Full Text of SR0601 95th General Assembly
SR0601 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 William Edward Brady IV, of Galesburg, | 4 |
| who passed away on March 9, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, William Brady was born on December 24, 1926 in | 6 |
| Newark, New Jersey, son of William E. Brady III and Alice | 7 |
| Quinby Brady; and
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| WHEREAS, William Brady was a 1942 graduate of Newark | 9 |
| Academy in Newark, New Jersey; he enlisted in the United States | 10 |
| Navy, finishing with an honorable discharge in August, 1946; he | 11 |
| completed his undergraduate education at Hobart and William | 12 |
| Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, where he also taught for two | 13 |
| years; he later served his Alma Mater with distinction as | 14 |
| Alumnus Trustee, from 1966 to 1971, and as class correspondent | 15 |
| for 10 years; for these and numerous other services to the | 16 |
| college, he was awarded an Alumni Association Citation for | 17 |
| exceptional and distinguished service to Hobart and the | 18 |
| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his Master's Degree and Ph.D. from | 20 |
| Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and taught there | 21 |
| during his years as a graduate student; he spent a year at | 22 |
| Corpus Christi College, Oxford while completing his |
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| dissertation; he then moved to the College of the University of | 2 |
| Chicago as Assistant Professor where he taught from 1957 to | 3 |
| 1962; he also participated in the 1971 summer program at | 4 |
| Colorado College as lecturer in art; and
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| WHEREAS, His primary career was at Knox College in | 6 |
| Galesburg, where he taught from 1962 until his retirement in | 7 |
| 1995; his principal focus was on the works of William | 8 |
| Shakespeare and he taught English and American literature, | 9 |
| Renaissance literature, and occasionally philosophy, history, | 10 |
| the murder mystery genre, and other more esoteric topics; | 11 |
| during his years at Knox College he chaired the Publications, | 12 |
| Personnel, Executive, and Curriculum Committees and was twice | 13 |
| Chairman of the English Department; from 1984-1987 he served as | 14 |
| Faculty Secretary; and
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| WHEREAS, He was honored with the Knox College Burlington | 16 |
| Northern Faculty Achievement award in 1988; this prize is | 17 |
| granted for superior scholarship and excellence in classroom | 18 |
| teaching; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, William Brady is survived by his wife, Sydney; his | 20 |
| two daughters, Elizabeth (Paul) Cimino and Mary Catherine "Zoe" | 21 |
| Brady; his son, William Edward Brady V; his sister, Mary | 22 |
| Ramsbotham; his three grandchildren, Andrew and Emma Cimino and | 23 |
| Sarah Sopher; his great-granddaughter, Camellia |
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| Sopher-Cardiel; his uncle, Frank Quinby; and many nieces and | 2 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 |
| his family, friends, and former students, the passing of | 6 |
| William Brady; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of William Edward Brady IV as a symbol | 9 |
| of our sympathy.
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