Full Text of SR1875 100th 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 John R. Foreman of Champaign, who passed | 4 | | away on June 30, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Foreman was born in Decatur to Forrest and | 6 | | Susan Jenkins Foreman on September 3, 1952; he graduated from | 7 | | Atwood-Hammond High School in 1970; he married Sharon | 8 | | Koeberlein at St. Mary's Church in Pesotum on September 21, | 9 | | 1973; he graduated from the University of Illinois in 1977; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Foreman began his career as a reporter at The | 11 | | News-Gazette in 1977; in quick succession, he was named night | 12 | | city editor, city editor, managing editor, and | 13 | | editor-in-chief; in 2003, he became publisher of The | 14 | | News-Gazette; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, John Foreman was a distinguished journalist whose | 16 | | keen news judgment, outstanding writing and editing abilities, | 17 | | and passion for the truth were the engines that drove the | 18 | | newsroom to be consistently recognized as among the best in the | 19 | | state; he was a past chairman of the Illinois First Amendment | 20 | | Center and also served as president of the Illinois Press | 21 | | Association and the Illinois Associated Press Editors; he was a | 22 | | former chairman of the Mid-America Press Institute and "Project |
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| 1 | | Sunshine," a Society of Professional Journalists project on | 2 | | access to government; he was the first recipient of the James | 3 | | C. Craven Award for Freedom of the Press from the Illinois | 4 | | Press Association and only the second recipient of the Illinois | 5 | | AP Editors Lincoln League of Journalists Award; in 2006, he was | 6 | | named the Illinois Journalist of the Year by the faculty at | 7 | | Northern Illinois University; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Foreman loved his family, his dogs, his | 9 | | community, and The News-Gazette; he enjoyed restoring and | 10 | | collecting fountain pens and taking time to put pen to paper; | 11 | | he was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, as well as a fan of | 12 | | the Chicago Bears and the Fighting Illini; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Foreman is survived by his wife, Sharon; his | 14 | | children, Shannon (Scott Smith) and Rob Foreman; his brother, | 15 | | Michael (Darlene) Stratman; and his sisters, Patricia | 16 | | (Maurice) Sefton and Maryan (Robert Smith) Sneed; therefore, be | 17 | | it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | John R. Foreman and extend our sincere condolences to his | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of John Foreman as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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