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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Herbert Heaton of Peoria, who passed away
4 on November 30, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was born on January 5, 1919 in
6 Cliffside Park, New Jersey; he attended public schools in
7 Elizabeth, New Jersey and Dartmouth College for two years
8 before transferring to Columbia University, where he received
9 his bachelor's degree in 1940 and his master's degree in 1947;
10 in 1975, he received his Ph.D. from the Union Graduate School,
11 now the Union Institute and University; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton served his country with pride and
13 distinction in the United States Navy from September of 1941
14 until December of 1945, achieving the rank of lieutenant
15 commander; and
 
16     WHEREAS, As a Certified Public Accountant, Herbert Heaton
17 served as partner in major and small accounting firms in New
18 York City before becoming comptroller of The Rockefeller
19 Foundation and later a research professor at Skidmore College;
20 and
 
21     WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was the author of five books,

 

 

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1 including "Integrated Auditing", "Productivity in Service
2 Organizations: Organizing for People", and "Running Nonprofit
3 Organizations: Fifteen Essential Steps and Concepts for Board
4 Members and Managers"; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was the pioneer of the notion of
6 health insurance coverage for second opinions and devised a
7 concept for indexing pensions to the rate of inflation; he
8 eventually implemented the indexed pension at The Rockefeller
9 Foundation and an editorial in The New York Times called it "A
10 Promising Pension Rescue Scheme"; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton and his wife were co-recipients of
12 the Arizona Education Association Civil and Human Rights Award
13 in 2003; they were co-recipients of an environmental award from
14 the state of New York for conservation work on their property
15 in the Catskill Mountains; they were also co-founders of the
16 Willowemoc Land Conservancy and Support Services Alliance, a
17 membership organization providing group contracts and services
18 for entrepreneurs; and
 
19     WHEREAS, In recent years, Herbert Heaton worked on a
20 preamble for the Arizona State Constitution which he hoped
21 other state legislatures would also adopt; he believed that a
22 meaningful preamble would set forth the overarching mission of
23 government as focusing on the basic human rights and well-being

 

 

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1 of people by ensuring universal access to infrastructure that
2 enables all people to be productive, infrastructure that would
3 include, but not be limited to, systems of agriculture and food
4 distribution, banking, communication, construction, education
5 and children services, energy, health care, and
6 transportation; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was preceded in death by his wife
8 of 61 years, Olga; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton is survived by his daughters, Clare
10 Howard, Pauline Baker, and Frances Manning, and his four
11 grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
14 his family and friends, the passing of Herbert Heaton; and be
15 it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the family of Herbert Heaton as an expression of
18 our sympathy.