Full Text of SR1720 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 Steven Browning Sample, who passed away | 4 | | on March 29, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Steven Sample was born in St. Louis, Missouri on | 6 | | November 29, 1940; while attending the University of Illinois | 7 | | at Urbana-Champaign, he married his college sweetheart, | 8 | | Kathryn Brunkow; he later earned his bachelor's degree, | 9 | | master's degree, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After college, Steven Sample accepted a faculty | 11 | | position at Purdue University; he later continued his academic | 12 | | career at the University of Illinois and the University of | 13 | | Nebraska; at the age of 41, he was selected to serve as the | 14 | | 12th president of the State University of New York at Buffalo; | 15 | | during his tenure there, the university was elected to the | 16 | | prestigious Association of American Universities, where he | 17 | | later served as chairman; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Steven Sample served as the University of Southern | 19 | | California's 10th president from 1991 to 2010; during his | 20 | | tenure as president, the University of Southern California | 21 | | became a highly selective undergraduate university, recruited | 22 | | many nationally prominent faculty, created a global presence, |
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| 1 | | completed what was at the time the largest fundraising campaign | 2 | | ever in higher education, and built partnerships in the | 3 | | communities surrounding the University of Southern | 4 | | California's campuses; he made improving undergraduate | 5 | | education the university's highest priority, overseeing the | 6 | | revision of the curriculum, introducing the Renaissance | 7 | | Scholars program and creating new majors and minors to provide | 8 | | "breadth with depth"; he co-founded the Association of Pacific | 9 | | Rim Universities, a consortium of 45 leading research | 10 | | universities in the Pacific region, and promoted the University | 11 | | of Southern California's role in positioning Los Angeles as the | 12 | | de facto capital of the Pacific Rim; he also launched the USC | 13 | | Good Neighbors Campaign, asking University of Southern | 14 | | California faculty and staff to contribute funds to | 15 | | transformative programs such as the USC Neighborhood Academic | 16 | | Initiative, which prepares low-income students from the | 17 | | surrounding areas for admission to University of Southern | 18 | | California and other universities; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, During Steven Sample's tenure, the University of | 20 | | Southern California rose dramatically in the college rankings, | 21 | | the number of freshman applicants more than tripled, and the | 22 | | student body grew increasingly diverse; Time | 23 | | Magazine/Princeton Review also named the University of | 24 | | Southern California "College of the Year" in 2000; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After retiring as president in 2010, Steven Sample | 2 | | remained active at the university; he served on the USC Board | 3 | | of Trustees as a Life Trustee and continued to co-teach the | 4 | | popular undergraduate course "The Art and Adventure of | 5 | | Leadership" with the late management expert Warren Bennis; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Steven Sample was a member of the National Academy | 7 | | of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; | 8 | | he invented and patented several devices, including digital | 9 | | appliance controls and touch pads, which are used in more than | 10 | | 300 million microwave ovens and other home appliances | 11 | | worldwide; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Steven Sample was the author of "The Contrarian's | 13 | | Guide to Leadership", a Los Angeles Times bestseller that was | 14 | | translated into five languages; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In recognition of his civic achievements, Steven | 16 | | Sample received the Distinguished Business Leader Award from | 17 | | the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Heart of the | 18 | | City Award from the Central City Association of Los Angeles; he | 19 | | also received honorary doctorates from Canisius College, | 20 | | Buffalo, D'Youville College, Hebrew Union College, | 21 | | Northeastern University, Purdue University, SUNY Buffalo, the | 22 | | University of Nebraska, the University of Notre Dame, and the | 23 | | University of Sheffield, England; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Steven Sample is survived by his wife, Kathryn | 2 | | Brunkow Sample; his daughters, Michelle Sample Smith and | 3 | | Elizabeth Sample, his son-in-law, Kirk Smith; and his | 4 | | grandchildren, Kathryn and Andrew Smith; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 7 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Steven Browning | 8 | | Sample; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Steven Sample as an expression of | 11 | | our sympathy.
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