Full Text of SR0201 97th 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
Carl Myrent of Wilmette, who passed away | 4 | | on February 26, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Carl Myrent was born in Chicago and grew up in | 6 | | Humboldt Park; after graduating from Tuley High School in 1939, | 7 | | he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the | 8 | | University of Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Carl Myrent served his country with pride and | 10 | | distinction as a sergeant in the United States Army during | 11 | | World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Carl Myrent had a long and distinguished career in | 13 | | education; he taught history at Englewood High School and Von | 14 | | Steuben High School before becoming a teacher at Mather High | 15 | | School in Chicago in 1959; he served as a history teacher, | 16 | | assistant principal, and briefly as acting principal before | 17 | | retiring in 1982; during his tenure at Mather, he cultivated a | 18 | | strict and calculated, yet friendly way to treat misbehaving | 19 | | students and was known as "Myrent the Tyrant" by his | 20 | | colleagues; despite the nickname that was given to him, he held | 21 | | the respect and regard of his colleagues and his students, even | 22 | | those for whom he had to administer discipline; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Carl Myrent enjoyed traveling, listening to jazz, | 2 | | and baseball; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Carl Myrent is survived by his wife, Sylvia; his | 4 | | son, Glenn; his daughter, Debra; his sister, Helen Hirsh; and | 5 | | his granddaughter; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | his family and friends, the passing of Carl Myrent; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Carl Myrent as an expression of our | 12 | | sympathy.
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