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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Dennis Murphy of Willow Springs, who |
4 | | passed away on June 12, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy was born in 1943 in Elkhart, |
6 | | Indiana, to Wilbur and Caroljean Murphy; he graduated from |
7 | | Elkhart High School in 1961 and received his Bachelor of |
8 | | Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in |
9 | | West Lafayette, Indiana; he earned his Master's Degree in |
10 | | Business Administration from Northwestern University in |
11 | | Evanston; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy spent most of his business career as |
13 | | the senior staff accountant for Commonwealth Edison, Chicago; |
14 | | during his retirement years, he tutored students and was a |
15 | | substitute teacher at The Avery Coonley School for the Gifted |
16 | | in Downers Grove and at Lyons Township High School in La |
17 | | Grange; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy had a passion for American history |
19 | | and would accompany his wife and her Avery Coonley |
20 | | seventh-grade students on their annual trip to Washington, |
21 | | D.C.; he was an avid golfer and served on the Board of |
22 | | Directors of Ruth Lake Country Club and The Fairway Club in |