Full Text of SR0803 101st 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 Leland Bishop "Lee" Miller Jr. of | 4 | | Mahomet, who passed away on October 26, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller was born in Bloomington to Leland B. | 6 | | Sr. and Nellie C. (Jolly) Miller on June 17, 1931; he graduated | 7 | | salutatorian in 1949 from University High School in | 8 | | Bloomington; he received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical | 9 | | Engineering, a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, and a | 10 | | Master of Business Administration from the University of | 11 | | Illinois; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller pursued a doctoral thesis at Purdue | 13 | | University in chemical engineering prior to accepting a | 14 | | research engineering position at Exxon in New Jersey; later, he | 15 | | taught management courses at the Harvard Graduate School of | 16 | | Business and the University of Illinois; he was a member of | 17 | | Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Sigma Chi at the | 18 | | University of Illinois; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to | 20 | | 1957 as a first lieutenant in the 501st Army Security Agency | 21 | | stationed in Korea and Fort Devens, Massachusetts; he continued | 22 | | in the Army Reserve until 1962; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1959, Lee Miller joined the A.E. Staley | 2 | | Manufacturing Co., later Staley Continental, as a chemical | 3 | | engineer; he then held other positions, including manager of | 4 | | sweetener manufacturing operations, director of facilities | 5 | | planning, and director of long-range planning and assistant | 6 | | treasurer, before his final position as treasurer and vice | 7 | | president; following his career with Staley, he was elected | 8 | | vice president/chief financial officer of MultiFresh Systems | 9 | | Inc.; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller's affiliations included the National | 11 | | Association of Corporate Treasurers, the Planning Executive | 12 | | Institute, the Financial Management Association, the Midwest | 13 | | Planning Association, the American Management Association, the | 14 | | Corporate Finance Council, the American Institute of Chemical | 15 | | Engineers, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, and the Lions | 16 | | Club; he held the positions of vice president of United | 17 | | Cerebral Palsy of Illinois, director of Progress Resources, and | 18 | | president of the Industrial Development Research Council; he | 19 | | was a Mahomet Village Board member and a chairman of the | 20 | | planning and zoning committee; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller was fearless in trying new things | 22 | | regardless of his age; he learned to ski at age 50 and kept | 23 | | skiing until the age of 75; he learned to golf at age 57 and |
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| 1 | | looked forward to the 19th hole regardless of the outcome; his | 2 | | favorite ski and golf spot was Telluride, Colorado, where he | 3 | | and his wife spent many weeks enjoying the slopes and | 4 | | surrounding mountains with family and friends; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller was an avid storyteller and enjoyed | 6 | | when someone appreciated his unique sense of humor; he was a | 7 | | voracious reader and had multiple books by his chair at all | 8 | | times; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller was a fan of the Illini and the Chicago | 10 | | Bears, since the Bears franchise was started by A.E. Staley as | 11 | | the Staley Bears; he was a Chicago Bears season ticket holder | 12 | | and attended the home games regularly up until the week prior | 13 | | to his passing; he was happiest when he was spending time with | 14 | | his wife, children, and granddaughters; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller was preceded in death by his parents; | 16 | | his sister, Charlotte (Herb) McGrath; his son, Steven Robert | 17 | | Miller; and his niece, Kim McGrath; he was previously married | 18 | | to Elene (Schiermer) Miller; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lee Miller is survived by his wife of 34 years, | 20 | | Alice P. Elder-Miller; his daughter, Susan (Timothy) Fallon; | 21 | | his son, James Bishop Miller; and his granddaughters, Katherine | 22 | | and Elizabeth Fallon; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Leland Bishop "Lee" Miller Jr. and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Lee Miller as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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