Full Text of SR1300 99th 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 Timothy "Tim" Nugent of Savoy, who passed | 4 | | away on November 11, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tim Nugent served in the 99th and 1st Infantry | 6 | | Divisions of the United States Army in Europe in World War II; | 7 | | he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded the Bronze | 8 | | Star; he earned a Bachelor of Science equivalency degree from | 9 | | Tarleton State University in Texas in 1943, while serving in | 10 | | the Army, a Bachelor of Science from the University of | 11 | | Wisconsin in LaCrosse in 1947, and a Master's of Science from | 12 | | the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1948; he was also | 13 | | awarded 3 honorary degrees for his work, a Doctor of Humanics | 14 | | from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1978, a Doctor of | 15 | | Laws from Mount Mary College in Wisconsin in 1981, and a Doctor | 16 | | of Humane Letters from the University of Illinois in 2015; the | 17 | | U of I also honored him with the Chancellor's Medallion in | 18 | | 2007; in 2011, he received The Order of Lincoln, the State's | 19 | | highest award; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Tim Nugent founded the Rehabilitation Education | 21 | | Center at the University of Illinois, now known as the Division | 22 | | of Disability Resources and Education Services, the first | 23 | | comprehensive program of higher education in the nation for |
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| 1 | | those with severe permanent disabilities; he served as its | 2 | | director from 1948 until his retirement in 1985; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Tim Nugent founded the National Wheelchair | 4 | | Basketball Association in 1949 and served as its commissioner | 5 | | for 25 years; he was instrumental in the development of | 6 | | wheelchair sports competitions in the United States and other | 7 | | countries, including the Paralympics; in 1948, he founded the | 8 | | rehabilitation service fraternity, Delta Sigma Omicron; he | 9 | | also developed the first public transportation to accommodate | 10 | | the able-bodied and those with disabilities, including | 11 | | wheelchairs, with equal safety and efficiency; among his many | 12 | | public services, he was the initial director of research and | 13 | | development for the American National Standards Institute for | 14 | | the committee developing standards on the accessibility and | 15 | | usability of facilities by the physically disabled, and he | 16 | | served as Secretary of the Steering Committee and national | 17 | | Chairman; he also served 4 terms as President of the National | 18 | | Paraplegia Foundation and served as its director; he authored | 19 | | many articles and publications and lectured and consulted | 20 | | throughout the U.S. and in 8 foreign countries, speaking at | 21 | | more than 54 universities and 14 medical colleges, including | 22 | | the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal Institute of British | 23 | | Architects, and the Ministry of Education's Central Council for | 24 | | Rehabilitation of the Disabled in England; he also received the | 25 | | Dr. Patrick Haglund Lectureship Award from Sweden's Central |
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| 1 | | Committee for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled; he also | 2 | | lectured before the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, | 3 | | the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy, the First International | 4 | | Seminar on Physical Education in Nagoya, Japan, and the first | 5 | | Rehabilitation Conference in Beijing, China; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Tim Nugent received numerous awards and honors in | 7 | | his career, including the U.S. President's Public Personnel | 8 | | Award from President Dwight Eisenhower in 1957 and the U.S. | 9 | | President's Citation from the President's Committee on | 10 | | Employment of the Physically Handicapped that same year; he | 11 | | also received the Distinguished Service Award Presidential | 12 | | Citation from President Bill Clinton in 1993, the University of | 13 | | Illinois Wakefield Award in 1973, the Henry Betts Award in | 14 | | 1999, and numerous other awards; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Tim Nugent was an avid U of I sports fan and | 16 | | attended football and basketball games whenever possible; he | 17 | | was also a longtime member of the Champaign-Urbana Optimists | 18 | | Club; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Tim Nugent was preceded in death by his sister, | 20 | | Marge (Jim) McKain, and his nephew, Rick Munch; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Tim Nugent is survived by his wife of 45 years, | 22 | | Jeanette (nee Sato); his sons, Brian (Mary) Nugent and Tracy |
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| 1 | | (Claudia) Nugent; his sister, Patricia (Jay) Steuerwald; his | 2 | | brother, James Nugent; his grandchildren, Jaime (Cory) Meyer, | 3 | | Jacob (Marissa) Nugent, and Reni and Lorin Nugent; his | 4 | | great-grandchildren, Killian, Tiernan, and Regan Meyer and | 5 | | Emma and Vera Nugent; and his nieces and nephews, Chuck (Joann) | 6 | | Munch, Linda (Troy) Van Vleck, Judy Turner, and Joy Steuerwald | 7 | | (Barry Prioste); therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Timothy "Tim" Nugent, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Tim Nugent as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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