Full Text of SR0770 99th 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 J. Birck; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Michael Birck attended Purdue University, where | 5 | | he played varsity baseball and graduated with a bachelor's | 6 | | degree in electrical engineering in 1960; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Michael Birck served as CEO of Tellabs, Inc., | 8 | | which he co-founded with 5 others during a brainstorming | 9 | | session at his kitchen table in 1975; the company began making | 10 | | echo suppressors designed to improve telephone reception, | 11 | | which led to the company developing an echo canceller in 1981; | 12 | | by 2001, the company made $3 billion in sales and had 8,900 | 13 | | employees; he retired from his role as CEO of the company in | 14 | | 2004 and retired as chairman in 2013; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Michael Birck was a member of Purdue University's | 16 | | Board of Trustees for 14 years until he stepped down from the | 17 | | position in 2013; his philanthropic efforts included gifts of | 18 | | more than $30 million to the University's nanotechnology center | 19 | | and its golf complex; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Michael Birck was a family man who enjoyed playing | 21 | | golf and watching baseball games, both the Chicago Cubs and |
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| 1 | | those of his grandchildren; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Michael Birck was the beloved husband of Katherine | 3 | | Birck (nee Royer); the loving father of Kevin (Laura) Birck, | 4 | | Joni (Charles) Stevenson, and Christopher (Christine) Birck; | 5 | | the cherished grandfather of Ian Stevenson, Colleen Stevenson, | 6 | | Morgan Birck, Mackenzie Birck, Hannah Stevenson, Christopher | 7 | | "CJ" Birck, and Keely Stevenson; the dear brother of Barbara | 8 | | (Louis) Roehm, Patrick (Nancy) Birck, Jon (Karen) Birck, and | 9 | | Vickie (Ed) McDevitt; the brother-in-law of Betty Shepherd and | 10 | | Joan Smith; and the cherished uncle and good friend of many; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 14 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Michael J. Birck; and | 15 | | be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Michael Birck as an expression of | 18 | | our sympathy.
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