Full Text of SR0513 96th General Assembly
SR0513 96TH 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
Donald J. Dalton of Naperville, who | 4 |
| passed away on November 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Dalton was born on June 2, 1943, in St. | 6 |
| Charles; and
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| WHEREAS, In July of 1969, Donald Dalton was injured in a | 8 |
| diving accident and was permanently paralyzed from the neck | 9 |
| down; instead of sulking over what could have been, he decided | 10 |
| to go forward and learn as much as he could about computers and | 11 |
| technology for the disabled; with the help of a counselor from | 12 |
| the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, he was able | 13 |
| to overcome his disability as it related to working and | 14 |
| continuing his life; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the past 17 years, Donald Dalton has | 16 |
| developed a reputation as an internationally-recognized | 17 |
| assistive technology expert; in May of 2002, he was invited to | 18 |
| China by a group of medical professionals to help teach them | 19 |
| about assistive technology for their newly developing national | 20 |
| rehabilitation system; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Dalton served as President of Assistive |
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| Technologies, Inc.; he and his associates have been featured in | 2 |
| a 4,000 word story about his company on the front page of the | 3 |
| Wall Street journal; he served as a member of the board of | 4 |
| directors for Chicago's "Joni and friends" area ministry; he | 5 |
| was a developing partner in Independence One, an environmental | 6 |
| control solution; he was a former member of the Board of | 7 |
| Trustees of Equip for Equality in Chicago, the American Legion, | 8 |
| and the VFW; he was a former City of Naperville Fire Department | 9 |
| volunteer; he was also a former ham radio operator for the City | 10 |
| of Naperville; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Donald Dalton and his company have been the | 12 |
| subjects of articles in Wired Magazine, Cranes Chicago | 13 |
| Business, the Chicago Sun-Times, DuPage Financial, and the | 14 |
| Chicago Tribune, and stories on CNN, NBC, Fox, and the USA | 15 |
| Network; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Donald Dalton was the Illinois State 1994 winner | 17 |
| of the Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Award; he was nominated | 18 |
| for the Emerging Entrepreneur Award by the DuPage Area | 19 |
| Association in 1994 and 1995; in 2008, he and his company were | 20 |
| individually nominated for New Freedom Awards; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Donald Dalton was a former drummer for the | 22 |
| Maybees, a nationally-recognized rock and roll band; and |
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| WHEREAS, Donald Dalton was preceded in death by his | 2 |
| parents, James and Catherine Dalton, and his siblings, Thomas | 3 |
| and James Dalton, Ann Safranski, Patricia McGrath, and Theresa | 4 |
| Friedl; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Donald Dalton is survived by his wife, Helen (nee | 6 |
| Zarko); his son, Thomas (Dawn) Dalton; his grandchildren, Eva, | 7 |
| Mia, Abby, and Liam Dalton; and his many nieces, nephews, | 8 |
| cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Donald J. Dalton; and be | 12 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Donald Dalton as an expression of | 15 |
| our sympathy.
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