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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 Dr. R. Robert Simpson of | ||||||
| 4 | Alton on January 6, 2004; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Simpson was born May 27, 1953, in Alton to Dr. | ||||||
| 6 | Raymond and Antigone "Andy" (Kodros) Simpson; his father | ||||||
| 7 | preceded him in death; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Simpson and the former Nancy Muha were married | ||||||
| 9 | on June 18, 1976; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, A 1971 graduate of Alton High School, he was a | ||||||
| 11 | member of the tennis team and qualified for the State | ||||||
| 12 | tournament his senior year; his love for the game of tennis | ||||||
| 13 | came from his father at an early age, and he passed his love of | ||||||
| 14 | the game onto his son, Rob; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, He attended Carthage College in Kenosha, | ||||||
| 16 | Wisconsin, where he was inducted into Beta Beta Beta, a | ||||||
| 17 | national honorary biological society, and Theta Chi Delta, a | ||||||
| 18 | national honorary chemistry society; he was also voted Most | ||||||
| 19 | Valuable Player on the Carthage tennis team; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, After graduating from Carthage, he attended the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine, where he was a member | ||||||
| 22 | of Durlacher, as academic honor society; he completed his | ||||||
| 23 | residency in podiatric surgery at the University of Chicago | ||||||
| 24 | Hospitals and Clinics; he had many articles published in | ||||||
| 25 | medical journals and delivered many lectures in the Chicago | ||||||
| 26 | area; after returning to Alton in 1980, Dr. Simpson began a | ||||||
| 27 | private podiatry practice and continued until his death; and
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| 28 | WHEREAS, His active interest in tennis did not stop after | ||||||
| 29 | college; from 1986 until his death, he was chairman of the Bud | ||||||
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| 1 | Simpson Prize Money Tennis Tournament; in 1987 and 1988, he was | ||||||
| 2 | the men's tennis coach at Lewis and Clark Community College | ||||||
| 3 | (LCCC); from 1989 until 1991, he served as chairman of the | ||||||
| 4 | tennis committee for Alton Park and Recreation for the | ||||||
| 5 | development and construction of the Dr. Raymond R. Simpson | ||||||
| 6 | Tennis Center at Gordon Moore Park; and he was very involved in | ||||||
| 7 | the St. Louis District Tennis Association and was on the | ||||||
| 8 | Association's board for several years; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, A past member of the Lewis and Clark Trailblazers | ||||||
| 10 | Club, Dr. Simpson was instrumental in bringing the United | ||||||
| 11 | States Tennis Association (USTA) Futures Tournaments to LCCC; | ||||||
| 12 | he was a longtime member of St. Paul Episcopal Church in Alton | ||||||
| 13 | and active in the vestry for many years; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He was very active in the Alton community and will | ||||||
| 15 | be missed by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, | ||||||
| 16 | Nancy; his mother, Antigone "Andy" Simpson; his daughter, Kate | ||||||
| 17 | Simpson; his son, Rob Simpson; his mother-in-law and | ||||||
| 18 | father-in-law, Iris and Bill Durland; his brothers-in-law, | ||||||
| 19 | Jeff Muha and Drew Muha (wife, Rebecca); and many cousins, | ||||||
| 20 | including Irene McLaughlin, Mimi Almonroeder, and Gigi Darr; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 23 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 24 | Dr. R. Robert Simpson along with all who knew and loved him and | ||||||
| 25 | extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | ||||||
| 26 | be it further
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| 27 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 28 | presented to the family of Dr. R. Robert Simpson as an | ||||||
| 29 | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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