Full Text of SR0913 95th General Assembly
SR0913 95TH 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. Lambertus H. Princen of Peoria, who | 4 |
| passed away on October 26, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen was born on August 31, 1930 | 6 |
| in Eindhoven, the Netherlands; his parents were Herman H. | 7 |
| Princen and Engelina C. (Verhoeckx) Princen; he married Greet | 8 |
| Wiesen on July 14, 1955 in the Netherlands; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen earned his Ph.D. on July 4, | 10 |
| 1955, and his Doctoral of Science in Chemistry on Jan. 26, 1959 | 11 |
| from Utrecht University in the Netherlands; he was a | 12 |
| postdoctoral at USC from 1955 to 1958; he then returned to the | 13 |
| Netherlands to serve in the Dutch Army from 1959 to 1960; and
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| WHEREAS, In September of 1960, Dr. Lambertus Princen went | 15 |
| to Peoria for a two-year assignment at the USDA National Center | 16 |
| for Agricultural Utilization Research laboratory; deciding to | 17 |
| stay at the laboratory, he finished his 30-year career as the | 18 |
| center's director for seven years before retiring in 1990; he | 19 |
| then became editor-in-chief for the Journal of the American Oil | 20 |
| Chemists' Society (AOCS) for eight years; he authored 78 | 21 |
| scientific publications and held three patents; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen was the recipient of | 2 |
| numerous awards for his work, including two USDA Superior | 3 |
| Service Awards and an Award of Merit from the AOCS; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen was a member of the American | 5 |
| Chemical Society for 46 years, where he served as chairman of | 6 |
| several committees; he also taught chemistry courses at Bradley | 7 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen was a member of numerous | 9 |
| civic organizations; he was on the governing boards of the | 10 |
| Forest Park Foundation and Three Sisters Park; he was on the | 11 |
| boards of Lakeview Museum, the Sun Foundation, and the Audubon | 12 |
| Council of Illinois; he was elected to serve as president of | 13 |
| the Peoria Academy of Science, Peoria Audubon Society, and the | 14 |
| Peoria Orchid Society several times; he was also a member of | 15 |
| the Rotary Club of Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen was an avid traveler, | 17 |
| visiting more than 40 countries and making video travelogues | 18 |
| which he showed at Audubon societies and nursing homes in | 19 |
| Chicago, Decatur, and Iowa, among others; he was an avid | 20 |
| musician and played many instruments, including the accordion, | 21 |
| piano, saxophone, clarinet, violin, and viola; he played for 31 | 22 |
| years with the Peoria Pops Orchestra, for which he was also the | 23 |
| music librarian; he wrote many articles on bird sightings and |
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| wrote a monthly column for Adventure Sports Outdoors magazine | 2 |
| for 11 years; he also organized the Peoria Christmas Bird | 3 |
| Counts and was the first to do a Spring Bird Count in Illinois; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen was preceded in death by his | 6 |
| parents and his brother, Henry; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Lambertus Princen is survived by his wife; his | 8 |
| son, Norman (Constance) Princen; his sister, Jeanne (Frans) | 9 |
| Bakermans; his brother, Herman (Marie-Justine) Princen; and | 10 |
| his sister-in-law, Andrea Princen; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Lambertus Princen; | 14 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Lambertus Princen as an | 17 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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