Full Text of SR0112 95th General Assembly
SR0112 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Dr. Richard E. Coy of Glen Carbon, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 13, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Coy was born October 28, 1925, in New | 6 |
| Kensington, Pennsylvania, to Cristy and Elizabeth Hill-Coy; he | 7 |
| married Grace McKallip on September 7, 1957, and they | 8 |
| celebrated 49 years of marriage; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Coy started his armed forces career on the | 10 |
| USS Currituck AV-7 for the United States Navy serving from 1943 | 11 |
| until 1945 as a hospital corpsman; he returned to the Navy in | 12 |
| 1950 after completing his education in dentistry and served as | 13 |
| a dental officer at the United States Naval Hospital in | 14 |
| Yokosuka, Japan, until 1953; he earned his bachelor of science | 15 |
| degree, D.D. S. degree, and masters degree at the University of | 16 |
| Pittsburgh Dental School; and
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| WHEREAS, As a dentist, Dr. Coy maintained a private | 18 |
| practice in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and taught at the | 19 |
| University of Pittsburgh Dental School until 1970, where he was | 20 |
| an associate professor; he moved to Edwardsville, where he was | 21 |
| instrumental in developing the dental program at the Southern | 22 |
| Illinois University School of Dental Medicine; in 1985 he |
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| retired as the assistant dean of the dental school and | 2 |
| professor emeritus; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Coy was professor and head of removal | 4 |
| prosthodontics at Washington University School of Dentistry in | 5 |
| St. Louis from 1985 until 1988; he maintained his private | 6 |
| practice in Belleville until 2001; he lectured nationally and | 7 |
| internationally for post-graduate and continuing education | 8 |
| programs; he published dozens of articles in dental journals | 9 |
| and was editor for many textbooks; he was a member of numerous | 10 |
| professional organizations, including the American Dental | 11 |
| Association, where he was vice chairman of the Council of | 12 |
| Dental Materials; the American College of Prosthodontics; the | 13 |
| American Equilibration Society, where he was president from | 14 |
| 1985 until 1986; and the American Cleft Palate Association; he | 15 |
| was also a Missouri Dental Specialty Board examiner; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Coy's fraternal memberships included Ancient | 17 |
| Free and Accepted Masons of Illinois, American Legion Post 199 | 18 |
| of Edwardsville, and the academic fraternity Omicron Kappa | 19 |
| Upsilon; Dr. Coy was an avid fan of music, especially jazz; he | 20 |
| donated his collection of more than 68,000 albums and 2,500 | 21 |
| compact discs to the Bloomington Symphony in Indianapolis; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Dr. Coy is survived by | 23 |
| his daughter, Beth Coy-Abbott, and her husband, Bryan, and |
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| their children, Katheryn and James; his son, Richard C. Coy, | 2 |
| and his wife, Terry, and their children, Sara, Brandon and | 3 |
| Taylor; he was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, | 4 |
| Clark; and his sister, Ruth Wilson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Richard Coy; and be | 8 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Richard Coy as a symbol of our | 11 |
| sympathy.
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