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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of William Edward Brady IV, of Galesburg,
4 who passed away on March 9, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, William Brady was born on December 24, 1926 in
6 Newark, New Jersey, son of William E. Brady III and Alice
7 Quinby Brady; and
 
8     WHEREAS, William Brady was a 1942 graduate of Newark
9 Academy in Newark, New Jersey; he enlisted in the United States
10 Navy, finishing with an honorable discharge in August, 1946; he
11 completed his undergraduate education at Hobart and William
12 Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, where he also taught for two
13 years; he later served his Alma Mater with distinction as
14 Alumnus Trustee, from 1966 to 1971, and as class correspondent
15 for 10 years; for these and numerous other services to the
16 college, he was awarded an Alumni Association Citation for
17 exceptional and distinguished service to Hobart and the
18 Association; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He received his Master's Degree and Ph.D. from
20 Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and taught there
21 during his years as a graduate student; he spent a year at
22 Corpus Christi College, Oxford while completing his

 

 

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1 dissertation; he then moved to the College of the University of
2 Chicago as Assistant Professor where he taught from 1957 to
3 1962; he also participated in the 1971 summer program at
4 Colorado College as lecturer in art; and
 
5     WHEREAS, His primary career was at Knox College in
6 Galesburg, where he taught from 1962 until his retirement in
7 1995; his principal focus was on the works of William
8 Shakespeare and he taught English and American literature,
9 Renaissance literature, and occasionally philosophy, history,
10 the murder mystery genre, and other more esoteric topics;
11 during his years at Knox College he chaired the Publications,
12 Personnel, Executive, and Curriculum Committees and was twice
13 Chairman of the English Department; from 1984-1987 he served as
14 Faculty Secretary; and
 
15     WHEREAS, He was honored with the Knox College Burlington
16 Northern Faculty Achievement award in 1988; this prize is
17 granted for superior scholarship and excellence in classroom
18 teaching; and
 
19     WHEREAS, William Brady is survived by his wife, Sydney; his
20 two daughters, Elizabeth (Paul) Cimino and Mary Catherine "Zoe"
21 Brady; his son, William Edward Brady V; his sister, Mary
22 Ramsbotham; his three grandchildren, Andrew and Emma Cimino and
23 Sarah Sopher; his great-granddaughter, Camellia

 

 

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1 Sopher-Cardiel; his uncle, Frank Quinby; and many nieces and
2 nephews; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5 his family, friends, and former students, the passing of
6 William Brady; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the family of William Edward Brady IV as a symbol
9 of our sympathy.