Full Text of SR0628 93rd General Assembly
SR0628 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply | 3 |
| saddened to learn of the death of Fr. Robert Humbert, S.J., | 4 |
| beloved Jesuit priest and administrator at
Loyola Academy in | 5 |
| Wilmette for more than 35 years, passed away on June 25, 2004; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, Robert Humbert was born on May 7, 1922, in | 8 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio; he attended St. Thomas
Aquinas grammar school | 9 |
| and St. Xavier High School there; on August 31,
1940, soon | 10 |
| after his graduation, he entered the Society of Jesus at the
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| novitiate in Milford, Ohio; he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree | 12 |
| in Latin and English
from Loyola University Chicago in 1945 and | 13 |
| a Master of Education degree in Guidance and
Statistics in | 14 |
| 1957; he also earned a licentiate in philosophy
(Ph.L) from | 15 |
| West Baden College, where he was ordained a priest on June 17, | 16 |
| 1953; and in 1954, he received the licentiate in Sacred | 17 |
| Theology (STL) from West Baden; and
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| WHEREAS, Fr. Humbert's principal assignments as a Jesuit | 19 |
| saw him as assistant principal at Loyola Academy in Chicago | 20 |
| from 1955-1956, and then at St. Xavier High School in | 21 |
| Cincinnati from 1957 through 1961; he was appointed principal | 22 |
| at St. Xavier in 1961, a position he held until 1963, when he | 23 |
| was asked to serve as Socius to the Provincial in Oak Park; in | 24 |
| 1968, he returned to Loyola Academy as headmaster, but in 1971, | 25 |
| was asked to become director of alumni affairs, a position he | 26 |
| held until 1988, when he was named Senior Alumni and | 27 |
| Development Officer; in his role as director of alumni affairs, | 28 |
| he routinely traveled across the United States for various | 29 |
| alumni gatherings; his affable nature and generous spirit | 30 |
| served as an example of the Ignatian ideal to Loyola Academy | 31 |
| graduates around the country and encouraged them to remain | 32 |
| involved with the school; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Fr. Humbert served 3 times on | 2 |
| the faculty for the Council for Advancement and Support of | 3 |
| Education-National Association of Independent Schools | 4 |
| (CASE-NAIS) national meetings and workshops, and twice on the | 5 |
| faculty of the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA); | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Fr. Robert Humbert, S.J., will be | 8 |
| deeply felt by many, especially by his sisters, Mary (Charles) | 9 |
| Maloney and Margaret
(Thomas) O'Meara; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 12 |
| Fr. Robert Humbert, S.J., along with all who knew and loved him | 13 |
| and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and | 14 |
| religious community in the hierarchy of his faith; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Fr. Robert Humbert, S.J., as an | 18 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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