Full Text of SR0230 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 Robert Lewis "Bob" Poorman, Ph.D., who | 4 | | passed away on April 2, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Poorman was born to Dale Lowell Poorman and | 6 | | Bernice Velma (Krick) Poorman in Germantown, Ohio on December | 7 | | 9, 1926; after attending Ohio Wesleyan University and the | 8 | | University of Virginia as part of the U.S. Navy's V-12 officer | 9 | | training program, he graduated from Ohio State University with | 10 | | his Bachelor of Science in Education and his Master of Arts in | 11 | | Counseling Psychology; he married Lois Romer in Kansas City, | 12 | | Missouri on December 26, 1949; he pursued graduate studies at | 13 | | the University of Southern California and eventually graduated | 14 | | from University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned | 15 | | his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration with a | 16 | | concentration in community college and student services; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Along with his wife, Dr. Poorman taught at Center | 18 | | High School in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; after serving at | 19 | | two community colleges, Phoenix College in Arizona and | 20 | | Bakersfield College in California, his career centered on his | 21 | | 21-year tenure as founding president of Lincoln Land Community | 22 | | College in Springfield; there, he established the campus and | 23 | | the curriculum and followed the hiring principle of finding |
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| 1 | | knowledgeable teachers and staff who cared about students and | 2 | | who were interested in serving their communities; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Dr. Poorman was awarded | 4 | | Fulbright Program scholarships to Lithuania, Ukraine, the | 5 | | People's Republic of China, and Tanzania, where he contributed | 6 | | his vast experience and knowledge regarding community colleges | 7 | | and American higher education; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Poorman and his family traveled extensively | 9 | | in the United States, especially enjoying the national parks, | 10 | | and he and his wife enjoyed traveling internationally later in | 11 | | life; he loved music, had a warm tenor voice, and reveled in | 12 | | sing-alongs; he appreciated nature, including tending his own | 13 | | garden and watching birds at his many feeders; he | 14 | | enthusiastically and possessively claimed ownership of the | 15 | | backyard barbecue; he enjoyed chatting with visitors over | 16 | | Antiques Roadshow and Shark Tank; he was an avid participant | 17 | | in family game nights and his weekly poker games; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Poorman was a man of strong faith and a | 19 | | talented storyteller; he will be remembered for being | 20 | | respectful, compassionate, and peaceful; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Poorman was preceded in death by his wife; | 22 | | his daughters, Paula (Susan Simmons) Poorman and Jan Poorman; |
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| 1 | | his parents; and his siblings, Ann, Dale Jr., Jack, and Ray; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Poorman is survived by his children, Rev. | 4 | | Mark Poorman, C.S.C., Alex (Susan) Poorman, Lisa (Mark) | 5 | | Thomson, and Dan (Deric Absher) Poorman; his grandchildren; | 6 | | and his great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 9 | | Robert Lewis "Bob" Poorman, Ph.D., and extend our sincere
| 10 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
| 11 | | him; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 13 | | presented to the family of Dr. Poorman as an expression of
our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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