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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
Herbert Heaton of Peoria, who passed away 
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on November 30, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was born on January 5, 1919 in 
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Cliffside Park, New Jersey; he attended public schools in 
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Elizabeth, New Jersey and Dartmouth College for two years 
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before transferring to Columbia University, where he received 
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his bachelor's degree in 1940 and his master's degree in 1947; 
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in 1975, he received his Ph.D. from the Union Graduate School, 
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now the Union Institute and University; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton served his country with pride and 
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distinction in the United States Navy from September of 1941 
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until December of 1945, achieving the rank of lieutenant 
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commander; and

 
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    WHEREAS, As a Certified Public Accountant, Herbert Heaton 
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served as partner in major and small accounting firms in New 
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York City before becoming comptroller of The Rockefeller 
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Foundation and later a research professor at Skidmore College; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was the author of five books, 
 


 






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including "Integrated Auditing", "Productivity in Service 
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Organizations: Organizing for People", and "Running Nonprofit 
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Organizations: Fifteen Essential Steps and Concepts for Board 
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Members and Managers"; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was the pioneer of the notion of 
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health insurance coverage for second opinions and devised a 
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concept for indexing pensions to the rate of inflation; he 
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eventually implemented the indexed pension at The Rockefeller 
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Foundation and an editorial in The New York Times called it "A 
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Promising Pension Rescue Scheme"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton and his wife were co-recipients of 
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the Arizona Education Association Civil and Human Rights Award 
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in 2003; they were co-recipients of an environmental award from 
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the state of New York for conservation work on their property 
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in the Catskill Mountains; they were also co-founders of the 
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Willowemoc Land Conservancy and Support Services Alliance, a 
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membership organization providing group contracts and services 
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for entrepreneurs; and
 
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    WHEREAS, In recent years, Herbert Heaton worked on a 
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preamble for the Arizona State Constitution which he hoped 
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other state legislatures would also adopt; he believed that a 
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meaningful preamble would set forth the overarching mission of 
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government as focusing on the basic human rights and well-being 
 


 






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of people by ensuring universal access to infrastructure that 
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enables all people to be productive, infrastructure that would 
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include, but not be limited to, systems of agriculture and food 
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distribution, banking, communication, construction, education 
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and children services, energy, health care, and 
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transportation; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was preceded in death by his wife 
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of 61 years, Olga; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton is survived by his daughters, Clare 
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Howard, Pauline Baker, and Frances Manning, and his four 
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grandchildren; 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 Herbert Heaton; and be 
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it further

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