Full Text of SR0359 095th General Assembly
SR0359 95TH 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
Bob Markowitz of Normal, who passed away | 4 |
| on September 6, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz was born on February 14, 1926 in | 6 |
| Chicago; his parents were Dr. Benjamin and Lena Molay | 7 |
| Markowitz; he married Iris Cohos in 1956; he married Judy Stern | 8 |
| Harrison in 1975; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz moved with his family to Bloomington | 10 |
| in 1930, when his father became Bloomington's first | 11 |
| pathologist, in association with the Sloan Clinic; Bob attended | 12 |
| Washington School and graduated from Bloomington High School in | 13 |
| January 1944; after high school, he enlisted as a private first | 14 |
| class in the United States Army, where he fought in the | 15 |
| Rhineland and Ardennes campaigns during the Second World War as | 16 |
| a combat infantryman; he was wounded in action on February 17, | 17 |
| 1945, just three days after his 19th birthday; he was awarded | 18 |
| the Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals and was honorably | 19 |
| discharged in September 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, After his honorable discharge from the Army, Bob | 21 |
| Markowitz went to the University of Wisconsin, where he served | 22 |
| as president of his fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau; at the |
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| University of Wisconsin, he earned his bachelor's degree and | 2 |
| law degrees; after being admitted to the Bar in Wisconsin, he | 3 |
| passed the Illinois Bar exam, and started his law practice in | 4 |
| Bloomington in 1952; in 1956, he formed a partnership with | 5 |
| attorneys Keith Campbell and Bill Lawrence, forming the law | 6 |
| partnership of Campbell, Markowitz, Lawrence and Lenz, which | 7 |
| soon included attorneys Hal Jennings, John Naylor, and William | 8 |
| Mueller; he served as the city attorney for the City of | 9 |
| Bloomington and then served as Corporation Counsel for the Town | 10 |
| of Normal from 1970 to 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz was a private pilot and avid | 12 |
| fisherman; his community service included membership on the OSF | 13 |
| St. Joseph Community Board, and he served for six years on the | 14 |
| board of directors of the YMCA; he was an active member of the | 15 |
| Novat Unit of the Shriners and the Moses Montefiore Temple; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz is survived by his wife, Judy; his | 17 |
| children, Brad (Sheryl) Markowitz and Robin (Daniel) | 18 |
| Markowitz; his sister, Nan Markowitz Lebow; his nieces and | 19 |
| nephews, Mark (Donna) Lebow, Alan (Susan) Lebow, and Cheryl | 20 |
| (David Golde) Lebow; and his stepsons, Ian and Scott Harrison; | 21 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 23 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Bob Markowitz; and be it | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Bob Markowitz as an expression of | 5 |
| our sympathy.
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