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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | ||||||
3 | were saddened to learn of the death of David W. Meister, Jr. of | ||||||
4 | Peoria on December 2, 2003; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Mr. Meister was born on October 9, 1923 in Chicago | ||||||
6 | to David W. Sr. and Lillian M. Kaufman Meister; he married Mary | ||||||
7 | M. MacFarlane on July 6, 1946 in Peoria; she preceded him in | ||||||
8 | death in 1974; he married Diana McElhiney on October 16, 1985, | ||||||
9 | in Peoria; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Mr. Meister received a bachelor's degree from | ||||||
11 | Bradley University, where he was class president, founded the | ||||||
12 | Bradley Invitational Speech Tournament, and was vice president | ||||||
13 | of the Alumni Association; he received Bradley's Distinguished | ||||||
14 | Service Award; and
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15 | WHEREAS, He taught speech at Bradley in 1947 and became | ||||||
16 | director of radio in 1948; he was advertising manager of the | ||||||
17 | Daily Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale from 1949 until | ||||||
18 | returning to Bradley in 1951 as publicity director and later as | ||||||
19 | director of public relations; he then was sales promotion | ||||||
20 | director of West Central Broadcasting Co.; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Mr. Meister was a World War II Army Air Force | ||||||
22 | Veteran; and
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23 | WHEREAS, He provided consulting services to insurance and | ||||||
24 | health-care organizations in Central Illinois since 1991; he | ||||||
25 | was founder and executive vice president of the Mid-State | ||||||
26 | Foundation for Medical Care Inc., founder and former president | ||||||
27 | of ComProCare Inc., and founder and former CEO of the Central | ||||||
28 | Illinois Medical Association; in addition, he served as | ||||||
29 | executive vice president of the Peoria Medical Society for 16 | ||||||
30 | years and of the Tazewell County and McLean County medical |
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1 | societies; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Mr. Meister served on the boards of several | ||||||
3 | corporations, including Meister Brothers Inc. and | ||||||
4 | Krantz-Meister Inc., where he was chairman, and Central Trane | ||||||
5 | Air Conditioning Co. Inc., where he was vice president; and
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6 | WHEREAS, He received many honors, including being named | ||||||
7 | "Medicine's Man of the Year" for Central Illinois in 1961; he | ||||||
8 | was active in numerous civic and community organizations and | ||||||
9 | served as president of the Visiting Nurse Association, | ||||||
10 | treasurer of Junior Achievement of Central Illinois Inc., and | ||||||
11 | chairman of the Peoria Civil Defense Advisory Council; he | ||||||
12 | served on the boards of the Central Illinois Chapter of the | ||||||
13 | American Red Cross, Peoria Area Hospital Council, and the | ||||||
14 | American Association of Medical Society Executives; he was | ||||||
15 | co-chairman of the Statewide Public Health Committee; he was | ||||||
16 | also a member of the Peoria Rotary Club and received numerous | ||||||
17 | professional and honorary memberships; he was an affiliate | ||||||
18 | member of the American Medical Association and was a fellow of | ||||||
19 | the Education and Research Foundation of the Illinois Medical | ||||||
20 | Society; in addition, he was a member of the Sheridan Road | ||||||
21 | Apostolic Christian Church; and
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22 | WHEREAS, David Meister's passing will be deeply felt by | ||||||
23 | many, especially his wife, Diana; his three sons, David "Skip" | ||||||
24 | (and Patricia) Meister III, Andrew Slotter, and Mark (and | ||||||
25 | Rebecca) Meister; three brothers, Edward (and Bernie), Walter | ||||||
26 | (and Jean), and Paul (and Rhoda); six grandchildren; five | ||||||
27 | great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; and
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28 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by one brother and one | ||||||
29 | sister; therefore, be it
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30 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
31 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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1 | David W. Meister Jr. along with all who knew and loved him and | ||||||
2 | extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | ||||||
3 | be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to the family of David W. Meister Jr. as an | ||||||
6 | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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