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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to honor
3the life of former State Representative Frederick Harris Rowe
4of Jacksonville, who passed away on September 8, 2013; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Harris Rowe was born on November 10, 1923 in
6Jacksonville; he married the love of his life, Alice Mary
7Crabtree, on December 22, 1954 in Jacksonville; he was educated
8in the Jacksonville school system and graduated from
9Jacksonville High School with the Class of 1941; and
 
10    WHEREAS, During World War II, Harris Rowe served in the
11United States Army Air Corps and served in the South Pacific
12Theater; he subsequently earned his Bachelor of Arts degree
13from Illinois College in Jacksonville and his Juris Doctorate
14from Northwestern University Law School; and
 
15    WHEREAS, After receiving his law degree in 1950, Harris
16Rowe joined his father in the administration of Central
17National Life Insurance Company, where he served as secretary
18and treasurer; after the death of his father, he served as
19president and CEO of the company until his retirement in 1986,
20when he co-founded Rowe, Henry, and Deal; and
 
21    WHEREAS, In addition to his successful career as a

 

 

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1businessman, Harris Rowe held many leadership positions within
2his community, including chairman of the Board of Trustees of
3MacMurray College, chairman of the Board of Trustees of
4Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, director of the
5Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, president of the
6Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, president of the
7Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, and a member of the Morgan County,
8Illinois, and American Bar Associations; and
 
9    WHEREAS, When Harris Rowe was in junior high, he contracted
10polio; as a survivor, he served as chairman of the Morgan
11County Chapter of the National Polio Foundation for many years;
12and
 
13    WHEREAS, Harris Rowe also had a love of politics which was
14instilled in him through his father, Richard Yates Rowe, who
15served as State Treasurer and Secretary of State, and his
16great-uncles, Illinois Governors Richard Yates and Richard
17Yates, Jr.; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The political career of Harris Rowe includes 35
19years as precinct committeeman, 28 years as chairman of the
20Morgan County Republican Central Committee, and 8 years as
21alderman for the City of Jacksonville; he served as State
22Representative of the 49th District in the Illinois General
23Assembly with the Republican Caucus for 6 years; he was also

 

 

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1one of 59 successful Republican candidates on the State-wide
2at-large ballot in 1964 and was the Republican candidate for
3State Treasurer in 1966; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Harris Rowe served as director of the Young
5Republicans organization and was elected as a delegate to the
6Republican National Convention in 1968 and 1976; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Harris Rowe was preceded in death by his parents
8and his brother and sister-in-law, Richard Y. Rowe, Jr. and
9Cranston Laningham Rowe; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Harris Rowe is survived by his daughters, Sarah
11"Sally" Rowe, Mary (Joe Racey) Henry, Millicent "Millie"
12(Harmon) Deal, and Julie Rowe; his grandchildren, Harris Cole
13Henry, Margaret Henry York (Adam), Madeline Henry, Annie Deal,
14Lucy Deal, Carter Lockman, and Samuel Lockman; his
15great-grandchildren, Finley and Henry York; his sister, Sally
16Rowe (William S.) Kanaga; and his many nieces and nephews;
17therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
20family and friends, mourn the passing of Frederick Harris Rowe;
21and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Harris Rowe as an expression of our
3sympathy.