Full Text of SR0846 103rd 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 Bruce Alexander Campbell II of Tucson, | 4 | | Arizona, formerly of Springfield, who passed away on March 7, | 5 | | 2024; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Campbell was born to Joseph Bruce and Ruth | 7 | | Norcom Campbell in Chicago on October 19, 1929; he and his | 8 | | family moved to Nashville, Illinois in 1933; he graduated from | 9 | | Western Military Academy in Alton and the University of | 10 | | Illinois in 1951, where he served as president of Sigma Alpha | 11 | | Epsilon and belonged to the honorary journalism fraternity, | 12 | | Sigma Delta Chi; he served in the U.S. Army until June 1953 and | 13 | | was stationed in Korea for one year; he married Alice Jean | 14 | | Keller in Paris, Illinois on July 25, 1953; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Campbell began his career at General | 16 | | American Life Insurance Company in St. Louis in 1953, | 17 | | transferring to the Chicago office after one year; he joined | 18 | | Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Peoria in 1955, later | 19 | | working in the Chicago, New York, and Springfield offices; he | 20 | | created Illinois Bell's economic development organization in | 21 | | 1978, which was adopted by most of its companies across the | 22 | | country; he retired as director of economic development from | 23 | | Illinois Bell, then known as Ameritech, with offices in |
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| 1 | | Springfield and Chicago; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, During his career, Bruce Campbell led several | 3 | | business organizations, including the Sangamon County Economic | 4 | | Council, the Illinois Development Council, and the Mid America | 5 | | Economic Council; he also served as a member of the private | 6 | | sector board to the Illinois Department of Commerce and | 7 | | Community Affairs, and he belonged to the Belleville Elks | 8 | | Lodge, the Sangamo Club, and Illini Country Club; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Campbell and his family resided in | 10 | | Springfield for 30-plus years, where he was very active in | 11 | | community affairs, including serving as president of the | 12 | | Springfield Boys and Girls Clubs, the Sangamon State | 13 | | University Foundation, and the Sangamon County University of | 14 | | Illinois Alumni Association; he founded and was the first | 15 | | president of the Central Illinois Public Relations Society, | 16 | | and he served as the public relations director of the 1973 and | 17 | | 1982 United Way of Sangamon County campaigns; he served on the | 18 | | board of directors of the Springfield Library, the Springfield | 19 | | Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Medical Center, the Dana Thomas | 20 | | House Foundation, and the University of Illinois National | 21 | | Alumni Association; he was a member of the American Business | 22 | | Club, the Capitol Bicentennial Commission, and Westminster | 23 | | Presbyterian Church, where he served as both a deacon and an | 24 | | elder; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Campbell loved history, traveling, and | 2 | | spending time with family and friends; he researched, wrote, | 3 | | and published Sangamon Saga, a 365-page hardcover pictorial | 4 | | history of Sangamon County; he also researched and recorded | 5 | | his family genealogy, and he chronicled his many journeys | 6 | | across the globe; he enjoyed entertaining, maintaining | 7 | | lifelong friendships, and making new friends; he especially | 8 | | enjoyed vacationing with his family in San Diego, California, | 9 | | Old Mission, Michigan, and Mexico; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Bruce Campbell and his wife, | 11 | | Alice, split their time between Springfield and Tucson, later | 12 | | making Tucson their permanent home; while there, he became an | 13 | | active volunteer at both Tucson Memorial Center and Northwest | 14 | | Hospital, and he was a member of St. Michael Episcopal Church | 15 | | and Skyline Country Club; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Campbell was preceded in death by his son, | 17 | | Bruce A. Campbell III; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Campbell is survived by his wife; his | 19 | | children, Cynthia (Morris) McWilliams, Craig Campbell, and Tom | 20 | | Campbell; his daughter-in-law, Jean; and his grandchildren, | 21 | | Allison McWilliams, Melissa Campbell, Andrew Campbell, and | 22 | | Michael Campbell; therefore, be it |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Bruce Alexander Campbell II and extend our sincere condolences | 4 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 5 | | it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Bruce Campbell as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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