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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincerest condolences to the family and friends
4 of Henry Slane, who passed away on August 24, 2002; and
5 WHEREAS, Henry Pindell Slane was the former chairman of
6 the board and chief executive officer of the Peoria Journal
7 Star; and
8 WHEREAS, Henry Slane was born on December 29, 1920 in
9 Peoria to Carl Powell and Frances Adelia Pindell Slane; he
10 was the husband of Dorothy Jean Childs; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Slane was a veteran of the United States
12 Navy; and
13 WHEREAS, The newspaper was founded in 1889 by his
14 maternal grandfather, Henry M. Pindell; after many mergers
15 over the years, the Journal Star was formed in 1954, with his
16 father as publisher; and
17 WHEREAS, Mr. Slane graduated from Yale University and
18 formerly was president of Illinois Valley Communications
19 Inc.; he originated the Employee Stock Ownership Plan at the
20 Journal Star in 1983 and was also a member of the American
21 Society of Newspaper Editors; and
22 WHEREAS, Mr. Slane was appointed a trustee of the Lincoln
23 Academy of Illinois in 1970, which honored Illinois citizens
24 for outstanding contributions toward the social progress of
25 mankind; he served as honorary chairman of the Walk for
26 Mankind in 1971; and
27 WHEREAS, Mr. Slane served on the board of directors of
28 Ozark Airlines, First Federal Savings and Loan Association,
29 First National Bank of Peoria, the Peoria Development Corp.,
30 the Carver Community Center, and served on the advisory board
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1 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center; he also served on the
2 first board of directors of UPGRADE; and
3 WHEREAS, In 1968, Mr. Slane was named by Governor Otto
4 Kerner to serve on the statewide Illinoisans for Pure Air and
5 Water Committee; in 1985, he received the Mento Award for
6 community involvement and, in 1991, he was presented the A.S.
7 Oakford Award for community service by the Neighborhood House
8 Association; and
9 WHEREAS, The passing of Henry Pindell Sloan will be
10 deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his
11 sons, John Pindell Slane and Henry Pindell (wife, Roxan)
12 Slane, Jr.; his daughters, Elizabeth Jean (husband, Edward)
13 Stealy and Barbara (husband, Brad) Childs; his seven
14 grandchildren; and his two great-grandchildren; therefore, be
15 it
16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
18 all who knew him, the death of Henry Pindell Slane of Peoria;
19 and be it further
20 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to the family of Henry Pindell Slane with our
22 sincere condolences.