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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of John R. Foreman of Champaign, who passed
4away on June 30, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Foreman was born in Decatur to Forrest and
6Susan Jenkins Foreman on September 3, 1952; he graduated from
7Atwood-Hammond High School in 1970; he married Sharon
8Koeberlein at St. Mary's Church in Pesotum on September 21,
91973; he graduated from the University of Illinois in 1977; and
 
10    WHEREAS, John Foreman began his career as a reporter at The
11News-Gazette in 1977; in quick succession, he was named night
12city editor, city editor, managing editor, and
13editor-in-chief; in 2003, he became publisher of The
14News-Gazette; and
 
15    WHEREAS, John Foreman was a distinguished journalist whose
16keen news judgment, outstanding writing and editing abilities,
17and passion for the truth were the engines that drove the
18newsroom to be consistently recognized as among the best in the
19state; he was a past chairman of the Illinois First Amendment
20Center and also served as president of the Illinois Press
21Association and the Illinois Associated Press Editors; he was a
22former chairman of the Mid-America Press Institute and "Project

 

 

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1Sunshine," a Society of Professional Journalists project on
2access to government; he was the first recipient of the James
3C. Craven Award for Freedom of the Press from the Illinois
4Press Association and only the second recipient of the Illinois
5AP Editors Lincoln League of Journalists Award; in 2006, he was
6named the Illinois Journalist of the Year by the faculty at
7Northern Illinois University; and
 
8    WHEREAS, John Foreman loved his family, his dogs, his
9community, and The News-Gazette; he enjoyed restoring and
10collecting fountain pens and taking time to put pen to paper;
11he was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, as well as a fan of
12the Chicago Bears and the Fighting Illini; and
 
13    WHEREAS, John Foreman is survived by his wife, Sharon; his
14children, Shannon (Scott Smith) and Rob Foreman; his brother,
15Michael (Darlene) Stratman; and his sisters, Patricia
16(Maurice) Sefton and Maryan (Robert Smith) Sneed; therefore, be
17it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
20John R. Foreman and extend our sincere condolences to his
21family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of John Foreman as an expression of our
3deepest sympathy.