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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Robert Lewis "Bob" Niblack, who passed
4away on April 28, 2019; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bob Niblack was born in San Francisco, California
6to Howard and Louise Niblack on February 14, 1928; he grew up
7in Waukegan, where he graduated high school; he earned a degree
8in diary technology from the University of Illinois; he served
9in the United States Army Veterinary Corps; he married Elaine,
10the mother of his three children, in 1951; she preceded him in
11death; he later married Joyce; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Bob Niblack began his career at Armour & Company
13as a food research chemist; during this time, he graduated from
14John Marshall Law School in Chicago; he then practiced as a
15patent attorney at Armour and then at Abbott Laboratories; at
16Abbott, he served as Chief Patent & Trademark Counsel for
17nearly two decades; he then established the law firm of Niblack &
18 Niblack with his wife, Joyce; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Bob Niblack was president of the
20Myeloproliferrrative Neoplasm (MPN) Education Foundation,
21which was founded by Joyce; after her passing, he continued to
22serve as director; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Bob Niblack enjoyed answering questions,
2especially about food and pharmaceuticals, and often provided
3extremely detailed answers; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Bob Niblack is survived by his children, Robert
5Jr. (Karen Morse), Eileen, and James (Elizabeth Rimsza); his
6granddaughter, Monica Niblack (Bryce Simmer); and his sister,
7Ellen Frew; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
10Robert Lewis "Bob" Niblack and extend our sincere condolences
11to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
12it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to the family of Bob Niblack as an expression of our
15deepest sympathy.