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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Fred Walker Robbins of Edwardsville, who 
4passed away on July 1, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born March 11, 1943 in Martinsville, 
6Virginia, the son of Fred Michael and Mary Walker (Ford) 
7Robbins; on June 5, 1965, he married Stephanie Laird (Malinoff) 
8Robbins; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, He was a professor of English at Southern Illinois 
10University at Edwardsville from 1970 to 2001; while on the 
11faculty, he served as editor of the SIUE literary magazine 
12Sou'wester; he earned his Ph.D in English from the University 
13of Texas at Austin in 1970 and his Bachelor of arts degree from 
14Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1965; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, He was an avid upland game hunter and trout 
16fisherman, and spent much of his free time hunting game birds 
17in Illinois' State parks, with frequent expeditions to 
18Michigan, Mississippi, and elsewhere; he took pride in the 5 
19Brittanies he raised for bird hunting, especially his first 
20dog, Belle, and his last dog, Vicky; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and by 
 
 
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1his brother, Peter Ford Robbins; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Fred Robbins is survived by his wife, Stephanie; 
3his children, Jefferson Robbins and Miranda Robbins; his 
4brother, Cecil Hunt Robbins; and 4 grandchildren; therefore, be 
5it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
8his family and friends, the passing of Fred Robbins; and be it 
9further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to the family of Fred Robbins as a symbol of our 
12sincere sympathy.