Full Text of SR1460 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 Dr. Eric Douglas Dixon of Edwardsville, | 4 | | who passed away on January 17, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dixon was born in Jerseyville to Max Douglas | 6 | | and Susan Diane (nee Meuth)
Dixon on December 10, 1984; he | 7 | | attended St. Francis/Holy Ghost Catholic Schools and graduated | 8 | | from Jersey
Community High School in 2003, where he was a | 9 | | standout, 3-sport athlete, participating in basketball, | 10 | | baseball,
and football; he attended Lewis & Clark Community | 11 | | College in Godfrey on a baseball scholarship, where he received | 12 | | his associate's
degree; he then went on to attend Southeast | 13 | | Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; he | 14 | | transferred to
the Logan College of Chiropractic, where he | 15 | | finished his bachelor's degree in human biology; in August and | 16 | | December of 2011, he received his Doctorate of
Chiropractic and | 17 | | his master's degree in sport science and rehabilitation | 18 | | respectively; while studying at Logan, he worked with college | 19 | | athletes from the surrounding
area, including the University of | 20 | | Missouri and Missouri Baptist University; as a Logan student, | 21 | | he also managed the
Disabled Ski Program at Hidden Valley Ski | 22 | | Resort; upon graduation, he was the sole
recipient of the Sport | 23 | | Rehab Department Award; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dixon's professional career took him to | 2 | | California, where he worked with a great team at LA Sports and | 3 | | Spine; in 2012, he returned to the area to start his own Sports | 4 | | Chiropractic/Performance
Training facility in Edwardsville; he | 5 | | began SPORTCHIRO+ in November of 2012 and has been practicing | 6 | | ever since; he received his Certified Personal Training | 7 | | Certificate from the National Strength and Conditioning | 8 | | Association in
2012; he also developed Accelerate Health & | 9 | | Fitness Consulting in Edwardsville and was in the process
of | 10 | | opening another gym in Jerseyville; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dixon was recently invited to be part of
the | 12 | | chiropractic team for the St. Louis Cardinals; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dixon was preceded in death by his paternal | 14 | | grandparents, Durward "D.B." and Marjorie Toinette Dixon; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dixon is survived by his parents; his sister, | 16 | | Lindsay Dixon; his brother, Alex
Dixon; his grandparents, | 17 | | Cletus and Helen Meuth; and numerous loving aunts, uncles,
| 18 | | cousins, friends, and professional colleagues; therefore, be | 19 | | it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Dr. Eric Douglas Dixon, and extend our sincere condolences to |
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| 1 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Dr. Dixon as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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