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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
Robert E. Lee of Batavia, who passed away 
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on May 6, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was born on April 9, 1924 in Aurora; 
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his parents were Emmett Lehr Lee, M.D. and Sylvia Chenoweth 
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Lee; he married Geraldine (Matthews) on July 7, 1945; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee attended Aurora schools and 
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graduated from high school at Culver Military Academy in 
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Culver, Indiana in 1942; he obtained his bachelor's degree at 
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Ohio State University, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta 
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fraternity, and graduated in 1949; he graduated from the 
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University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 1953; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee served with pride and distinction as 
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a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II in the 8th 
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Air Force, 452nd Bomb Group based in England; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After graduating from the University of Illinois 
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College Of Dentistry, Robert E. Lee began his career as a 
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dentist in the same Aurora building where his father had 
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practiced medicine and his father-in-law had practiced 
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dentistry; he practiced in this building part-time until 1996; 
 


 






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he also served as an associate professor in the department of 
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periodontics at the University of Illinois from 1964 to 1988; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was an active member of his 
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community; he was a member of the American Dental Association 
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and its local components; he served as a board member and 
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president of the Fox River Dental Society and the Aurora Dental 
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Society and was a member of the American Academy of 
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Periodontics; he was elected to the Batavia school board in 
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1966 and served as its president from 1969 to 1972; he was also 
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a member and former board member of the St. Charles Country 
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Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was a long-time member of the 
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Congregational Church of Batavia; he enjoyed attending the 
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Saturday morning men's Bible study during his retirement years; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was preceded in death by his 
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daughter, Nancy Lee Sayers; his brother, Foster; his sister, 
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Sylvia; and his parents; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee is survived by his wife; his sons, 
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Robert Mark Lee, D.D.S. and William Emmett Lee; his 
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grandchildren, Matthew J. Sayers, Julie A. Sayers, Robert W. 
 


 






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Lee, and Michael E. Lee; and his daughter-in-law, Wendy Lee; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee will be remembered by all who knew 
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and loved him as a man who was always ready with a joke, a lover 
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of big band music, a great dancer, and as a man who loved his 
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family dearly; 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 Robert E. Lee; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Robert E. Lee as an expression of 
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our sympathy.