Full Text of SR0999 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Kenneth E. "Ken" Kolb, Ph.D. of | 4 | | Peoria, who passed away on April 11, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ken Kolb was born to Frederick and Lillian | 6 | | (Baisch) Kolb in Louisville, Kentucky on January 21, 1928; he | 7 | | attended Louisville Male High School; he enrolled at the | 8 | | University of Louisville in 1945; he married Doris Jean Kasey | 9 | | at the First Unitarian Church in Louisville on September 18, | 10 | | 1948, and she preceded him in death in 2005; alongside Doris, | 11 | | he earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from The Ohio State | 12 | | University in 1953; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ken Kolb and Doris both went to work at Standard | 14 | | Oil of Indiana in Whiting, Indiana after graduation; they | 15 | | moved to Corning, New York in 1957, where he took a research | 16 | | position with Corning Glass while she started the chemistry | 17 | | program at the new Corning Community College; he helped her | 18 | | and became interested in teaching; he took a position at | 19 | | Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois in 1965, where he | 20 | | taught full time until 1993 and part time until 2003; he served | 21 | | as chairman for two decades before continuing as emeritus | 22 | | faculty; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, During his career, Ken Kolb authored numerous | 2 | | professional publications, many co-authored with Doris; he was | 3 | | a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin three | 4 | | times; he lectured across the country on "The Many Facets of | 5 | | Glass" and co-authored a book on the subject with Doris; | 6 | | together, they created the Doris and Kenneth Kolb Chemistry | 7 | | Lecture, which has brought world class chemists, including | 8 | | three Nobel Prize winners, to lecture at Bradley University; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ken Kolb was a member of the American Chemical | 11 | | Society since 1949; he also received the Samuel Rothberg Award | 12 | | for Professional Excellence; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ken Kolb loved his family, chemistry, Bradley | 14 | | University, Manhattan cocktails, real theater, art glass, | 15 | | moderately priced wine, meals at Paparazzi with his family, | 16 | | and traveling, especially to London; he was known for | 17 | | correcting people who ended their sentences in prepositions, | 18 | | particularly "at"; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ken Kolb was preceded in death by his wife, | 20 | | Doris, and his son, Ken Jr.; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ken Kolb is survived by his significant other, | 22 | | Jean Jost; his sons, Jerry (Laura) and Ron; his |
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| 1 | | daughter-in-law, Darci; his grandchildren, Timothy Kolb, | 2 | | Caitlin Kolb, Melissa Wilkinson, Marci (Sam) Stitt, Kasey Kolb | 3 | | (Tyler Merritt), Abby (Joe) Kernin, and Ben Heffel; and the | 4 | | person who saved his life and made his final Manhattan, Ben | 5 | | Knuffman-Brewer; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Kenneth E. "Ken" Kolb, Ph.D. and extend our sincere | 9 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 10 | | him; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Ken Kolb as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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