Full Text of SR0204 96th General Assembly
SR0204 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Dr. Andrew Prinz, director of urban | 4 |
| studies at Elmhurst College, who passed away on March 26, 2009; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, He came to Elmhurst in the fall of 1969, from | 7 |
| Concordia College in River Forest, where he had taught for nine | 8 |
| years; he came to Elmhurst College to establish the Department | 9 |
| of Urban Studies; he passionately loved urban life, even at its | 10 |
| lowest ebb, and he communicated his enthusiasm tirelessly to | 11 |
| his students, not only in his classroom but also on the streets | 12 |
| of Chicago, Sydney, Beijing, London, Moscow, Amsterdam, | 13 |
| Toronto, and other cities where he took his classes on journeys | 14 |
| of celebration and discovery; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Prinz had a positive genius for friendship, | 16 |
| and a knack for reaching out to anyone within hailing distance; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, He grew up in Lincoln Park, on Chicago's North | 19 |
| Side; his father, a shoemaker, ran a thriving shop on Armitage | 20 |
| Avenue; he grew up speaking mostly German around the house; he | 21 |
| attended Luther Institute, a private school on the Near West | 22 |
| Side; he left Lincoln Park for Rock Island and Augustana |
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| College; at Augustana, he pursued multiple majors in history, | 2 |
| political science, and geography in preparation for a career as | 3 |
| a high school teacher; at Northwestern University, he completed | 4 |
| a master’s degree in 1958 and a doctorate in 1963; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, He was involved in politics and was elected | 6 |
| Democratic Party Committeeman for Oak Park in 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Prinz actively recruited fifteen to twenty | 8 |
| students to his department in any given year for the urban | 9 |
| studies program and a chance to experience city life; and
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| WHEREAS,
Dr. Prinz is survived by his wife, Carol, their | 11 |
| children, Kurt Prinz, Linda Hoffman, Diane Gardner, and Mark | 12 |
| Prinz, his brother, Edward Prinz, his six grandchildren; and | 13 |
| countless former students; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Andrew Prinz; and be | 17 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Andrew Prinz as a symbol of our | 20 |
| sincere sympathy.
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