Full Text of SR0636 100th 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 Michael Edward Pollock of Urbana, who | 4 | | passed away on May 28, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock was born in Cleveland, Ohio on | 6 | | June 5, 1949; he, his older sister, Betsy Lou, and the rest of | 7 | | his family eventually landed in Highland Park; he graduated | 8 | | from the University of Illinois in 1967 with majors in | 9 | | political science and history, and where he was involved in the | 10 | | civil rights and anti-war movements; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock married Renee and they spent 45 | 12 | | years together; they had two children, Elisabeth (Christian | 13 | | Ray) and Henry, and two grandchildren, Gabriel and Tristan; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock was a co-owner of Record Service, | 15 | | a mainstay of the alternative campus community, where he spent | 16 | | 27 years; he was an Urbana alderman for eight years, chairman | 17 | | of the Urbana Plan Commission for 12 years, and board member | 18 | | and president of the Eastern Illinois Foodbank; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock went back to school at Eastern | 20 | | Illinois University, earning a teaching certificate and a | 21 | | master's degree in history; he began his second career as a |
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| 1 | | social studies teacher at Urbana High School; he loved working | 2 | | with students and introducing them to the world of critical | 3 | | thinking and historical analysis; he wrote a class called | 4 | | Modern American History through film and music; his room rocked | 5 | | with music, often to the dismay of his colleagues; he was also | 6 | | department head and the sponsor for the Gay-Straight Alliance; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock ran a mock election program, | 9 | | registered voters, and had many students work as county | 10 | | election judges to encourage their future involvement in civic | 11 | | life; he also mentored many student teachers; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock enjoyed gardening, canning, | 13 | | biking, reading, woodworking, and creating quirky idiomatic | 14 | | art; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Michael Edward Pollock, and extend our sincere condolences to | 18 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Michael Pollock as an expression of | 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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