Full Text of SR1048 97th 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 Dr. Sam H. McGowen of Mascoutah, who | 4 | | passed away on November 21, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen was a native of Puxico, Missouri; he | 6 | | married his loving wife, Sue, on August 27, 1988, in Puxico, | 7 | | Missouri; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen attended Southeast Missouri State | 9 | | University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in social | 10 | | studies/English in 1966; he subsequently earned his master's | 11 | | degree at SEMO and a doctorate degree at St. Louis University; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen had a long and distinguished career in | 14 | | education; he began his career in 1967 as a social studies | 15 | | teacher in Bonne Terre, Missouri, and worked his way through | 16 | | progressive assignments as an elementary principal and junior | 17 | | high principal and superintendent in Bonne Terre; he later | 18 | | accepted positions as superintendent in Dexter, Missouri and | 19 | | Paris, Illinois, before becoming the Superintendent of Schools | 20 | | for District 19 in Mascoutah in 1994; he served as | 21 | | Superintendent of District 19 until June of 2012; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen was in active and reserve military | 2 | | service with the Missouri Army National Guard for 27 years, | 3 | | primarily in Army engineer battalions; at the time of his | 4 | | retirement in 1993, he had achieved the rank of lieutenant | 5 | | colonel; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen was preceded in death by his father, | 7 | | Hubert McGowen; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sam McGowen is survived by his wife, Sue M. | 9 | | McGowen; his children, Bonnie McBurney, Brian (Peggy) McGowen, | 10 | | Sarah (Roy) Phillips, and Nan (Brad) Beaird; his grandchildren, | 11 | | Ryan and Chadd McBurney, Kristan McGowen, Arriel (Cody) Smith, | 12 | | Parke and Ben Phillips, and Leam and Landon Beaird; his mother, | 13 | | Wilma McGowen; and his brothers, Jim (Marsha) McGowen and Terry | 14 | | (Trish) McGowen; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 | | his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Sam H. McGowen; and | 18 | | be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Sam McGowen as an expression of our | 21 | | sympathy.
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