Full Text of SR2218 100th 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 William James "Bill" Howard of Pinegree | 4 | | Grove, formerly of Aurora, who passed away on November 3, 2018; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Howard was born in Princeton to William | 7 | | Corbett and Rosella (Elmblad) Howard on March 20, 1942; his | 8 | | parents were teachers and instilled in their sons the value of | 9 | | an education; in high school, he lettered and earned honors in | 10 | | football, basketball, and track; he set the school's shot-put | 11 | | record and remains the seventh all-time leading scorer in | 12 | | basketball at Princeton High School; he attended Princeton | 13 | | University, where he was the captain of the 1963-1964 | 14 | | basketball team that won the Ivy League championship and | 15 | | advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen; he was also the starting | 16 | | tight end and defensive end for the Tiger's football team that | 17 | | also won the Ivy League championship his senior year; he | 18 | | graduated from Princeton with a degree in history in 1964; he | 19 | | then returned to Illinois and attended the University of | 20 | | Chicago business school; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Bill Howard served as the CFO of the Barber Greene | 22 | | Company in Aurora and helped the company become the leading | 23 | | global manufacturer of road pavers, conveyors, and other |
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| 1 | | construction equipment; he then worked as the CFO of Railcar | 2 | | Specialties and finished his career as a business consultant in | 3 | | accounting, tax, and finance; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Bill Howard was an avid traveler, gardener, and | 5 | | bibliophile; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Howard was preceded in death by his parents; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bill Howard is survived by his wife of 50 years, | 9 | | Jo; his children, Sean Howard, Seth Howard, and Holly (Ryan | 10 | | Page) Howard; his brothers, Bob, Corby (Kathy), Tim (Patty), | 11 | | and James (Sue) Howard; and his many cousins, nieces, and | 12 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | William James "Bill" Howard and extend our sincere condolences | 16 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 17 | | it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Bill Howard as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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