Full Text of SR0736 95th General Assembly
SR0736 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Robert J. Cook of Macomb, who passed away | 4 |
| on May 22, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert was born on May 26, 1937; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert earned his bachelor's degree in Political | 7 |
| Science and his master's degree in Public School Administration | 8 |
| from Truman State University and his Ph.D. in Educational | 9 |
| Administration from St. Louis University; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert had a long and distinguished career in | 11 |
| education; he served as a classroom teacher and public school | 12 |
| administrator in both rural Missouri and suburban St. Louis, | 13 |
| continuing in his career to supervise student teachers and | 14 |
| teach educational administration courses at Western Illinois | 15 |
| University for 35 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert also pursued education outside of the | 17 |
| classroom, serving as state president of the University | 18 |
| Division of the Illinois Education Administration, state | 19 |
| president of the Illinois Association of Teacher Educators, | 20 |
| Western Illinois University's faculty representative to the | 21 |
| Illinois Board of Higher Education, president of the Faculty |
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| Council of the College of Education, and Secretary of the | 2 |
| Western Illinois University Board of Trustees; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert actively served his community; he was | 4 |
| president of the McDonough County Labor Council, chairman of | 5 |
| the McDonough County Democratic Central Committee, a 32nd | 6 |
| Degree Mason, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a Rotarian; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Robert was active in his church, serving as | 8 |
| president of the Fellheimer Trust Committee of the Wesley | 9 |
| United Methodist Church and as president of the Board of | 10 |
| Directors of the Wesley Foundation at Western Illinois | 11 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert was the beloved husband of Evelyn; the | 13 |
| loving father of Joe and Amy; the devoted son of the late | 14 |
| Robert L. and Josephine Smith Cook; and the fond friend of | 15 |
| many; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Robert J. Cook; and be | 19 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Robert J. Cook as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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