Full Text of SR2300 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 Dr. Thompson T. Wright Sr., who passed | 4 | | away on September 27, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wright Sr. was born in Middleton, Prince | 6 | | Edward Island (PEI), Canada on July 5, 1919; he graduated from | 7 | | Wales College, Charlottetown, PEI in 1939 and became the | 8 | | principal of a two-room country schoolhouse on the island; in | 9 | | 1939, he joined the Canadian Army and was mobilized to England | 10 | | during World War II; he served as an artillery surveyor and | 11 | | gunnery officer in Europe from January 1940 to January 1946; he | 12 | | graduated from the British Royal Artillery Officers Training in | 13 | | 1943 and was discharged with the rank of Captain in 1946; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wright Sr. attended the University of British | 15 | | Columbia from 1946 to 1947; he graduated from Ontario | 16 | | Veterinary College, University of Toronto in 1952; he was an | 17 | | intern with Misener Animal Hospital in Chicago, and then in | 18 | | 1954, he purchased property on River Road in Des Plaines, which | 19 | | would become the Wright Animal Hospital, which he owned and | 20 | | operated until his retirement in October 1981; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wright Sr. was elected President of the Des | 22 | | Plaines Kiwanis Club in 1959; he was elected Des Plaines Park |
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| 1 | | District Commissioner in 1976, serving for a total of 26 years; | 2 | | he was a life member of the Des Plaines Elks Club; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wright Sr. served as President of the Illinois | 4 | | Academy of Veterinary Medicine in 1974, as Executive Director | 5 | | of the Illinois Academy of Veterinary Medicine from 1975 to | 6 | | 1976, and on the board of directors for the Chicago Veterinary | 7 | | Medical Association from 1958 to 1963 and from 1976 to 1980, | 8 | | serving as President in 1980; he also served on the board of | 9 | | directors for Community Chest from 1956 to 1958 and on the | 10 | | board of directors for the Boy Scouts of America from 1955 to | 11 | | 1958; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wright Sr. was preceded in death by his first | 13 | | wife, Shirley Trowbridge; his second wife, Janet Howell; his | 14 | | brothers, Arthur and Eldon Wright; and his son, William Wright; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Wright Sr. is survived by nine children; 17 | 17 | | grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Marian | 18 | | MacDonald; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Dr. Thompson T. Wright Sr., and extend our sincere condolences | 22 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Dr. Wright Sr. as an expression of | 4 | | our deepest sympathy.
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