Full Text of SR1205 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of David C. "Dave" Sutton, Ph.D. of | 4 | | Champaign, who passed away on April 2, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dave Sutton was born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania to | 6 | | Robert M. Sutton and Grace Leeds Sutton on December 18, 1933; | 7 | | he was raised as a Quaker; he attended Westtown School and | 8 | | Haverford College; he earned his doctorate in physics from | 9 | | Princeton University; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dave Sutton was a faculty member of the University | 11 | | of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign until his retirement in 1990; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dave Sutton was a member of the Unitarian | 14 | | Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign; through UUCUC and | 15 | | other organizations, he worked steadfastly to support social | 16 | | action, racial justice, and criminal justice system reform; he | 17 | | was a longtime member of the Champaign Ski Club, and he enjoyed | 18 | | skiing downhill and freestyle; he also enjoyed singing | 19 | | barbershop as well as in choir, spending time outdoors, and | 20 | | visiting the Colorado Rockies, where he spent summers as a boy | 21 | | and maintained close ties throughout his life; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dave Sutton was inquisitive, tenacious, funny, | 2 | | and generous; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dave Sutton was preceded in death by his parents | 4 | | and his brother, Robert Leeds Sutton; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dave Sutton is survived by his wife of 31 years, | 6 | | Nancy M. Hanks-Sutton; his daughter, Eliza Leeds Sutton (John | 7 | | D. Sahr); his grandson, John I. Sahr; and his nieces, Laura | 8 | | Sutton-Barnes, Celia Pado, and Robin Sutton; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | David C. "Dave" Sutton and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Dave Sutton as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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