Full Text of SR0786 97th General Assembly
SR0786 97TH 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
Dr. Robert S. Eckley of Bloomington, who | 4 | | passed away on April 15, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Eckley served as president of Illinois | 6 | | Wesleyan University (IWU) from 1968 to 1986; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, During Robert Eckley's tenure as president, IWU's | 8 | | endowment grew from $6.6 million in 1968 to $47.4 million in | 9 | | 1986 and the campus's footprint was increased from 34 acres to | 10 | | 58 acres; his insistence on recruiting quality faculty members | 11 | | helped make IWU among the top-ranked liberal arts colleges in | 12 | | the Midwest; numerous facilities were also constructed and | 13 | | renovated during his tenure, including the Mark Evans | 14 | | Observatory, Dodds Residence Hall, the Alice Millar Center for | 15 | | the Fine Arts, Evelyn Chapel, Fort Natatorium, the President's | 16 | | House, and the campus' quadrangle, which was renamed in honor | 17 | | of him and his wife in 1998; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Through the Eckley Family Foundation, Robert | 19 | | Eckley and his family have raised thousands of dollars in | 20 | | contributions that will enable IWU to provide more | 21 | | opportunities for undergraduates to do on-campus research and | 22 | | enhance the school's academic excellence in other ways; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Eckley is survived by his wife, Nell Mann | 2 | | Eckley; his children, Paul Nelson (Penelope Diane) Eckley, | 3 | | Robert George (Mary Mata) Eckley, Jane Ann (David Gartshore) | 4 | | Lennon, and Rebecca Helen (Kenneth) Melchert; and his 5 | 5 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Robert S. Eckley; | 9 | | and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Robert Eckley as an expression of | 12 | | our sympathy.
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