Full Text of SR0270 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 Joe V. Michael of Aurora, who passed away | 4 | | on March 17, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joe Michael was born in
South Whitley, Indiana on | 6 | | October 2, 1935; he was raised in South Whitley and attended | 7 | | Larwell High School; he received a Bachelor of Arts in
| 8 | | Chemistry from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana and a | 9 | | Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Rochester in New | 10 | | York; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Joe Michael began his career teaching classes as a | 12 | | postdoctoral associate at Harvard University; he
worked as a | 13 | | postdoctoral associate and chemist for the Brookhaven National | 14 | | Laboratory and for
Carnegie Mellon University as an associate | 15 | | professor; from 1975 to 1977, he was a
research associate for | 16 | | NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and retired as
a senior | 17 | | chemist at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont in December | 18 | | 2015; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Joe Michael had over 200 publications in science | 20 | | magazines and was a
Fellow of The Combustion Institute; he was | 21 | | a
member of the American Association for the Advancement of | 22 | | Science, the American Chemical
Society, the American |
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| 1 | | Geophysical Union, and the scientific research honor society | 2 | | Sigma Xi; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Joe Michael was a member of Grace United Methodist | 4 | | Church in Naperville and sang tenor with the
Naperville Men's | 5 | | Glee Club; he enjoyed traveling with his wife, Valerie, and | 6 | | spoke at
many chemistry symposiums and meetings in the U.S. and | 7 | | around the world; he also enjoyed fishing, singing, coaching | 8 | | basketball, Boy Scouts, Indian guides, attending concerts, and | 9 | | supporting his family; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Joe Michael was the beloved husband of over 32 | 11 | | years of Valerie Michael (Jeter); the loving
father of Susan | 12 | | (Tim) Maloney, Jane (Gary) Portman, Jonathan (Rochelle) | 13 | | Michael, Derek
Efimetz, and Eugene Michael; the grandfather of | 14 | | Amanda, Jenna, and Olivia Maloney,
Michael, Rachel, Nicole, and | 15 | | Stephen Portman, and David, Justin, and Michael Grogan; the son | 16 | | of the late
Samuel Elden "Punch" Michael and Edna Emily | 17 | | Michael; the brother of Tom (Bonnie) Michael, the
late Steve | 18 | | (Lois) Michael, the late Richard "Dick" (Sarah) Michael, and | 19 | | the late Mollie (the late
Jim) Payne; the brother-in-law of | 20 | | Gail Norton-Locke; former spouse of Judith Michael; cousin of
| 21 | | eight; and uncle, great-uncle, and friend of many; therefore, | 22 | | be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Joe V. Michael and extend our sincere condolences to his | 3 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Joe Michael as an expression of our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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