Full Text of SR0779 95th General Assembly
SR0779 95TH 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 Dr. Robert Wouters Leyen of Gig Harbor, | 4 |
| Washington, who passed away April 14, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Wouters Leyen, aka "Dr. Bob" and "Dr. | 6 |
| Avalanche," was born September 29, 1951 in Nashville, | 7 |
| Tennessee; Robert was the only son of the late Dr. Robert | 8 |
| Fitzwater Leyen and Wilma Wouters Leyen; Robert graduated cum | 9 |
| laude from Webb School of Knoxville in 1969, where he was All | 10 |
| Mid-South Football and Basketball, as well as a key member of | 11 |
| the school's champion track team; he earned his B.A. in | 12 |
| Psychology in 1973 from Yale University; and
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| WHEREAS, As defensive tackle, Robert was All-Ivy for two | 14 |
| consecutive years; following graduation he was drafted by the | 15 |
| Dallas Cowboys; when he was traded to the Detroit Lions, Robert | 16 |
| chose to pursue a medical degree from The University of | 17 |
| Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, graduating Alpha | 18 |
| Omega Alpha in 1977; Robert completed an Internal Medicine | 19 |
| Internship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham in 1978; he | 20 |
| returned home to East Tennessee to practice Emergency Medicine; | 21 |
| and he completed a General Surgery Residency at Duke | 22 |
| University, as well as an Orthopedic Surgery Residency and a | 23 |
| Sports Medicine Fellowship; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert and Jennifer Albright were married March | 2 |
| 19, 1988 in Maryville, Tennessee; and
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| WHEREAS, He assisted teaching Musculoskeletal Anatomy at | 4 |
| the University of Washington Medical School; during this past | 5 |
| year he enjoyed working with America's veterans and soldiers at | 6 |
| Madigan Army Medical Center, where he volunteered his time | 7 |
| through the Red Cross; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert was a sportsman, an athlete, and a | 9 |
| gentleman; following his football career, he played rugby for | 10 |
| Old No. 7 RFC in Memphis and the Vulcans RFC in Birmingham; for | 11 |
| 30 years he was team physician and player with the Harvard Old | 12 |
| Boys Business School Rugby Football Club; he actively competed | 13 |
| in 3-Day Equestrian Eventing in Area VII and mentored many | 14 |
| young riders; he was an avid duck hunter, belonging to the | 15 |
| Washington Waterfowl Association, Wildcat Hollow Duck Club, | 16 |
| Ducks Unlimited, and the Gig Harbor Sportsman Club; he enjoyed | 17 |
| skiing throughout the world, many times with the Alpha Dog Ski | 18 |
| Team; he was a National Outdoor Leadership School and Outward | 19 |
| Bound graduate; and much of his free time was spent riding his | 20 |
| exceptional horse "Large Marge" and training his Labrador | 21 |
| retriever "B"; and
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| WHEREAS, The Leyens have been an active part of the Gig |
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| Harbor United Methodist Church family for nearly 18 years; | 2 |
| Robert's Bible readings and singing will be beautifully | 3 |
| remembered; Robert was a serious student of Bible Study | 4 |
| Fellowship for the past ten years and assisted with teaching | 5 |
| the children; he was on the Board of Directors for Reach | 6 |
| Ministries; Robert's awe of God's creation was integral to his | 7 |
| life as an outdoorsman; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert will be dearly missed by his beloved wife, | 9 |
| Jennifer; his loving daughter, Elizabeth; the Albright family; | 10 |
| his cousins, Drs. Erich and Ben Wouters; and by countless close | 11 |
| friends, colleagues, and patients; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Robert Leyen; and be | 15 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Robert Leyen as a symbol of our | 18 |
| sympathy.
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