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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of James R. "Jim" Gallaugher of East Moline,
4who passed away on April 13, 2019; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher was born in East Moline to E. Roy
6and Myrtis Dykes Gallaugher on July 27, 1935; he graduated from
7United Township High School in 1953 and attended the University
8of Illinois on a Rock Island Railroad scholarship; he graduated
9in 1957 with an engineering degree and married Joan Getty; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher served in the U.S. Navy for five
11years on active duty and 20 years in the Naval Reserve; he
12achieved the rank of Captain in the Civil Engineer Corp with
13various duties, including serving in the Panama Canal Zone and
14as Commanding Officer of the 26th Seabee Battalion
15headquartered in Glenview; his duties took him to every state
16in the U.S. and eight foreign countries; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher was employed as a civilian by the
18U.S. Army at Rock Island Arsenal, serving as project engineer
19on the Copperhead Artillery Shell, the M203 Grenade Launcher
20Attachment, and as the Army's Chief Engineer on the M16 Rifle;
21for the last 14 years, he served as Director of the Industrial
22Engineering Activity; he retired as a GS-15; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher attended the National Defense
2University in Washington, D.C., the Federal Executive
3Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Jungle Warfare
4School in Panama; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher received numerous awards and
6recognitions from both the Army and Navy; he was named by the
7American Legion as the most decorated Air Force ROTC cadet at
8the University of Illinois; and
 
9    WHEREAS, After retirement from the Navy and Army, Jim
10Gallaugher was employed for 10 years by the Illinois
11Environmental Protection Agency as an Air Pollution Control
12Engineer, retiring in December 2000; he remained active with
13his 185-acre tree farm near Viola; he was a member of the
14National Defense Executive Reserve; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher was a 32nd Degree Mason; he was
16listed in Who's Who in the Midwest and Who's Who in Technology;
17he was a past president of Delta Phi Social Fraternity at the
18University of Illinois, past president of the local chapter of
19the American Defense Preparedness Association, and past
20president of the Navy Reserve Association; he served
21voluntarily for several years as a consultant to the
22engineering departments of Iowa State University and St.

 

 

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1Ambrose University; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher was preceded in death by his
3parents and his sisters, Reba Gallaugher and Wanda Reeves; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Jim Gallaugher is survived by his wife, Joan; his
5children, Kathryn Douglass, Jeffrey Gallaugher, Cynthia Ross,
6and Joel (Marta) Gallaugher; eight grandchildren; 10
7great-grandchildren; and his sister, Patricia Place;
8therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
11James R. "Jim" Gallaugher and extend our sincere condolences to
12his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
13further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to the family of Jim Gallaugher as an expression of
16our deepest sympathy.