Full Text of SR0711 99th 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 Dr. Arthur J. "Art" Siedler of Champaign, | 4 | | who passed away on June 12, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on | 6 | | March 17, 1927 to Arthur William and Margaret (nee Stadler) | 7 | | Siedler; he served with the United States Coast Guard from 1945 | 8 | | to 1946 on the USS General W.H. Gordon (AP-117); he was awarded | 9 | | American and Asiatic Theater ribbons; he received a Bachelor of | 10 | | Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1951, a Master of | 11 | | Science from the University of Chicago in 1956, and a Doctor of | 12 | | Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1959; he married | 13 | | Doris Jean Rose in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 23, | 14 | | 1976; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was chief of the Division of | 16 | | Biochemistry and Nutrition at the American Meat Institute | 17 | | Foundation in Chicago from 1959 to 1964; a group leader at the | 18 | | Norwich (New York) Pharmaceutical Company from 1964 to 1965; | 19 | | chief of the Physiology Section from 1965 to 1969; and chief of | 20 | | the Biochemistry Section from 1969 to 1972; he then moved on to | 21 | | the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he became | 22 | | acting director of the Division of Nutritional Science from | 23 | | 1978 to 1981; head of the Department of Food Science from 1972 |
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| 1 | | to 1989; professor of Food Science, Internal Medicine and | 2 | | Nutritional Science from 1972 to 1994; and professor emeritus | 3 | | since 1994; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was elected as Fellow of IFT | 5 | | (Institute of Food Technologists) and was awarded the | 6 | | Chairman's Service Award from the Chicago Section of IFT; he | 7 | | also was Chair of the Committee on Food Stability for the | 8 | | Natick Labs for the Department of Defense; he was the 1959 | 9 | | National Livestock and Meat Board Grantee and the 1960 National | 10 | | Institute of Health Research Grantee; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler enjoyed a good party, bloodies and | 12 | | Manhattans, and beer; he loved the Fighting Illini and enjoyed | 13 | | gardening and making homemade salsa; he loved good eats, | 14 | | fishing, and a good cigar; he made frequent trips to Alaska to | 15 | | fish for salmon with his son, Bill; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler was preceded in death by his sister, | 17 | | Doris Weinauer, and his step-son, Rick Rose; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siedler is survived by his wife, Doris; his | 19 | | son, Bill Siedler (Genie); his daughter, Nancy Wilhite; his | 20 | | daughter, Sandy Goodner (Joe); his step-daughter, Roxanne | 21 | | (Craig) Butler; his step-son, Randy Rose; his 12 grandchildren; | 22 | | his 11 great-grandchildren; his nephews and nieces; and |
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| 1 | | countless friends and former colleagues; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Dr. Arthur J. "Art" Siedler, and extend our sincere condolences | 5 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 6 | | it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Dr. Siedler as an expression of our | 9 | | deepest sympathy.
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