Full Text of SR1209 102nd 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 G. Cullom Davis of Springfield, who | 4 | | passed away on September 9, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis was born to George and Elizabeth | 6 | | (Scripps) Davis in Aurora on May 2, 1935; he was raised in | 7 | | Peoria; he completed high school at the Lawrenceville School | 8 | | in New Jersey; he earned his degree in History from Princeton | 9 | | University in 1957, where he was a member of the Tiger Inn; he | 10 | | taught History at the Punahou School in Hawaii before | 11 | | returning to study at the University of Illinois at | 12 | | Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his Ph.D. in American | 13 | | History in 1968; he married Ann Chapman on May 27, 1976; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis joined the History Department at | 15 | | Indiana University in Bloomington, where he taught for five | 16 | | years before being recruited in 1969 to be among the founding | 17 | | faculty of Sangamon State University (SSU), which became the | 18 | | University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS); he was a | 19 | | creative, enthusiastic educator devoted to student learning | 20 | | and developing SSU and its mission as a multidisciplinary | 21 | | public affairs institution; he brought the discipline of Oral | 22 | | History to the university, creating and leading its Oral | 23 | | History Office; he was an ardent supporter of the arts and |
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis authored several seminal oral | 5 | | history texts, including Oral History: From Tape to Type in | 6 | | 1977; he also designed and promoted the Public History | 7 | | concentration of the master's degree in History; in service to | 8 | | his profession, he served on boards and presided over many | 9 | | state and national professional organizations; he was | 10 | | presented countless awards for his advocacy, innovation, and | 11 | | expertise in history; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis became the director of the Lincoln | 13 | | Legal Papers in 1981, a project focused on discovering, | 14 | | interpreting, indexing, and digitizing all known legal works | 15 | | of Abraham Lincoln that became the most comprehensive | 16 | | chronicling of Lincoln's legal career; he served in that | 17 | | capacity until his retirement in 2008; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis' many years in Springfield were | 19 | | marked by civic interests, including supporting Planned | 20 | | Parenthood, desegregating Springfield Public Schools, | 21 | | expanding the Lincoln Memorial Gardens, educating the public | 22 | | on the Springfield Race Riot of 1908, and providing advisory | 23 | | work in the creation of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis served on the board of directors of | 3 | | Springfield Marine Bank until its purchase by Banc One and as a | 4 | | trustee of the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund; he also | 5 | | was active in politics, serving as an alternate delegate of | 6 | | Illinois at the Democratic Party Presidential Convention in | 7 | | Miami in 1972; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis was preceded in death by his parents | 9 | | and his sister, Mary Scripps Swayngim; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Cullom Davis is survived by his wife, Ann | 11 | | (Chapman) Davis; his children, Cathy Davis Lunday, Lesa Davis, | 12 | | Cully Davis, John Giordano, and Mark Giordano; and his eight | 13 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | G. Cullom Davis and extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Cullom Davis as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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