Full Text of SR0913 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of William M. Patterson, Ph.D., who | 4 | | passed away on April 2, 2024; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson, a native of Urbana, earned his | 6 | | Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of | 7 | | Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC); and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson worked as a clinical associate | 9 | | professor in the School of Music, College of Fine & Applied | 10 | | Arts at UIUC, and he also served as an adjunct lecturer in the | 11 | | School of Information Sciences and the College of | 12 | | Engineering's Technology Entrepreneurship Center; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson was heavily involved with Illinois | 14 | | Public Media, serving on the Community Advisory Board for | 15 | | Illinois Soul, the Black-focused radio service from Illinois | 16 | | Public Media that launched in February 2024; he also | 17 | | co-created Illinois Public Media's Youth Media Workshop, | 18 | | providing instruction to local Black youth on how to turn | 19 | | interviews with their elders into stories for WILL radio and | 20 | | television; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson served in many other positions |
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| 1 | | around the Champaign-Urbana area, including associate director | 2 | | of the Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center on the | 3 | | UIUC campus and chief teen officer at the Don Moyer Boys and | 4 | | Girls Club in Champaign; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson was the recipient of a number of | 6 | | accolades; at the time of his passing, he was to receive the | 7 | | Distinguished Alumni Award from the Champaign Urbana Schools | 8 | | Foundation; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson, affectionately known as "Dr. P", | 10 | | was an educator who worked tirelessly to bring STEAM (science, | 11 | | technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) education to | 12 | | under-resourced Black neighborhoods and to empower students to | 13 | | tell their own stories through his Hip Hop Xpress Double Dutch | 14 | | Boom Bus Innovation Lab & Data Center; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson will be remembered for his | 16 | | contributions to youth education and the arts; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson is survived by his wife, Lori Gold | 18 | | Patterson; three children; a grandchild; and a sister; | 19 | | therefore, be it | 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | William M. Patterson, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences | 2 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 3 | | it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Dr. Patterson as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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