SR0743 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Grover L. Seitzinger of Chrisman, who passed away on September 27, 2019; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was born in Crawford County to Leonard Eli and Bertha Edith Clark Seitzinger on August 9, 1925; he attended a rural elementary school and graduated from Flat Rock High School in 1943; he spent three years in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, mostly in the Pacific; he was honorably discharged and entered the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in premedical studies in 1946; he completed his medical studies at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in 1952; he married June Rose Jackson in 1953; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger completed an internship at Cook County Hospital and his residency in pathology at Augustana Hospital in Chicago; he became board certified in pathology and, in 1957, joined the medical staff of Lakeview Hospital as a pathologist and director of medical laboratories; he retired in 1988; he was on the medical staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital and was a consulting pathologist at Paris Community Hospital, Paxton Community Hospital, Hoopeston Community Hospital, and the Veterans Affairs hospital in Danville; he served on several committees and was a consultant to the Illinois Department of Public Health; and

WHEREAS, Education was very important to Dr. Seitzinger, not only for himself but for others; he served as director of the Lakeview School of Medical Technology and arranged affiliations with surrounding four-year colleges in Illinois and Indiana to convert the school from a three-year diploma program to a four-year degree program; he served on the advisory committee for the Premedical Studies Division at Eastern Illinois University and was on the original executive committee that established the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana; he continued as a volunteer faculty member for over 25 years, retiring as a clinical associate professor in pathology in 1992; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was a member of various organizations throughout this life, including the Vermilion County Medical Society (President), the Illinois State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Association of Blood Banks, the College of American Pathologists (Fellow), the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (Fellow), the Illinois Society of Pathologists (President), the Illinois Association of Blood Banks, the Aesculapian Society of Wabash Valley, the Lakeview Medical Center Board, the Provena United Samaritan Medical Center Board and Foundation, the University of Illinois Foundation, the Danville Area Community College Foundation, the Danville Symphony Orchestra Board, the Danville Elks Blood Bank (Medical Director), the Danville Golden K Kiwanis, the Danville Country Club, the Danville Boat Club, the American Cancer Society Board, the American Heart Association Board, the University of Illinois Spurlock Museum Board, the Danville Chapter of the University of Illinois Alumni Association (Life Member), the Illinois Alumni Club (President), and the Danville Chamber of Commerce; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger received the Kiwanian of the Year Award and the Hixon Fellowship from the Kiwanis; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Clark, Dwight, Vaughn, C.W., and Vance Seitzinger; and his sister, Nedra Seitzinger Johnson; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger is survived by his wife, June; his daughters, Brenda Gray and Karen (Todd) Baxter; his grandsons, Jared (Amber) Gray, Kyle (Juliet) Gray, Stephen Baxter, and Daniel Baxter; his great-grandchildren, Piper, Jackson, and Atlas Gray; his sister, Mary Joan O'Brian; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Dr. Grover L. Seitzinger and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

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