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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Harry Voigt of Oak Park, who passed away |
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| on July 1, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Voigt was born August 2, 1928, in Chicago; |
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| he attended Lane Tech High School, where he was a member of the |
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| swim team; upon graduation in 1946, he joined the United States |
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| Army and served in the post-World War II occupation of Japan; |
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| after his father's death in 1947, Harry was assigned to the |
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| Second Division Artillery at Fort Lewis, Washington, where he |
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| served as meteorologist and also played shortstop on the Army |
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| baseball team; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1948, Harry Voigt used his benefits under the |
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| G.I. Bill to enroll at the University of Illinois in Urbana; he |
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| won the Art Department Award of Merit and graduated in 1952 |
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| with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising Design; after |
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| graduation he worked in Urbana as a graphic designer on the |
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| University Educational Foundation's "Our Wonderful World" |
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| encyclopedia; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Voigt was hired by Motorola in 1956 as an |
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| art director and moved back to Chicago; Motorola sent him to |
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| the International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado in 1962, |
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| where he met Hannah Wilkins, a musician; they were married the |
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| following year;
and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965, Harry Voigt formed his own graphic design |
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| firm, with clients such as Rand McNally, Scott Foresman, |
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| Wadsworth Publishing, Harris Bank, and the Northern Trust; in |
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| 1981 he won an international design award for his work on A |
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| Short Course in Calculus by Bodh R. Gulati; he was well-known |
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| throughout the Chicago area as a leading graphic designer and |
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| served as president of the Society of Typographic Arts, a |
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| professional association for Chicago designers; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Voigt became an avid tennis player in his |
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| mid-30s, and in 1987 won the Oak Park Tennis Club's Singles "B" |
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| tournament at the age of 59; he continued to play regularly |
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| until his passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Voigt is survived by his wife, Hannah; his |
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| daughter, Laura; his son, Derek; his daughter-in-law, |
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| Catherine; and four granddaughters who were the light of his |
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| life: Laura's daughter Madeline and Derek and Catherine's |
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| daughters Ashley, Marisa, and Celia; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Harry Voigt; and be it |