated Magna cum Laude from Augustana College in 1952; upon | 8 | | graduation from Augustana, he received a Fulbright Fellowship, | 9 | | which enabled him to pursue graduate studies at the University | 10 | | of Oslo in Norway; once he returned, he was drafted into the | 11 | | United States Army and served in Japan and Korea from 1953 | 12 | | until 1955; after completing his military service, he resumed | 13 | | his graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin, where he | 14 | | earned his master of science and Ph.D.; he was also awarded the | 15 | | C.K. Keith Fellowship and was named a University Fellow; he | 16 | | married Charlene Swanson on May 21, 1955; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Harold Sundelius joined the U.S. Geological | 18 | | Survey and served in military geology and Eastern U.S. regional | 19 | | geology from 1959 until 1965; he then joined the faculty of | 20 | | Wittenberg University in Ohio, where he became an associate | 21 | | dean, professor, and chair of geology; in 1957, he returned to | 22 | | Augustana as a professor of geology, vice president and dean; | 23 | | he retired as professor emeritus of geology in 1995; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Harold Sundelius was a fellow in the Geological | 2 | | Society of America and held many other professional | 3 | | memberships, including the Society of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, | 4 | | Omicron Delta Kappa, the Society of Economic Geologists, and | 5 | | the Rotary Club of Rock Island; he was proud of his Swedish | 6 | | heritage and served as President of the Augustana Historical | 7 | | Society; he was a member of the American Scandinavian | 8 | | Association at Augustana College and served on the board of the | 9 | | Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center; for his | 10 | | leadership in academics and the promotion of ties between the | 11 | | United States and Sweden, he was accorded the rank of Knight in | 12 | | the Royal Order of the North Star (Kungliga Nordstjarneorden) | 13 | | by his Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 1996; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Harold Sundelius was preceded in death by his | 15 | | wife, Charlene; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Harold Sundelius is survived by his daughters, | 17 | | Karen (Gary Risch) Sundelius and Kristine (Brad) Lundine; his | 18 | | grandchildren, Andrew (Cassie) and Matthew Pappas, and Sarah, | 19 | | Anna, Elizabeth, and Mark Lundine; his great-grandson, Drew | 20 | | Pappas; and his sister, Lorian Sundelius Swanson; therefore, be | 21 | | it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Harold W. Sundelius, Ph.D., K.N.O. and extend our sincere | 3 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 4 | | him; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Harold Sundelius as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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