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90_SR0106

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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are  saddened
 3    to learn of the death of Edouard Woel; and
 4        WHEREAS,  Edouard  Woel was born March 16, 1926; Mr. Woel
 5    received his Bachelor of Science in  Civil  Engineering  from
 6    the  Polytechnic School, University of Haiti in 1948, as well
 7    as his Law Degree from  the  Faculty  of  Law,  also  at  the
 8    University  of Haiti; in 1950 Mr. Woel received his Master of
 9    Science degree from the University of Illinois;  Edouard Woel
10    worked  on  Post-Graduate  Research   in   Land   and   Water
11    Development  at  Oxford  University  in  England from 1952 to
12    1953; and
13        WHEREAS, Edouard Woel was registered  as  a  Professional
14    Engineer  with  the State of Illinois; he was a member of the
15    National Society  of  Professional  Engineers,  the  Illinois
16    Society   of   Professional   Engineers,   and  the  Illinois
17    Association  of  Highway  Engineers;  Mr.  Woel  could  speak
18    several languages,  including  French,  Spanish,  Portuguese,
19    Indonesian, and some Arabic; and
20        WHEREAS,  From  1950  to  1952,  Edouard  Woel  worked in
21    Artibonite Valley, in Haiti, where he was responsible for the
22    surveying,  layout,  and  construction  of   irrigation   and
23    drainage works, and mechanized land preparation; from 1954 to
24    1959  he continued his work in Haiti by supervising two major
25    agricultural projects; from 1959 to 1962 he worked  with  the
26    State  Highway  Division  in  Illinois  where he was Resident
27    Engineer; and
28        WHEREAS, Edouard Woel's career continued to take him  out
29    of  the  country;  from  1964 to 1969 he worked for the Harza
30    Engineering Company, managing a project in Guinea,  that  was
31    funded   by   the  United  Nations;  his  work  continued  in
32    Indonesia, Liberia,  Madagascar,  Libya,  Saudi  Arabia,  and
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 1    Fiji,  all  under  the funding of the United Nations; through
 2    his work as  Project  Leader  and  Principal  Engineer,  many
 3    agricultural  projects,  including flood prevention programs,
 4    irrigation programs,  and  soil  conservation  programs  were
 5    completed for these countries; and
 6        WHEREAS,  Edouard  Woel  is  survived by his loving wife,
 7    Monique Woel, of Northbrook,  Illinois;  his  daughters,  Dr.
 8    Minou  W.  Colis, Dominique Reed, and Nadine Woel; therefore,
 9    be it
10        RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11    OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that  we  mourn,  along  with  his
12    family  and  friends, Edouard Woel, and we honor his long and
13    labored career of serving others; and be it further
14        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
15    presented  to  the  family  of  Edouard  Woel, along with our
16    sincere condolences.

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