Full Text of SR0164 98th 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 Gordon Neal Keating of Los Alamos, New | 4 | | Mexico, who passed away on February 14, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Keating grew up in Edwardsville and | 6 | | graduated from Edwardsville High School, he subsequently | 7 | | earned his bachelor's degree with distinction in geology from | 8 | | Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1988, his master's | 9 | | degree from Michigan Technological University in 1991, and his | 10 | | Ph.D. in geology at the University of New Mexico in 2000; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Keating grew up passionate about natural | 12 | | history, geology, and volcanology; after college, he worked for | 13 | | the United States Geological Survey at the Cascades Volcanic | 14 | | observatory, where he met a fellow geologist and his future | 15 | | wife, Elizabeth; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After his tenure at the USGS, Gordon Keating and | 17 | | his wife moved to New Mexico; in 1995, he began working for the | 18 | | Los Alamos National Laboratory; he has published numerous | 19 | | papers in volcanology and helped to develop eruption and | 20 | | erosion histories for volcanic centers, including Yucca | 21 | | Mountain in Nevada; most recently, he was contributing to | 22 | | projects related to carbon sequestration and energy |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Keating enjoyed spending time with | 3 | | backpacking, camping trips, rafting, canoeing, and cycling; he | 4 | | also enjoyed playing traditional music, especially old-time | 5 | | American and Irish styles; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Keating was a member of the Unitarian | 7 | | Church of Los Alamos and had a strong commitment to working | 8 | | with young people as an adviser to youth groups at the church; | 9 | | he also served a term as chairman of the building committee of | 10 | | the Unitarian Church; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Keating was preceded in death by his | 12 | | mother, Jody Keating; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Keating is survived by his father, Richard | 14 | | Keating; his wife, Elizabeth; his daughters, Zoe and Flannery; | 15 | | and his brother, Philip; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 | | his family and friends, the passing of Gordon Neal Keating; and | 19 | | be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Gordon Keating as an expression of | 2 | | our sympathy.
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