Full Text of SR1566 100th 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 Donald Chambers Dodds Jr. of Champaign, | 4 | | who passed away on March 29, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. was the oldest son of Donald C. | 6 | | "Pick" and Julia Harris Dodds; he attended Uni High and then | 7 | | graduated form the University of Michigan; he returned to | 8 | | Champaign after college and serving in the Army; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. began Doddson Travel (Later Dodds | 10 | | Athletic Tours) in Campustown in 1959; in addition to Doddson | 11 | | Travel, he partnered with Tom Conlin in Conlin-Dodds Travel; | 12 | | they created an area of travel combining alumni and sports that | 13 | | was previously unknown; his first alumni sports trip took the | 14 | | Illini to the Rose Bowl in 1963; Doddson Travel/Dodds Athletic | 15 | | Tours and Conlin-Dodds Travel soon became the national leader | 16 | | in alumni sports travel; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. was also involved in banking and | 18 | | served on the First National Bank board and then later on the | 19 | | Hickory Point Bank advisory board; with his brother, he | 20 | | developed the Interstate Research Park in northwest Champaign, | 21 | | the first in Champaign; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. was a strong, longtime supporter | 2 | | of Parkland College; he was a founding board member and served | 3 | | on the Board from 1968 until 1983; he was a founding board | 4 | | member, and later president, of Parkland's Foundation Board; in | 5 | | honor of his service and support, he received an honorary | 6 | | degree from Parkland in 2003; in 2011, the school's new gym was | 7 | | named after him; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. also supported the Champaign | 9 | | Public Library and served as a founding member on its | 10 | | Foundation Board; along with the rest of his family, he | 11 | | contributed to the new library; he was a contributor to the | 12 | | University of Illinois Fighting Illini Scholarship Fund for | 13 | | over 50 years; he also served on the Krannert Center for the | 14 | | Performing Arts Marquee Council and supported the Krannert Art | 15 | | Museum and the Crisis Nursery; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. and Dodds Athletic Tours have | 17 | | sponsored Kiwanis Little League baseball since 1969; in | 18 | | recognition, he and his then-wife, Alice, were named | 19 | | Philanthropists of the Year, and he and his brother, Newt, were | 20 | | named Champaign County's Most Valuable Citizens by the | 21 | | Champaign County Chamber of Commerce in 2006; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. loved the St. Louis Cardinals, | 23 | | music, and Champaign; he was generous and valued friendship and |
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| 1 | | family; he took immense pride in his family; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Donald Dodds Jr. is survived by his brother, Newt | 3 | | Dodds and his three daughters; his daughter and son-in-law, | 4 | | Christine and Ken Bruce, his daughter and son-in-law, Marci | 5 | | Dodds and Cody Sokolski, and KK Dodds; and his grandchildren, | 6 | | Callie Bruce, Lillie Sokolski, and Nate Sokolski; therefore, be | 7 | | it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Donald Chambers Dodds Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to | 11 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Donald Dodds Jr. as an expression of | 15 | | our deepest sympathy.
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