Full Text of SR0635 94th General Assembly
SR0635 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Alan J. Campbell of | 4 |
| Tallahassee, Florida, formerly of Naperville, on Friday, | 5 |
| February 3, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Canton, Ohio, to Roseann and | 7 |
| Charles Campbell and was raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut; he | 8 |
| received a bachelor of arts degree in international studies in | 9 |
| 1972 from Assumption College in Worchester, Massachusetts; | 10 |
| that same year, he married his high school sweetheart, | 11 |
| Patricia; he went on to Ohio State University for a master's | 12 |
| degree in urban geography, which he received two years later; | 13 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Campbell began his career in research and | 15 |
| development at an insurance firm; he started in the association | 16 |
| business in 1979 when he joined the Houston Apartment | 17 |
| Association in Texas as their legislative advocate and worked | 18 |
| his way up to vice president by the time he left in 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, He moved to the Austin Apartment Association and | 20 |
| worked there as vice president for three years before he became | 21 |
| the vice president of the National Apartment Association for | 22 |
| three years; from 1990 to 1994, Mr. Campbell served as | 23 |
| executive vice president of the National Association of the | 24 |
| Remodeling Industry in Washington, D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, For the next 11 years, Mr. Campbell was head of | 26 |
| the Window & Door Manufacturers Association when the family | 27 |
| settled in Naperville; while he was president of the Window & | 28 |
| Door Manufacturers Association, he had the skillful ability of | 29 |
| taking the needs and wants of individual members who were | 30 |
| competitors and molding all into agreement; he helped | 31 |
| companies, both large and small, to have a voice in the |
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| association and build a consensus; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1994 to February 2005, Mr. Campbell led the | 3 |
| Window & Door Manufacturers Association in Des Plaines and | 4 |
| helped move the association into the future; his success in | 5 |
| dealing with a diverse group of people is attributed to the | 6 |
| fact that people trusted him; he went on to serve as the | 7 |
| president of the Florida Society of Association Executives; and
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| WHEREAS, He is remembered as a warm, congenial, and sincere | 9 |
| gentleman; he believed in getting as much out of life as he | 10 |
| could and cherished every moment, taking time to appreciate | 11 |
| special occasions or the quiet moments with family; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Alan J. Campbell has been deeply | 13 |
| felt by many, especially his beloved wife of 34 years, | 14 |
| Patricia; his loving daughters, Meghan Campbell, Maureen | 15 |
| Campbell, and Emily (Curtis) Webster; his grandson, Ryan | 16 |
| Webster; his mother, Roseann Campbell; and his siblings, Cathy | 17 |
| Mila, Laurie Carnal, and Bruce Campbell; he was preceded in | 18 |
| death by his father; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 |
| Alan J. Campbell, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 26 |
| sympathy.
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