Full Text of SR0579 102nd 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 Dr. Marvin Zonis, who passed away on | 4 | | November 15, 2020 at the age of 85; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis was born to Leonard and Clara | 6 | | (Barenberg) Zonis in Boston, Massachusetts on September 18, | 7 | | 1936; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis attended Belmont High School, | 9 | | during which time he participated in a student exchange | 10 | | program in Greece; this curiosity about global cultures was | 11 | | inspired through literature, specifically the works of Richard | 12 | | Halliburton; ultimately, he became conversationally fluent in | 13 | | Arabic, Farsi, French, Hebrew, and Italian; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis earned a bachelor's degree from | 15 | | Yale University, a master's from the Harvard Business School, | 16 | | and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of | 17 | | Technology; he also completed coursework at the Chicago | 18 | | Psychoanalytic Institute; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis lived in Tehran, Iran from 1963 | 20 | | to 1965 as part of the research process for his dissertation on | 21 | | the Iranian political regime; ultimately, he interviewed the |
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| 1 | | Shah; this project was covered by the Iranian Press TV; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis discovered that he had family in | 3 | | Tehran; he helped these relatives immigrate to the United | 4 | | States where they obtained professional degrees; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis authored books on Middle East | 6 | | politics and the global economy, including Majestic Failure: | 7 | | The Fall of the Shah, among others; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis became Nightline anchor Ted | 9 | | Koppel's go-to expert for help with explaining the Iranian | 10 | | hostage crisis, which began in 1979; during those 444 days, he | 11 | | was a frequent interview guest; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis taught for five decades at the | 13 | | University of Chicago; he worked in the Departments of | 14 | | Political Science and Comparative Human Development and at the | 15 | | Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis was a professor and mentor to | 17 | | some technological and academic luminaries, including | 18 | | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the executive director of | 19 | | Facing History and Ourselves' Chicago Office Maureen | 20 | | Loughnane; he was also attentive and responsive to minority | 21 | | student concerns; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Marvin Zonis possessed brainpower and style; | 2 | | he was once featured in an ad for the clothing company Bigsby | 3 | | and Kruthers; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his death, Dr. Marvin Zonis was | 5 | | survived by his wife, Lucy L. Salenger; his three daughters, | 6 | | Nadia Zonis, Leah Harp, and Brix Smith Start; and his two | 7 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Dr. Marvin Zonis and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Dr. Marvin Zonis as an expression of | 15 | | our deepest sympathy.
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