Full Text of HR0504 096th General Assembly
HR0504 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Cribbet, who passed away on May 23, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, John Cribbet was born on February 21, 1918 in | 6 |
| Findlay; he was the son of Howard and Ruth Cribbet; he earned | 7 |
| his bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1940 | 8 |
| and enrolled at the University of Illinois College of Law; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, In the summer of 1941, John Cribbet interrupted | 10 |
| his studies to enlist in the U.S. Army as a private; over the | 11 |
| next four years, he rose in rank and responsibility, completing | 12 |
| his military career as a major and aide-de-camp for the 8th | 13 |
| Corps Commander, General Troy Middleton; Mr. Cribbet's | 14 |
| distinguished service earned him the Bronze Star and Croix de | 15 |
| Guerre; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, John Cribbet earned his law degree in 1947; after | 17 |
| a few months in private practice in Bloomington, he was | 18 |
| recruited to University of Illinois' College of Law by | 19 |
| long-time Dean Albert J. Harno; he served as an assistant | 20 |
| professor from 1947 to 1951 and as an associate professor from | 21 |
| 1951 until 1953, when he became a professor;
in 1967, he was | 22 |
| named the College of Law's seventh dean, a post he held until |
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| being named chancellor in 1979, where he remained until 1984; | 2 |
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| WHEREAS, Follwing his tenure at the University of Illinois, | 4 |
| John Cribbet returned to the College of Law and taught for 12 | 5 |
| years before retiring in 1988; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, John Cribbet played a key role in the University | 7 |
| of Illinois' growth; he also helped to revive Illini football | 8 |
| by hiring then-coach Mike White, who took the team to its first | 9 |
| Rose Bowl in two decades in 1984; he was also instrumental in | 10 |
| the creation of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and | 11 |
| Technology, one of the largest interdisciplinary research | 12 |
| centers among U.S. universities, in 1985; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, John Cribbet was the author of numerous legal | 14 |
| texts, including the widely used "Cases and Materials on | 15 |
| Property", a law textbook now in its eighth edition; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, John Cribbet was active in a variety of | 17 |
| organizations; he served as president of the Association of | 18 |
| American Law Schools, chairman of the Illinois Supreme Court | 19 |
| Committee on Judicial Ethics, board member of the Illinois | 20 |
| Institute of Continuing Legal Education, president of the | 21 |
| Champaign County United Fund, and member of the Champaign City | 22 |
| Planning Commission; he was a long-time member of the Urbana |
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| Rotary Club and a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow; he | 2 |
| was also involved in many county and State bar associations, as | 3 |
| well as the American Bar Association; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, John Cribbet is survived by his wife, Betty, and | 5 |
| his daughters, Pamela and Carol Ann and their families; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, John Cribbet will be remembered by all who knew | 7 |
| and loved him as a legendary teacher and scholar in the field | 8 |
| of property law and a gentleman who never spoke ill of anyone; | 9 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John | 13 |
| Cribbet; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of John Cribbet as an expression of our | 16 |
| sympathy.
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