Full Text of SR0764 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Donald Cohen of Urbana, who passed away | 4 | | on June 26, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Cohen was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in | 6 | | 1930; he graduated from Huntington High School and attended the | 7 | | State University of New York at Albany, earning his Bachelor of | 8 | | Arts in Math and his Master of Arts in Physics; he served in | 9 | | the United States Army and married Marilyn Joan LeFevre in | 10 | | 1952; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, David Cohen worked as an educator and influenced | 12 | | thousands of children and adults throughout his life; he began | 13 | | teaching in the 50s and worked his way into teaching teachers | 14 | | in the early 60s; he began his 38-year business, The Math | 15 | | Program, in 1976 in Champaign/Urbana with Jerry Glenn; he was | 16 | | affectionately known as "The Mathman"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, David Cohen was an award-winning watercolor | 18 | | artist; he loved to read and help anyone from age 5 to infinity | 19 | | learn calculus; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, David Cohen was preceded in death by his brother; | 21 | | his parents; and his granddaughter; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Cohen was the devoted and loving husband of | 2 | | 62 years to Marilyn; the father of Brian D. Cohen (Terri), Mark | 3 | | Alan (Lisa), Steven Whitney Cohen, and adopted son, Ad; the | 4 | | caring grandfather of Aaron Cohen (Michelle), Carrie Ekmark | 5 | | (Brian), Danny Cohen (Heather), Lian Alan, Tara Alan (Tyler), | 6 | | and Tessa Cohen; and the great-grandfather of Lucas Cohen and | 7 | | Charles and Kathryn Ekmark; he is also survived by a close | 8 | | friend of the family, Barbara Wachs; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Donald Cohen, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 12 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of David Cohen as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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