Full Text of SR0488 099th 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 Dr. Henry Szlachta, who passed away on | 4 | | April 19, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Henry Szlachta was born on June 11, 1928 on a | 6 | | small farm in upstate New York; he married Margaret Galloway in | 7 | | May of 1957; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Henry Szlachta attended Cornell University in | 9 | | Ithaca, New York, where he spent one year in undergraduate | 10 | | studies before he was accepted into veterinary school; he | 11 | | subsequently earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from | 12 | | Cornell, where he was second in his class; during his studies, | 13 | | he did groundbreaking research on the rabies virus that is now | 14 | | included in the Veterinary Pathology Manual; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After graduating in 1950, Dr. Henry Szlachta | 16 | | became Director of the research lab at Cornell University; from | 17 | | 1950 to 1953, he served his country in the United States Army | 18 | | Veterinary Corps, serving in both Korea and Japan before | 19 | | receiving an honorable discharge in 1953; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1953, Dr. Henry Szlachta relocated to northern | 21 | | Illinois and established a farm animal veterinary practice |
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| 1 | | (primarily beef and dairy cattle) in the McHenry and Lake | 2 | | County regions; he practiced for 50 years, plying the rural | 3 | | roads of McHenry and Lake Counties caring for primarily family | 4 | | farmers' beef and dairy herds; he retired in 2003 at the age of | 5 | | 75; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Henry Szlachta was preceded in death by his | 7 | | wife, Margaret; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Henry Szlachta is survived by 2 sons, Scott | 9 | | and Paul; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 12 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Dr. Henry Szlachta; | 13 | | and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Dr. Henry Szlachta as an expression | 16 | | of our sympathy.
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