Full Text of SR0677 95th General Assembly
SR0677 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 former McHenry County College President | 4 |
| Robert C. Bartlett, who passed away on January 19, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Bartlett was born April 25, 1937 in Melrose | 6 |
| Park to Harry and Irene (Callen) Bartlett; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Rosemary Heiman on May 28, 1977 in | 8 |
| Crystal Lake; he graduated from the University of Illinois with | 9 |
| a B.S. in industrial education in 1959 and earned his master's | 10 |
| in education in 1962; he continued his doctoral study at | 11 |
| University of Chicago and doctoral candidacy at Michigan State | 12 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked as the assistant executive secretary and | 14 |
| consultant examiner for the Commission of Institutions of | 15 |
| Higher Education and North Central Association of Colleges and | 16 |
| Schools, was the dean of instruction at McHenry County College | 17 |
| from 1973 to 1979, was the president of McHenry County College | 18 |
| from 1979 to 1997, and had been president emeritus; after he | 19 |
| retired, he stayed active in the community, serving as chairman | 20 |
| of the Curriculum and Administrative Services Committees of the | 21 |
| Illinois Council of Community College Presidents; and
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| WHEREAS, He also served as a member of the board of the |
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| Education to Careers Group of McHenry County, McHenry County | 2 |
| United Way, chairman of the Agency Relations Committee of the | 3 |
| McHenry County United Way, as well as director of research, | 4 |
| founding, and continuing member for the McHenry County Economic | 5 |
| Development Corporation; he was also a member of the board and | 6 |
| ambassador emeritus of the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce, as | 7 |
| well as a member of the Business Development and Support | 8 |
| Committee of the Crystal Lake Chamber and a former board member | 9 |
| of Hospice of Northeastern Illinois; and he enjoyed fishing and | 10 |
| boating on Crystal Lake, gardening, and spending time with | 11 |
| family; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and his | 13 |
| children William Clark, Beth Christensen-Smith, and Fred | 14 |
| Clarke; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Bartlett is survived by his wife, Rosemary; | 16 |
| his sister, Barbara "Babs" Cerny; his children, Deborah (Jeff) | 17 |
| Curey, Dawn (James) Adams, Cindy (Mike) Ray, Linda (Gregg) | 18 |
| Rice, and Tom (Colleen) Clarke; ;his grandchildren, Max | 19 |
| Bartlett, Michael Christensen, Kevin Christensen, Cody, | 20 |
| Nicholas, and Luke Ray, Robyn Clarke, William Clarke, and Julia | 21 |
| Rice; his great grandchildren, Austin, Jacob, and Colin | 22 |
| Christensen; his nephews, Dean and Robbie Cerny; his best bud | 23 |
| Sarah; and many extended family and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Robert Bartlett; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Robert Bartlett as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sincere sympathy.
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