Full Text of SR0706 094th General Assembly
SR0706 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Robert E. Hamilton of | 4 |
| Joliet on Sunday, January 15, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hamilton received his Associate of Science | 6 |
| degree at Joliet Junior College before serving in the U.S. Army | 7 |
| during WWII; he received his Bachelor of Science and Master of | 8 |
| Science degrees in civil engineering from the University of | 9 |
| Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, He formed a company in 1955 for the practice of | 11 |
| consulting engineering to provide the highly specialized | 12 |
| sanitary (now called environmental) design engineering | 13 |
| services to other engineering firms and directly to clients; he | 14 |
| designed sewage treatment and water supply projects throughout | 15 |
| Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, and developed the first wastewater | 16 |
| treatment facilities for Frankfort, Minooka, Mokena, and New | 17 |
| Lenox; and
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| WHEREAS, His Joliet business started in the rented home | 19 |
| that he shared with his wife, Shirley; the business has | 20 |
| expanded through four office moves to include 14 engineers, a | 21 |
| professional land surveyor, and a support staff of 14; in March | 22 |
| of 2005, Robert E. Hamilton Consulting Engineers, P.C., | 23 |
| celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at the firm's current | 24 |
| office at 3230 Executive Drive in Joliet; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Mr. Hamilton set the | 26 |
| standard for engineers for conduct as well as technical | 27 |
| expertise; his work has included developing many of the | 28 |
| processes that are the main stage of current water and | 29 |
| wastewater practice, and he literally helped write the books | 30 |
| that this industry uses; he was involved in numerous | 31 |
| professional societies, including the American Consulting |
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| Engineers Council, the Consulting Engineers Council of | 2 |
| Illinois (past treasurer, past director, and member of the | 3 |
| Committee for Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main | 4 |
| Construction Illinois), the Illinois Engineering Council (past | 5 |
| director), the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers | 6 |
| (past Ethics and Practice Committee chairman), the Water | 7 |
| Environment Federation, the Central States Environment | 8 |
| Federation, and the American Water Works Association (life | 9 |
| member); and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the University of Illinois | 11 |
| President's Council and the Joliet Junior College Foundation | 12 |
| Board, where he established two endowed scholarships to benefit | 13 |
| Joliet Junior College students; he was also a member of Rotary | 14 |
| International in Joliet; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert E. Hamilton has been deeply | 16 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Shirley (Morse) Hamilton; | 17 |
| his children, Marsha C. (Bruce) Hamilton, Janet (Robert) | 18 |
| Stevens, Howard J. (Kristen) Hamilton, and Helen (Brian) | 19 |
| Pohlman; his grandchildren, Robert M. (Amy) Hamilton, Patricia | 20 |
| (Brian) MacDonald, C. Brice McCaw, Dale B. McCaw, Kirk H. | 21 |
| McCaw, Aileen Hamilton, Sean I. Hamilton, Richard M. Hamilton, | 22 |
| Trenton M. Pohlman, Mitchell B. Pohlman, and Claire L. Pohlman; | 23 |
| his great-grandchildren, Sydney C. MacDonald, Colin D. | 24 |
| MacDonald, and Robert Nolan Hamilton; and his many nieces and | 25 |
| nephews; he was preceded in death by his son, Robert Bruce | 26 |
| Hamilton; his parents, James F. and Vida (Krans) Hamilton; his | 27 |
| twin aunts, Masie and Hazel Krans; his brother, James R. | 28 |
| Hamilton; and his sister, Helen L. Trautmann; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 30 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 31 |
| Robert E. Hamilton, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 32 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 33 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 3 |
| sympathy.
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