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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Kenneth Allan Megaw of Spring Grove, who |
4 | | passed away on June 24, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw was born in Mankato, Minnesota to |
6 | | Woodrow and Elnora (Olsen) Megaw on January 11, 1939; he |
7 | | graduated as the valedictorian from Good Thunder High School in |
8 | | 1956; he served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Sea |
9 | | Dragon, the sixth nuclear powered submarine which was uniquely |
10 | | designed for operation under the polar ice cap; his commission |
11 | | as a sonar operator and technician took him all over the |
12 | | Pacific Ocean from Hong Kong to Hawaii, including a mission to |
13 | | the polar ice cap where the Sea Dragon became the first |
14 | | submarine to surface at the North Pole; he was a resident of |
15 | | Spring Grove since 1994; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw worked as an electrical engineer and |
17 | | was at the forefront of network communications; he retired from |
18 | | CCH Computax in 2004 after working over 40 years in the field; |
19 | | and
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20 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw and his brothers grew up with a |
21 | | shared passion for all things automotive, from going to NASCAR |
22 | | races with his brother, Gary, to watching his godson, Ryan, |