Full Text of SR2502 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 Jarvis Burdette "Jerry" Cecil, who passed | 4 | | away on November 4, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil was born in Wichita,
Kansas to | 6 | | Kenneth and Mildred Lewis
Cecil on September 22, 1925; he grew | 7 | | up in Knoxville
and entered Knox College in Galesburg in
1943; | 8 | | in the winter of 1944, he
joined the United States Army Air | 9 | | Forces,
serving as a navigator; he
returned to Knox College | 10 | | after
World War II, graduating Phi
Beta Kappa and summa cum
| 11 | | laude in the winter of 1948; he received his Master of Business | 12 | | Administration in 1949
from Harvard Business School,
where he | 13 | | was named a George
F. Baker Scholar, the top
scholastic honor, | 14 | | and worked for
two years as a research
associate; in
1949, he | 15 | | married June
Pendarvis, who passed away in 1974; he married | 16 | | Kathleen Nicolette
in 1986; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil joined Continental Oil Co.
(Conoco) | 18 | | as a staff accountant in
Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1951;
after | 19 | | transfers to Houston, Texas and
New Canaan, Connecticut with | 20 | | Conoco, he
moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to become
| 21 | | Executive Vice-President of
Consolidation Coal, a subsidiary | 22 | | of Conoco and later of Du Pont; he retired in 1988; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil was committed to Knox College; | 2 | | college files contain the
letter that accompanied his first
| 3 | | gift to the Alumni Fund in 1944,
mailed from U.S. Army Air | 4 | | Forces
training camp in Florida; he was
a member of the Board | 5 | | of
Trustees from 1973 to 1999,
when he was elected Life
| 6 | | Trustee, serving as Chair of the
board from 1978 to 1995; he | 7 | | was the longest
serving Trustee of the current
Board of | 8 | | Trustees, having served
for 43 years; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil was
awarded an honorary Doctor of | 10 | | Laws in 1995; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil was a member of the
Sesquicentennial | 12 | | Capital
Development Program and the
Fieldhouse Campaign Team; | 13 | | he
chaired the campaign
to renovate Seymour Library,
where the | 14 | | Cecil Reading Room
is named in his honor; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil was a star donor to Knox College and | 16 | | made a gift every year since he
graduated; he and his wife will
| 17 | | remain in perpetuity members of
the Scripps Society, Knox's
| 18 | | highest giving society,
recognizing their generosity; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil was a lifetime member of The Nature
| 20 | | Conservancy; he was interested in the environment,
including | 21 | | leadership positions
with the Western Pennsylvania
| 22 | | Conservancy, the Fox Chapel Land
Conservation Trust, the Phipps
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| 1 | | Conservatory, the Botanical
Gardens, and the Fox Chapel
| 2 | | Environmental Advisory Council; he was active with the
| 3 | | Pittsburgh Public Theatre and
the Pennsylvania State Chamber of
| 4 | | Commerce; he was a member of the Fox
Chapel Borough Council and | 5 | | Fox
Chapel Presbyterian Church; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jarvis Cecil is survived by his wife of 30 years, | 7 | | Kathleen; his children, Ann Brouillette, and John and Scott | 8 | | Cecil; his grandchildren, Sarah, Erin, and Suzanne Brouillette | 9 | | and Rachel and Teddy Cecil; and his sister, Marjorie Burgess; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Jarvis Burdette "Jerry" Cecil, and extend our sincere | 14 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 | | him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Jarvis Cecil as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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