Full Text of SR0399 93rd General Assembly
SR0399 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death of Dr. R. Robert Simpson of | 4 |
| Alton on January 6, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Simpson was born May 27, 1953, in Alton to Dr. | 6 |
| Raymond and Antigone "Andy" (Kodros) Simpson; his father | 7 |
| preceded him in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Simpson and the former Nancy Muha were married | 9 |
| on June 18, 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, A 1971 graduate of Alton High School, he was a | 11 |
| member of the tennis team and qualified for the State | 12 |
| tournament his senior year; his love for the game of tennis | 13 |
| came from his father at an early age, and he passed his love of | 14 |
| the game onto his son, Rob; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Carthage College in Kenosha, | 16 |
| Wisconsin, where he was inducted into Beta Beta Beta, a | 17 |
| national honorary biological society, and Theta Chi Delta, a | 18 |
| national honorary chemistry society; he was also voted Most | 19 |
| Valuable Player on the Carthage tennis team; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from Carthage, he attended the | 21 |
| Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine, where he was a member | 22 |
| of Durlacher, as academic honor society; he completed his | 23 |
| residency in podiatric surgery at the University of Chicago | 24 |
| Hospitals and Clinics; he had many articles published in | 25 |
| medical journals and delivered many lectures in the Chicago | 26 |
| area; after returning to Alton in 1980, Dr. Simpson began a | 27 |
| private podiatry practice and continued until his death; and
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| WHEREAS, His active interest in tennis did not stop after | 29 |
| college; from 1986 until his death, he was chairman of the Bud |
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| Simpson Prize Money Tennis Tournament; in 1987 and 1988, he was | 2 |
| the men's tennis coach at Lewis and Clark Community College | 3 |
| (LCCC); from 1989 until 1991, he served as chairman of the | 4 |
| tennis committee for Alton Park and Recreation for the | 5 |
| development and construction of the Dr. Raymond R. Simpson | 6 |
| Tennis Center at Gordon Moore Park; and he was very involved in | 7 |
| the St. Louis District Tennis Association and was on the | 8 |
| Association's board for several years; and
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| WHEREAS, A past member of the Lewis and Clark Trailblazers | 10 |
| Club, Dr. Simpson was instrumental in bringing the United | 11 |
| States Tennis Association (USTA) Futures Tournaments to LCCC; | 12 |
| he was a longtime member of St. Paul Episcopal Church in Alton | 13 |
| and active in the vestry for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was very active in the Alton community and will | 15 |
| be missed by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, | 16 |
| Nancy; his mother, Antigone "Andy" Simpson; his daughter, Kate | 17 |
| Simpson; his son, Rob Simpson; his mother-in-law and | 18 |
| father-in-law, Iris and Bill Durland; his brothers-in-law, | 19 |
| Jeff Muha and Drew Muha (wife, Rebecca); and many cousins, | 20 |
| including Irene McLaughlin, Mimi Almonroeder, and Gigi Darr; | 21 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 23 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 24 |
| Dr. R. Robert Simpson along with all who knew and loved him and | 25 |
| extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | 26 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to the family of Dr. R. Robert Simpson as an | 29 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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