Full Text of SR0343 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 William Joseph Durka, who passed away on | 4 | | May 12, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Durka was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to | 6 | | Anthony and Mary Durka; he was raised in Waukegan and attended | 7 | | Waukegan Township High School, graduating in 1939 as the | 8 | | valedictorian of his class; he went to the University of | 9 | | Chicago, earning his bachelors of arts in 1943 and his juris | 10 | | doctor in 1944; he was an honor scholar and student marshal at | 11 | | the University of Chicago, debate coach, editor of the law | 12 | | review, elected to the Order of the Coif, and first in his | 13 | | class; he served 2 years as research assistant to the | 14 | | university president Robert M. Hutchins; he joined the U.S. | 15 | | Navy to give talks in the Chicago area on how the home front | 16 | | could aid the war effort during World War II; he married | 17 | | Margaret Reichardt in 1950; she passed away in 1978 and he | 18 | | married Nancy Weaver in 1981; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, William Durka began his law career in 1944 with | 20 | | James Lawrence Fly, who had started a New York firm | 21 | | specializing in communications law; he became a full partner in | 22 | | 5 years; in 1956, he joined the General Electric Company, | 23 | | retiring as the manager of G.E.'s International Trade Policy |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, A highlight of William Durka's life was a 2-hour | 3 | | meeting in June 1947 with Albert Einstein at his Princeton | 4 | | home; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Durka was an avid reader and enjoyed | 6 | | books, libraries, and discussing theories and ideas with | 7 | | others; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, William Durka is survived by his wife, Nancy; his | 9 | | daughter, Peggy; his stepdaughter, Phoebe Trachtenberg and her | 10 | | husband, Gordon, and their 2 children, and many nieces and | 11 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | William Durka, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | 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 William Durka as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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