Full Text of SR0589 93rd General Assembly
SR0589 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Henry DeWitt | 4 |
| Campbell, Sr. on May 25, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Henry DeWitt Campbell, Sr. was born July 24, 1929, | 6 |
| in East St. Louis; he was the seventh of fourteen children from | 7 |
| the union of the late Moses Campbell, Sr. and Dorothy Olivia | 8 |
| Campbell; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Dunbar Elementary and Lincoln High | 10 |
| School of East St. Louis; he graduated from Washington | 11 |
| University with a major in Political Science and minors in | 12 |
| History and Russian; he married Elvira Campbell Perry and to | 13 |
| this union were born four children; with the spirit of a modern | 14 |
| Renaissance Man, he traveled abroad to Paris, France where he | 15 |
| obtained certificates in the French language from the | 16 |
| University of Paris-Sorbonne; upon returning to the United | 17 |
| States, he attended Saint Louis University, where he earned his | 18 |
| Master's degree in Secondary and Elementary Education; it was | 19 |
| not long after that he obtained his doctorate degree in | 20 |
| curriculum and instruction in urban education from Saint Louis | 21 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, During Dr. Campbell's expansive career in | 23 |
| education, he has worked both as an administrator and as a | 24 |
| teacher in secondary schools and colleges; he has made great | 25 |
| contributions in the planning and implementation of | 26 |
| curriculums for programs in social sciences and performing | 27 |
| arts; and
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| WHEREAS, He is best known for his work in "Experiment in | 29 |
| Higher Education", a two-year college program sponsored by | 30 |
| Southern Illinois University; he never tired of challenging | 31 |
| complacency in education; on several occasions he was enlisted |
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| by elected and governmental leaders to assist in the | 2 |
| development of legislation to improve learning opportunities | 3 |
| for all students; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, He has received numerous awards and accolades for | 5 |
| his work and professional integrity, including the City of East | 6 |
| St. Louis Mayor's Award, for his work and dedication; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Campbell was a true gadgets man, and loved | 8 |
| keeping up with the latest improvements in computers and | 9 |
| technology; when it comes to people, he always looked for and | 10 |
| saw the best in everyone; his compassion and positive | 11 |
| expectations were best revealed when he took time to privately | 12 |
| teach classical piano, musical theory, and music appreciation | 13 |
| to youth; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Henry DeWitt Campbell, Sr. will | 15 |
| be deeply felt by many, especially his children, Milton Moore | 16 |
| and Nancy Moore (Marvine Moore Johnson); Henry (Ann) DeWitt | 17 |
| Campbell, Jr., Donna (Reginald) Campbell Hubbard, Denise | 18 |
| (Eric) Campbell Kayira, and Daniel Henley Campbell; and | 19 |
| Henrietta D. Campbell (Cheryl Denise Coleman); his three | 20 |
| grandchildren, Ciarra A. Burks, Henry D. Campbell, III, Katie | 21 |
| K. Campbell; his brothers and sisters, Robert E. Campbell, | 22 |
| Salena Campbell, Olivia Campbell, and Gloria (Johnny E. Jordan) | 23 |
| C. White; and his many loving nieces, nephews, and their | 24 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 26 |
| sisters, Marinda Wright and Dorothy Upchurch; and four | 27 |
| brothers, George Campbell, Bertrand Campbell, Robert Campbell, | 28 |
| and Francis Campbell; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 30 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 31 |
| Dr. Henry DeWitt Campbell, Sr. along with all who knew and |
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| loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his family and | 2 |
| friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Henry DeWitt Campbell, Sr. as an | 5 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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