Full Text of SR0537 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of former Mayor of Urbana Hiram Paley of | 4 | | Urbana, who passed away on January 9, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Rochester, New York, on September | 6 | | 9, 1933, he was the son of the late Lesser and Zelda Paley; | 7 | | after attending Monroe High School in Rochester, he graduated | 8 | | summa cum laude from the University of Rochester with a | 9 | | bachelor's degree in mathematics (1955); he followed with M.A. | 10 | | and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of | 11 | | Wisconsin-Madison in 1956 and 1959; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He came to the University of Illinois in 1959 as | 13 | | an assistant professor of mathematics and was promoted to | 14 | | associate professor in 1966, a position he held until his | 15 | | retirement in 2003; from 1989 to 1991, he taught college math | 16 | | courses in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the Midwest Universities | 17 | | Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA); and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He served 2 terms as alderman on the Urbana City | 19 | | Council (1967-1973) and one term as mayor of Urbana | 20 | | (1973-1977); he was an active member of the local Democratic | 21 | | Party and was proud to serve as the chair of United States | 22 | | Senator Dick Durbin's Champaign County campaign in 1996, 2002, |
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| 1 | | and 2008; he served terms on the boards of the Urban League of | 2 | | Champaign County and the CCDC Foundation in the 1980s, and on | 3 | | the board of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Champaign County | 4 | | (known formerly as the Champaign County Memorial Society) from | 5 | | 1986-2002, with a term as president from 2000-2002; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of the American Civil Liberties | 7 | | Union (ACLU) since 1960 and served multiple times as the | 8 | | Champaign Chapter representative to the Illinois ACLU, as well | 9 | | as on the ACLU's state board; in 2005, he received the Roger | 10 | | Baldwin Award of the Illinois ACLU for a lifetime of service to | 11 | | civil rights and civil liberties; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1981, following a course in darkroom | 13 | | photography at Parkland College, he joined the Champaign County | 14 | | Camera Club and was an active member, serving multiple terms as | 15 | | president; in 2004-2006, he served as president of the Central | 16 | | Illinois Camera Clubs Association; he was instrumental in | 17 | | organizing an annual community Best in Show photo competition; | 18 | | and | 19 | | WHEREAS, He was a dedicated Illinois athletics fan, and he | 20 | | and his wife rarely missed a home men's basketball game; he | 21 | | also enjoyed attending events with his wife at the Krannert | 22 | | Center for the Performing Arts; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Hiram Paley is survived by his wife of 50 years, | 2 | | Jean Passovoy Paley; his son, Joshua (Suzanne); his daughters, | 3 | | Elizabeth (Stefan) and Nina; his grandchildren, Allison, | 4 | | Karen, Trevor, and Elias; his sister, Marcia (Morton) Camac; | 5 | | and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, | 6 | | be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 | | his family and friends, the passing of Hiram Paley; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Hiram Paley as a symbol of our | 13 | | sincere sympathy.
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