Full Text of SR1545 101st 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 Hellenga of Galesburg, who passed | 4 | | away on July 18, 2020 at the age of 78; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga was born to Ted and Marjorie | 6 | | Hellenga in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 5, 1941; a member of | 7 | | Phi Beta Kappa, he graduated with a bachelor's degree from the | 8 | | University of Michigan in 1963 and then earned a doctorate from | 9 | | Princeton University in 1969; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga began his tenure as a professor of | 11 | | English at Knox University in Galesburg in 1968; he shared his | 12 | | knowledge and expertise at the university for over fifty years; | 13 | | he was a teacher and mentor to generations of writing students, | 14 | | including Senate President Don Harmon; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga received recognition for his | 16 | | outstanding work at Knox College as a George Appleton Lawrence | 17 | | Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English and a | 18 | | Distinguished Writer In-Residence; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga was an award-winning author of | 20 | | multiple critically-acclaimed novels, including The Fall of a | 21 | | Sparrow (which won awards for Best Fiction from Publishers |
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| 1 | | Weekly and The Los Angeles Times), Philosophy Made Simple, The | 2 | | Italian Lover, Snakewoman of Little Egypt (selected as one of | 3 | | the best books of 2010 by the Kirkus Review and The Washington | 4 | | Post), The Confessions of Frances Godwin, The Truth About Death | 5 | | and Other Stories, Love, Death, and Rare Books, and The Sixteen | 6 | | Pleasures; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga was a loving father to his three | 8 | | daughters, Rachel, Heather, and Catrine, and husband to | 9 | | Marjorie Hellenga; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Robert Hellenga and extend our sincere condolences to his | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Robert Hellenga as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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