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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Andrew Vincent Granato of Champaign, who 
4passed away on June 3, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Andrew Granato was born in Cleveland, Ohio to 
6Salvatore Granato and Francesca (nee Polizzi) Granato; he 
7graduated from Bethlemen Central High School in Delmar, New 
8York and served in the United States Naval Reserve while 
9attending the University of Rochester; he received his Bachelor 
10of Science in 1948 and his Master of Science in 1950 from the 
11Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York; he earned 
12his Ph.D. in 1955 from Brown University in Providence, Rhode 
13Island; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Andrew Granato was a world-renowned physicist at 
15the University of Illinois, recruited to be a researcher in the 
16field of Condensed Matter Physics; he published more than 170 
17peer-reviewed papers and was the primary sponsor of 32 Ph.D. 
18students; he focused on several lines of research in structural 
19weaknesses and imperfections in materials; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Andrew Granato was a Research Associate at Brown 
21University from 1955 to 1957; from 1957 to 1959, he was a 
22Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois; 
 
 
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1from 1959 to 1961, he was a visiting professor in Aachen, 
2Germany, holding a Guggenheim Fellowship for the first year; he 
3was appointed associate professor for physics in 1961 and 
4professor of physics in 1964; from 1971 to 1972, he was an 
5associate in the Center for Advanced Study at the University of 
6Illinois; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, In 1976, Andrew Granato received a United States 
8Scientist Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for 
9Research at the Technical University in Aachen; he was a member 
10of the Executive Committee of the Division of Condensed Matter 
11Physics of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the 
12American Physical Society and the Acoustical Society of 
13America, and a member of the American Institute of 
14Metallurgical Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and 
15Electronics Engineers; he was Chairman of the International 
16Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation 
17held in Urbana in 1985; from 1987 to 1988, he was the Bernd T. 
18Matthias Visiting Scholar at the Los Alamos National Laboratory 
19and Guest Research Fellow at the Institute for Industrial 
20Science at the University of Tokyo; he also received several 
21fellowships and awards, including the Zener Prize and 
22Guggenheim and Humboldt fellowships; and
 
23    WHEREAS, Andrew Granato was preceded in death by his 
24parents, and his wife, Pauline Brassard Granato; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Andrew Granato is survived by his 4 children, 
2Samuel Charles Granato (Susy), Andrea Marguerite Frankenfield 
3(David), Sarah Francesca Yeates, and Ann Vivian Welch (Rick); 
4his 3 grandchildren, Andrew Granato, Willis Welch, and 
5Alexander Granato; and his  sister, Vivian Granato; therefore, 
6be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
9Andrew Vincent Granato, and extend our sincere condolences to 
10his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
11further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of Andrew Granato as an expression of 
14our deepest sympathy.