Full Text of SR0823 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Bruce M. Hannon, Ph.D., who passed | 4 | | away on February 18, 2024; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hannon was born to of Walter and Kathleen | 6 | | (Phalen) Hannon in Ivesdale; he graduated from Bement High | 7 | | School; he attended the University of Illinois | 8 | | Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his Bachelor of Engineering | 9 | | in Civil Engineering in 1956, his Master of Engineering in | 10 | | Engineering Mechanics in 1965, and his Ph.D. in Engineering | 11 | | Mechanics in 1970; he became a first lieutenant in the U.S. | 12 | | Army ROTC program; he married Patricia Coffey; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hannon worked as a registered professional | 14 | | engineer, aiding in the development of a new | 15 | | economic/environmental accounting system that enabled | 16 | | transactions to be recorded in monetary values and energy | 17 | | units in the same system, and this work was based in the Center | 18 | | for Advanced Computation; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hannon then became a professor of geography | 20 | | at the University of Illinois, where he taught for over 40 | 21 | | years; during his tenure, he conducted groundbreaking | 22 | | research, taught courses in biological and earth systems |
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| 1 | | modeling, led dynamic natural resource simulations, and | 2 | | mentored countless undergraduate and graduate students; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hannon was a lifelong environmental advocate, | 4 | | founding the Prairie Rivers Network with his wife, Patricia, | 5 | | in 1967; he cofounded the Committee to Save Allerton Park and | 6 | | the Coalition on American Rivers (COAR); he was also active in | 7 | | the Land Conservation Foundation and the Urbana Courthouse | 8 | | Clock Restoration Project; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hannon registered six patents and received | 10 | | numerous awards and accolades for his work; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hannon was an accomplished hiker and walker; | 12 | | he was an avid photographer and historian for his family; he | 13 | | was affectionately known as "Grandpa Clock" to his | 14 | | great-grandchildren for his love of repairing antique clocks; | 15 | | he also enjoyed planting burr oak seeds; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hannon was preceded in death by his wife; his | 17 | | son, Christopher; and his siblings, Susan Hannon Gorman and | 18 | | John Hannon; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Bruce Hannon is survived by his sister, Ellen | 20 | | (Chuck) Wolfenberger; his children, Claire (Brian) Deal, Laura | 21 | | (Scott) Madden, and Brian (Rhonda Starkey) Hannon; his |
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| 1 | | grandchildren, Caitlin (Derek) Peterson, John (Olivier | 2 | | Colombard) Deal, Ellen (Joe) Saathoff, Sean (Regina) Madden, | 3 | | Ben (Genevieve) Madden, Tyler (Camile) Starkey, and Logan | 4 | | (Megan) Hannon; and his great-grandchildren, Violet, George, | 5 | | Mae, Richie, Freddy, Lincoln, Kennedy, and James, with two | 6 | | more on the way; therefore, be it | 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Bruce M. Hannon, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to | 10 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 | | further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Dr. Hannon as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy. |
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