Full Text of SR0289 103rd General Assembly
SR0289 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 Elon "Lon" Wilson Frampton Jr., who | 4 | | passed away on December 20, 2010 at the age of 86; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton was born to Elon Wilson Sr. and Anna | 6 | | (Callahan) Frampton in New York City, New York on July 27, | 7 | | 1924; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton married Priscilla Burhans in | 9 | | Alexandria, Virginia on August 16, 1958, and she passed away | 10 | | on June 30, 2022; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton began his science career at the | 12 | | Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute in New York City; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton served in the U.S. Army during World | 14 | | War II, through which he was accepted into the Army | 15 | | Specialized Training Program; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton later joined the 78th Division HQ | 17 | | Special Troops Medical Detachment and served as a medic in the | 18 | | European Theater; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton's service included being present at |
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| 1 | | the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Remagen; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, After the war's conclusion, Lon Frampton worked | 3 | | in the laboratory at University College Hospital in London, | 4 | | England; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton's educational journey led him to | 6 | | receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University, a | 7 | | Master of Science degree from Northwestern University, and a | 8 | | Ph.D. in bacteriology from the University of Illinois at | 9 | | Urbana-Champaign; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton served on the faculty at the | 11 | | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston as | 12 | | a radiation biologist for ten years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton later joined the faculty at Northern | 14 | | Illinois University in the Department of Biological Sciences; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton established R&F Laboratories with | 17 | | Dr. Lawrence Restaino, a laboratory specializing in food | 18 | | safety research and testing; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton loved golfing and baseball and was a | 20 | | lifelong fan of the Major League Baseball team the Athletics, |
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| 1 | | from their original home in Philadelphia to their current home | 2 | | in Oakland; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton was a member of First United | 4 | | Methodist Church in DeKalb, the American Society for | 5 | | Microbiology, Sigma Xi, and the Radiation Research Society; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton was preceded in death by his parents | 8 | | and his brother, Frank; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton is survived by his son, Richard, and | 10 | | his daughter, Gail; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Elon "Lon" Wilson Frampton Jr. and extend our sincere | 14 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 | | him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Elon Frampton as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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