Full Text of SR1590 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 Zuhair M. ElSaffar, Ph.D., who passed | 4 | | away on August 15, 2020 at the age of 85; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1935; he | 6 | | was awarded a scholarship to study in Britain at 17, where he | 7 | | earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University College of | 8 | | North Wales in Bangor; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar began his teaching career at Michigan | 10 | | State University in the 1960s and continued at the University | 11 | | of Baghdad, teaching physics at both schools; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar was hired by the Oak Ridge National | 13 | | Lab in Tennessee to research nuclear magnetic resonance in | 14 | | 1965; a year later, he received the honor of leading Iraq's | 15 | | civilian nuclear energy program and returned to Iraq; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar returned to the United States and | 17 | | moved to Chicago in 1968, where he served as a physics | 18 | | professor at DePaul University; he also conducted research for | 19 | | the Argonne National Laboratory; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar moved to River Forest with his family |
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| 1 | | in 1970, and he remained a River Forest resident for the rest | 2 | | of his life; he began investing in real estate in Oak Park, | 3 | | River Forest, and Forest Park in 1977; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar suffered a stroke and retired from | 5 | | DePaul University in 1987; post-retirement, his | 6 | | entrepreneurial spirit continued, and he dedicated a majority | 7 | | of his efforts to his business and investments in the | 8 | | community; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar is survived by his wife, Bushra; his | 10 | | five children, Azhaar, Nadia, Ali, Dena, and Amir; and his two | 11 | | grandchildren, Jamil Moore and Layla Moore; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Zuhair M. ElSaffar, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to | 15 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Dr. ElSaffar as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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