Full Text of SR1099 099th 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 Harry J. Gallatin of Edwardsville, who | 4 | | passed away on October 7, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harry Gallatin was born in Wood River on April 26, | 6 | | 1927 to Harry and Cecile (nee Hartman) Gallatin; he graduated | 7 | | from Roxana High School in 1944 and served in the United States | 8 | | Navy until the end of World War II; he received a bachelor's | 9 | | degree from Truman State University in 1948; he married Beverly | 10 | | A. Hull and in Burlington, Iowa on September 25, 1949 and | 11 | | received his master's degree from the University of Iowa in | 12 | | 1954; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Harry "The Horse" Gallatin was a 7-time NBA | 14 | | all-star and a professional and college basketball coach; he | 15 | | was the NBA's original "Iron Man", playing 610 consecutive | 16 | | regular season games for the New York Knicks in 9 seasons from | 17 | | 1948 to 1957, a record that stands today; in 1954, he led the | 18 | | NBA in rebounding and still ranks fourth on the Knicks' | 19 | | all-time rebound list; his cumulative total of 746 consecutive | 20 | | career games established him as one of the NBA's most durable | 21 | | players; his final season was with the Detroit Pistons, and he | 22 | | was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | 23 | | in 1991; he is also a member of the Southern Illinois |
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| 1 | | University at Edwardsville (SIUE) Athletics Hall of Fame, the | 2 | | Truman State University Athletics Hall of Fame, the Missouri | 3 | | Basketball Hall of Fame, the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame, | 4 | | the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hall of | 5 | | Fame, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics | 6 | | Hall of Fame, and the Southern Illinois University (SIU) | 7 | | Salukis Hall of Fame; he garnered honors throughout his | 8 | | retirement; most recently, in May, he was recognized at Madison | 9 | | Square Garden with a floor tile in the Garden's "Walk of Fame" | 10 | | for outstanding achievements in the history of the Garden; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Following his playing career, Harry Gallatin | 12 | | moved to the coaching ranks as the head coach of the SIU | 13 | | Salukis in Carbondale from 1958 to 1962; he returned to the | 14 | | professional ranks in 1962, coaching the St. Louis Hawks from | 15 | | 1962 to 1965, where he was awarded the first NBA Coach of the | 16 | | Year Award; he returned to New York in 1965, where he coached | 17 | | the New York Knicks during the 1965-66 season; in 1967, he | 18 | | began teaching and coaching basketball at SIUE and became the | 19 | | first athletics director at SIUE; in 1973, he became SIUE's | 20 | | men's golf coach, leading the team to 18 NCAA Division II | 21 | | Championship appearances and producing multiple All-Americans; | 22 | | he retired from SIUE in 1992, and in 2011, his 1983 men's golf | 23 | | team was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame; and | 24 | | WHEREAS, Harry Gallatin was an active member of the |
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| 1 | | Edwardsville community in retirement; he was a member of the | 2 | | First Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville, past President and | 3 | | member of the Edwardsville Rotary Club, and a member of the | 4 | | Board of Directors of the First Cloverleaf Bank; he and his | 5 | | wife were long-time members of Sunset Hills Country Club; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Harry Gallatin was preceded in death by his | 7 | | parents; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Harry Gallatin is survived by his wife of 66 | 9 | | years, Beverly; his 3 sons, Steven (Barbara) Gallatin, James | 10 | | (Suzanne) Gallatin, and William (Terri) Gallatin; his 8 | 11 | | grandchildren, Aaron and Stacey Gallatin, Jeremy (Christina) | 12 | | Gallatin, Emily (Adam) Geerts, Benjamin Gallatin, Amanda | 13 | | Gallatin (Aaron Hughes), Ross Gallatin, and Erik Gallatin; his | 14 | | 6 great-grandchildren, Nathan Satterfield, Zachary Kofrin, | 15 | | Abigail and Matthew Gallatin, and Ava and Griffin Geerts; his | 16 | | sister, Eileen Palmer; and his brother-in-law, Luverne Hull; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Harry J. Gallatin, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Harry Gallatin as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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