Full Text of SR0852 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
Robert W. "Rob" Pullen of Naperville, | 4 | | formerly of Niles, who passed away on July 2, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Pullen was born on May 29, 1962, in Oak | 6 | | Lawn; he married Dawn Amendola on September 16, 1988; he was a | 7 | | resident of Naperville since 1988 and was a member of SS. Peter | 8 | | and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Pullen grew up in Niles, where he was a | 10 | | parishioner and student at Our Lady of Ransom; after graduating | 11 | | from Maine East High School in Park Ridge in 1980, he earned | 12 | | his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with an | 13 | | emphasis in physics from the University of Illinois; in 1993, | 14 | | he earned his MBA in management from the Northwestern | 15 | | University Kellogg School of Business; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Robert Pullen served as CEO and President of | 17 | | Tellabs, Inc. and was a member of the company's Board of | 18 | | Directors; after joining the company right out of college in | 19 | | 1985 as an electrical engineer, he worked his way up the | 20 | | corporate ladder to become Chief Executive Officer in 2008 | 21 | | after holding positions in development, sales, marketing, and | 22 | | services; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Pullen served as the chairman emeritus of | 2 | | the executive board for the Telecommunications Industry | 3 | | Association and was a former co-chair for SuperComm; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert Pullen excelled at baseball and played as | 5 | | the starting shortstop for the University of Illinois at | 6 | | Urbana-Champaign for 4 years; he coached his son's Naperville | 7 | | Little League Cardinals to win the city championship in 2007; | 8 | | he served as a coach of the Naperville White Sox Travel | 9 | | Baseball Team; he also enjoyed traveling the world, boating, | 10 | | water and snow skiing, snowmobiling, and spending time with his | 11 | | family at their lake house in Green Lake, Wisconsin; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Robert Pullen was the beloved husband of Dawn; the | 13 | | loving father of Brittany and Brendan Pullen; the devoted son | 14 | | of Robert and Mary Kay Pullen; the dear brother of Jim (Kim) | 15 | | Pullen, Sharon Varco, Jack Pullen, and Mike (Lisa) Pullen; the | 16 | | fond brother-in-law of Keith (Mary) Amendola, Craig (Diane) | 17 | | Amendola, and Krista (Dan Fagan) Amendola; and the adored uncle | 18 | | of 18 wonderful nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert W. "Rob" Pullen; | 22 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Robert Pullen as an expression of | 3 | | our sympathy.
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