Full Text of SR0752 096th General Assembly
SR0752 96TH 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 Dr. Terry Tyler Martinez of Collinsville, | 4 |
| who passed away on March 25, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Terry Martinez was born September 4, 1946, in | 6 |
| Linton, Indiana; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a born educator and encouraged and | 8 |
| influenced generations of professional pharmacists, nurses, | 9 |
| and dentists; he loved the outdoors and enjoyed biking, | 10 |
| camping, swimming, ice skating, and hiking; and he enjoyed | 11 |
| planning trips and traveling with his family, especially to | 12 |
| Hawaii, the National Parks, British Columbia, and the | 13 |
| Caribbean; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a board-certified toxicologist with | 15 |
| Toxicologic Associates and served as an expert witness for | 16 |
| court cases throughout the Midwest; he was a professor of | 17 |
| pharmacology and toxicology for nearly thirty years, most | 18 |
| recently teaching at St. Louis College of Pharmacy and SIU | 19 |
| Edwardsville; he worked with poison control centers for more | 20 |
| than ten years; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, He earned degrees from Purdue University and the |
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| University of British Columbia; he was a member of several | 2 |
| professional organizations, including the Western Pharmacology | 3 |
| Society for which he was instrumental in mentoring students; he | 4 |
| was also a veteran who served in the United States Army; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Frederick | 6 |
| "Fred" Tyler Martinez; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Martinez is survived by his wife, Ruth, nee | 8 |
| Sonsini, Martinez; his mother, Iva Lorene, nee Frye, Martinez; | 9 |
| his daughter, Sarah Irene (Christopher "Chip") Peila; his | 10 |
| daughter, Laura Elizabeth; his son, Daniel Noah; his | 11 |
| grandchildren, Marina Keale Peila and Benjamin Tosh Peila; his | 12 |
| uncle, Everett "Bub" Frye; and his cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Terry Martinez; and | 16 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Terry Martinez as a symbol of | 19 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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