Full Text of SR0049 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Leland "Lee" William Fuchs of | 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on December 2, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lee Fuchs was born to Martin and Mary (Smith) | 6 | | Fuchs in Harvel on October 28, 1926; he was a Navy veteran who | 7 | | served in the South Pacific in World War Two aboard the U.S.S. | 8 | | Walker DD 517; he attended the University of Illinois in | 9 | | Urbana-Champaign and received a degree in Marketing and | 10 | | Management in 1950; he married the love of his life Lucille | 11 | | Mueller in Mount Olive on October 10, 1953; in 1973, he earned | 12 | | a master's degree at Sangamon State University, now called the | 13 | | University of Illinois Springfield; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, AT Sangamon State, Lee Fuchs was appointed an | 15 | | Adjunct Assistant Professor and taught the course Management | 16 | | Information Systems in the Graduate School of Public | 17 | | Administration for 15 years; he started his career at the | 18 | | State of Illinois in April of 1953 with the Illinois Secretary | 19 | | of State office; he helped install the state's first computer | 20 | | system at the Secretary of State Driver's License division in | 21 | | 1955; additionally, he was part of the group that developed | 22 | | the computer generated "Soundex" Driver's License number, | 23 | | which is still in use today; he then worked with the Department |
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| 1 | | of Public Aid as a Data Processing Manager; he worked with the | 2 | | Management Information Division, now Central Management | 3 | | Systems, organizing the Centralized Computer Facility; in | 4 | | 1970, he transferred to the Illinois Department of | 5 | | Transportation and implemented the Remote Job Entry computer | 6 | | network in the district offices; he was Bureau Chief of | 7 | | Information Processing and Special Assistant to the Director | 8 | | of Finance and Administration, retiring in December of 1991; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lee Fuchs served as President, Membership | 11 | | Chairman, and was a board member of the Retired State | 12 | | Employees Association; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lee Fuchs loved his family, golf, travel, and his | 14 | | beloved Illini; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Lee Fuchs was preceded in death by his parents; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Lee Fuchs is survived by his wife; his sons, | 18 | | Bruce Fuchs, Randal Fuchs, and Robin Fuchs; his daughter, Lori | 19 | | (Shell) Haffner; his five grandchildren, Tyler (Jocelyn), | 20 | | Taryn, Elisabeth (Riley), Michael, and Rebecca; and his two | 21 | | great-grandchildren, Happy and Lucas; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 3 | | Leland "Lee" William Fuchs and extend our sincere
condolences | 4 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 7 | | presented to the family of Lee Fuchs as an expression of
our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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