Full Text of SR0753 96th General Assembly
SR0753 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 Knox College Professor Emeritus of | 4 |
| Economics and Business Administration Wilbur Fiske Pillsbury | 5 |
| II, who passed away on April 1, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born August 7, 1921, in Minneapolis, | 7 |
| Minnesota, the son of Herbert and Alma Thorson Pillsbury; he | 8 |
| married Katherine Wheeler on September 22, 1946 and she | 9 |
| preceded him in death on May 4, 1980; he later married Maxine | 10 |
| Tucker on December 15, 1984; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, He graduated from Central High School in | 12 |
| Minneapolis in 1938, Dartmouth College in 1946 with a | 13 |
| bachelor's degree, Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth with a | 14 |
| master's degree, and received his Ph.D. from Indiana University | 15 |
| in 1952; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, He was a veteran of the United States Navy, | 17 |
| serving with the rank of ensign during World War II; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Professor Pillsbury taught at Knox from 1949 until | 19 |
| 1990; from 1956 until 1967, he also served as Dean of Men and | 20 |
| then Dean of Students; starting in the 1960s, he integrated | 21 |
| computers into his classes at Knox, developing the nation's |
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| first computerized accounting curriculum; his book "Computer | 2 |
| Augmented Accounting" was published in 1970, followed by a | 3 |
| revised 1983 edition, "Microcomputer Augmented Accounting," | 4 |
| co-authored with colleague William Ripperger; and
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| WHEREAS, The curriculum that Professor Pillsbury developed | 6 |
| at Knox was eventually used in more than 600 schools, colleges, | 7 |
| and universities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, | 8 |
| England, France, and South America, and he wrote and spoke | 9 |
| extensively about his innovations; and
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| WHEREAS, Among the many awards and honors he received was | 11 |
| the 1972 Outstanding Teacher of America Award, the 1981 Philip | 12 |
| Green Wright Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and the 1987 | 13 |
| Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award; and
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| WHEREAS, At his retirement in 1990, the Wilbur F. Pillsbury | 15 |
| Scholarship Fund was created with a collective gift from the | 16 |
| Pillsbury children, his sons, Wilbur III, Roger, and Ronald, | 17 |
| and his daughters, Carol Pavlish and Jeanne Voigt; the Fund | 18 |
| provides financial assistance for Knox College students | 19 |
| interested in the field of business; in 2003, a set of stone | 20 |
| benches was placed outside Knox's Old Main to commemorate his | 21 |
| service to the College; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Central Congregational Church |
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| in Galesburg since 1949, where he taught Sunday school for over | 2 |
| 25 years and held many leadership positions; he was a member of | 3 |
| the Galesburg Noon Rotary Club, the Soangetaha Country Club, | 4 |
| the American Economic Association, and the American Accounting | 5 |
| Association; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his infant daughter; | 7 |
| his parents; and his sister; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Maxine; his three | 9 |
| sons, Wilbur F. (and Lorie) Pillsbury III, Roger (and Becky) | 10 |
| Pillsbury, and Ronald (and Patti) Pillsbury; his two daughters, | 11 |
| Carol (and Charles) Pavlish and Jeanne (and Scott) Voigt; and | 12 |
| his 13 loving grandchildren who were the pride of his life; | 13 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Professor Wilbur | 17 |
| Pillsbury; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Professor Wilbur Pillsbury as a | 20 |
| symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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