Full Text of SR0108 95th General Assembly
SR0108 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Lester H. Miller of Hinsdale, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 20, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Miller was born February 3, 1924 in | 6 |
| Belleville; he was a standout athlete at Belleville Township | 7 |
| High School, winning eight varsity letters in football, | 8 |
| basketball, and baseball; he turned down professional offers | 9 |
| after high school to attend the University of Illinois in | 10 |
| Urbana; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Miller enlisted in the United States Army | 12 |
| during World War II; he was stationed in Hawaii at the end of | 13 |
| the war; after the war he returned to the University of | 14 |
| Illinois, earned his degree, and played outfield on the | 15 |
| University baseball team, winning Big Ten championships in 1947 | 16 |
| and 1948; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Miller served as the University of | 18 |
| Illinois-Navy Pier's first head baseball coach in 1949; he | 19 |
| built the foundation for the current program while he served as | 20 |
| coach; he is the team's all-time winningest coach with 509 | 21 |
| career victories; and
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| WHEREAS, During his time as a coach, his teams amassed 10 | 2 |
| Chicagoland College Baseball League Championships and six CCBL | 3 |
| tournament titles; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the founder of the UIC Athletic Alumni | 5 |
| Club, serving as the president of the organization for more | 6 |
| than 20 years; he was elected to the UIC Athletics Hall of Fame | 7 |
| in 1991, and in 1999 the baseball field at the University of | 8 |
| Illinois-Chicago was renamed Les Miller Field; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Miller was inducted into the Navy Pier Hall | 10 |
| of Fame in February 2006; he received the American Association | 11 |
| of Baseball Coaches Lefty Gomez Award in 1974 for his | 12 |
| outstanding contributions and distinguished service to college | 13 |
| baseball; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Lester Miller formed camps and clinics for coaches | 15 |
| and umpires; he organized and conducted the University of | 16 |
| Illinois-Chicago Baseball Coaching and Umpiring Clinics in | 17 |
| 1951, recognized as the first baseball clinic for coaches and | 18 |
| umpires in the country; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Lester H. Miller is survived by his wife of 60 | 20 |
| years, Phyllis, nee Kieskalt; his children, Martha (Henry) | 21 |
| Sandifer, Judy (Larry) Wedryk, Ellen (Larry) Buege, Gail (Paul) | 22 |
| Smith, Nancy (Bob) Heidenreich, Mike (MaryAnn), Janet (Rich) |
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| Deinert, and Jeanne Anderko (Burt Siegel); his 17 | 2 |
| grandchildren; and his 11 great-grandchildren; therefore, be | 3 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Lester H. Miller; and be | 7 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Lester H. Miller as a symbol of our | 10 |
| sympathy.
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