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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Geoffrey
4 Christopher Michael Plampin on February 28, 2004; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Geoffrey Plampin was born on March 4, 1923, at the
6 U.S. Army base in Fort McPherson, Georgia; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Mr. Plampin started college at Georgia Tech, then
8 joined the U.S. Army Air Force in the spring of 1941; after
9 Officer's Candidate School, he became the second youngest
10 lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force and rose to the rank of
11 Captain before the end of the war; he served at various bases
12 in the U.S. as well as in B29 squadrons in Morocco and Guam;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Plampin transferred to the
15 University of Chicago, where he converted to Catholicism and
16 studied Medieval English History; he received his A.B. in 1957
17 and became editor of Official Publications and Dissertation
18 Secretary for the University, successor to Kate Turabian; he
19 edited over 14,000 dissertations during his career; in 1962, he
20 became the Vice-Marshall of the University; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Mr. Plampin married Barbara Eleanor Wykes in 1961;
22 they welcomed two children, Christopher and John, and one
23 grandson, Christopher Jan; and
 
24     WHEREAS, Mr. Plampin retired from the University in 1992;
25 he served at various times on the boards of the Quadrangle
26 Club, the Renaissance Society, and the Gilbert and Sullivan
27 Opera Company; he performed in Faculty Revels, at Court
28 Theatre, Rockefeller Chapel, Gilbert and Sullivan at Mandel
29 Hall, the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, and other venues; he
30 loved character roles; he also made industrial films,

 

 

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1 commercials, and blurbs for Channel 11; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Mr. Plampin and his wife left Hyde Park in 1988
3 and moved to Dune Acres, Indiana; he served as Dune Acres
4 Police Commissioner and as Building Commissioner; there were
5 many things he had a passion for: language; history; opera;
6 classical music; ballet; the theatre; and especially cultural
7 trips to Europe; New York, New York; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and
8 San Francisco, California; he read in abundance, mainly
9 thrillers, mysteries, biographies, and he enjoyed political
10 and other news; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mr. Plampin loved family and friends, always
12 filling the formal dining table for Christmas and other
13 holidays; he especially enjoyed the company of the younger
14 Plampins; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17 mourn the passing of Geoffrey Christopher Michael Plampin, and
18 we extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all
19 who knew and loved him; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to the family of Geoffrey Christopher Michael Plampin
22 as an expression of our sincere condolences.