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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Bob Markowitz of Normal, who passed away
4 on September 6, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz was born on February 14, 1926 in
6 Chicago; his parents were Dr. Benjamin and Lena Molay
7 Markowitz; he married Iris Cohos in 1956; he married Judy Stern
8 Harrison in 1975; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz moved with his family to Bloomington
10 in 1930, when his father became Bloomington's first
11 pathologist, in association with the Sloan Clinic; Bob attended
12 Washington School and graduated from Bloomington High School in
13 January 1944; after high school, he enlisted as a private first
14 class in the United States Army, where he fought in the
15 Rhineland and Ardennes campaigns during the Second World War as
16 a combat infantryman; he was wounded in action on February 17,
17 1945, just three days after his 19th birthday; he was awarded
18 the Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals and was honorably
19 discharged in September 1945; and
 
20     WHEREAS, After his honorable discharge from the Army, Bob
21 Markowitz went to the University of Wisconsin, where he served
22 as president of his fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau; at the

 

 

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1 University of Wisconsin, he earned his bachelor's degree and
2 law degrees; after being admitted to the Bar in Wisconsin, he
3 passed the Illinois Bar exam, and started his law practice in
4 Bloomington in 1952; in 1956, he formed a partnership with
5 attorneys Keith Campbell and Bill Lawrence, forming the law
6 partnership of Campbell, Markowitz, Lawrence and Lenz, which
7 soon included attorneys Hal Jennings, John Naylor, and William
8 Mueller; he served as the city attorney for the City of
9 Bloomington and then served as Corporation Counsel for the Town
10 of Normal from 1970 to 1973; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz was a private pilot and avid
12 fisherman; his community service included membership on the OSF
13 St. Joseph Community Board, and he served for six years on the
14 board of directors of the YMCA; he was an active member of the
15 Novat Unit of the Shriners and the Moses Montefiore Temple; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Bob Markowitz is survived by his wife, Judy; his
17 children, Brad (Sheryl) Markowitz and Robin (Daniel)
18 Markowitz; his sister, Nan Markowitz Lebow; his nieces and
19 nephews, Mark (Donna) Lebow, Alan (Susan) Lebow, and Cheryl
20 (David Golde) Lebow; and his stepsons, Ian and Scott Harrison;
21 therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with

 

 

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1 his family and friends, the passing of Bob Markowitz; and be it
2 further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the family of Bob Markowitz as an expression of
5 our sympathy.