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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, A long-time Hyde Parker, Dr. Edward Wasserman,
3 died October 24, 2004 at the age of 76; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Born to politically progressive Russian
5 immigrants in Oak Park, he first moved to Hyde Park as a
6 16-year-old University of Chicago undergraduate; and
 
7     WHEREAS, While studying to be a psychiatrist at the
8 University of Illinois Medical School, he met Eileen Kronberg,
9 whom he married in 1956; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Because of his independent political beliefs and
11 his mother's political affiliations, the Army deemed him a
12 security threat at first and did not draft him; as the Korean
13 conflict escalated and Army doctors became scarce, the
14 McCarthy-era restrictions were loosened, but not by much; he
15 was not allowed to practice as a psychiatrist or given the
16 security clearance that would allow him to be commissioned as
17 an officer as is the custom for military doctors; after more
18 than a year of service, the Army threatened him with a
19 dishonorable discharge and he stood trial; his named was
20 cleared, and the next day his rank jumped from private to
21 captain; and
 
22     WHEREAS, After graduating from Chicago's Psychoanalytic
23 Institute, he built up a private psychotherapy practice, where
24 he worked until his mid 60s; after closing his practice, he
25 worked with mentally troubled prison inmates for the Indiana
26 Department of Corrections; throughout his life, he remained
27 active in the political fight for social justice and peace; and
 
28     WHEREAS, He was a lifelong fan of music, and enjoyed
29 playing blues harmonica at the Old Town School of Folk Music
30 where he had been attending classes for a decade; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Edward Wasserman will be felt
2 by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife of 48 years,
3 Eileen; his daughters, Suzanne, Tina, Stephanie, and Nadine;
4 his sons-in-laws, David Stern, David Fine, and Guillermo Perez;
5 and his grandchildren, Raphael, Natalie, and Gabriel;
6 therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9 mourn the passing of Dr. Edward Wasserman and we extend to his
10 family our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time; and
11 be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
14 sympathy.