Full Text of SR0956 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Gerald J. Moyar of | 4 | | Naperville, who passed away on July 5, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Moyar was born on May 22, 1935, in | 6 | | Jeannette, Pennsylvania and grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia; he | 7 | | graduated from Petersburg (VA) High School in 1953, where he | 8 | | was a first-team all-state football selection his senior year; | 9 | | he graduated from Princeton University in 1957, and earned | 10 | | advanced degrees from the Department of Theoretical and Applied | 11 | | Mechanics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Moyar came to Chicago in 1977, to lead a | 14 | | cooperative international research program on railroad | 15 | | track/train dynamics managed by the Association of American | 16 | | Railroads; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Moyar was recognized by the American | 18 | | Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) with their national | 19 | | Dedicated Service Award in 1994; during his tenure at the Fox | 20 | | Valley Section of the ASME, he gained landmark recognition for | 21 | | a diversity of regional sites, including Fermilab's Tevatron | 22 | | Collider; in 1999, the Alumni Association of the University of |
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| 1 | | Illinois honored him with its Constituent Leadership Award; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Moyar attended First United Methodist | 3 | | Church in Downers Grove, where he developed a strong interest | 4 | | and commitment to the Foundations' adult Christian education | 5 | | program; he enjoyed communicating with his Princeton | 6 | | classmates while serving as the religion editor for the class | 7 | | of 1957 alumni web site; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Moyar enjoyed many years of service to the | 9 | | university alumni organizations, religious institutions, and | 10 | | professional societies to which he belonged; during the 1990's | 11 | | he served on the board of the Chicago Engineers' Foundation, | 12 | | Union League Club of Chicago; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Moyar was preceded in death by his parents, | 14 | | George and Jessie Moyar and his sister, Priscilla; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Moyar was survived by his wife, Ruth; his | 16 | | sons, James (Lynelle), Jess(Leslie), and Timothy; his 8 | 17 | | grandchildren; his sister, Susan Jane Williams (the late David | 18 | | Williams) and his brother, George Russell Moyar (Bonnie); | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Gerald Moyar, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Gerald Moyar as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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