Full Text of SR0501 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of George E. Hopkins, Ph.D., who passed | 4 | | away on September 28, 2023; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, George Hopkins was born to Homer and Lillian Hunt | 6 | | Hopkins in Shawnee, Oklahoma on March 6, 1937; while residing | 7 | | in Texas, he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1955 | 8 | | and Southern Methodist University in 1959; he joined the U.S. | 9 | | Navy Reserve during high school and attended Officer Training | 10 | | School while in college; after college, he was commissioned as | 11 | | an ensign in the U.S. Navy; he applied for flight training and | 12 | | was assigned to the patrol squadron PATRON 50 in Iwakuni, | 13 | | Japan for a three-year tour of duty, where he piloted a U.S. | 14 | | Navy P5M seaplane; he married Elaine Bridges in Dallas, Texas | 15 | | in 1959; he earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of | 16 | | Texas at Austin; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, George Hopkins was hired by Western Illinois | 18 | | University in 1968, where he taught lecture classes on the | 19 | | Vietnam War and U.S. presidential assassinations, as well as | 20 | | many other subjects, until his retirement in 2007; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, George Hopkins authored the book The Airline | 22 | | Pilots: A Study in Elite Unionization, published by Harvard |
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| 1 | | University Press in 1971; he also authored Flying the Line, | 2 | | Volumes I and II, published in 1982 and 2000, respectively, | 3 | | published by the Airline Pilots Association, where he served | 4 | | as a consultant; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, George Hopkins was named Professor of the Year by | 6 | | Western Illinois University students in 1979 and Distinguished | 7 | | Faculty Lecturer by his colleagues in 2003; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, George Hopkins was a member of the Macomb Flyers; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, George Hopkins and his wife shared a wide variety | 11 | | of interests, including traveling, biking, skiing, reading, | 12 | | attending live theater, and touring museums; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, George Hopkins is survived by his wife; his | 14 | | children, Jennifer (Paul) Wheeler and Paul W. Hopkins; his | 15 | | grandchildren, Sam (Carolyn) Wheeler, Joey (Stephanie) | 16 | | Wheeler, Jack (Karen) Wheeler, and Breanna Hopkins; his | 17 | | great-grandchildren, Lillian Elaine and Charles Robert; and | 18 | | one great-grandchild on the way; therefore, be it | 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | George E. Hopkins, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to |
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| 1 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of George Hopkins as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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