SR0937 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Herbert Heaton of Peoria, who passed away on November 30, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was born on January 5, 1919 in Cliffside Park, New Jersey; he attended public schools in Elizabeth, New Jersey and Dartmouth College for two years before transferring to Columbia University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1940 and his master's degree in 1947; in 1975, he received his Ph.D. from the Union Graduate School, now the Union Institute and University; and

WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton served his country with pride and distinction in the United States Navy from September of 1941 until December of 1945, achieving the rank of lieutenant commander; and

WHEREAS, As a Certified Public Accountant, Herbert Heaton served as partner in major and small accounting firms in New York City before becoming comptroller of The Rockefeller Foundation and later a research professor at Skidmore College; and

WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was the author of five books, including "Integrated Auditing", "Productivity in Service Organizations: Organizing for People", and "Running Nonprofit Organizations: Fifteen Essential Steps and Concepts for Board Members and Managers"; and

WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was the pioneer of the notion of health insurance coverage for second opinions and devised a concept for indexing pensions to the rate of inflation; he eventually implemented the indexed pension at The Rockefeller Foundation and an editorial in The New York Times called it "A Promising Pension Rescue Scheme"; and

WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton and his wife were co-recipients of the Arizona Education Association Civil and Human Rights Award in 2003; they were co-recipients of an environmental award from the state of New York for conservation work on their property in the Catskill Mountains; they were also co-founders of the Willowemoc Land Conservancy and Support Services Alliance, a membership organization providing group contracts and services for entrepreneurs; and

WHEREAS, In recent years, Herbert Heaton worked on a preamble for the Arizona State Constitution which he hoped other state legislatures would also adopt; he believed that a meaningful preamble would set forth the overarching mission of government as focusing on the basic human rights and well-being of people by ensuring universal access to infrastructure that enables all people to be productive, infrastructure that would include, but not be limited to, systems of agriculture and food distribution, banking, communication, construction, education and children services, energy, health care, and transportation; and

WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Olga; and

WHEREAS, Herbert Heaton is survived by his daughters, Clare Howard, Pauline Baker, and Frances Manning, and his four grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Herbert Heaton; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Herbert Heaton as an expression of our sympathy.