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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Robert Carr "Bob" Lanphier III of | ||||||
4 | Springfield and of Glen Arbor, Michigan, who passed away on | ||||||
5 | December 30, 2023; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Bob Lanphier was born to Robert C. Lanphier Jr. | ||||||
7 | and Mary Catherine Lanphier in London, England on November 13, | ||||||
8 | 1932; he attended elementary school at the Highgate School for | ||||||
9 | Boys in London before his parents, who were originally from | ||||||
10 | Springfield, had the family return to the United States in | ||||||
11 | August 1939; he then attended the Arnold School and Butler | ||||||
12 | Grade School in Springfield; he spent one year at Springfield | ||||||
13 | High School before attending The Choate School in Wallingford, | ||||||
14 | Connecticut; he then spent a post-graduate year at the Harrow | ||||||
15 | School outside London before attending Yale University in New | ||||||
16 | Haven, Connecticut, where he earned degrees in mathematics, | ||||||
17 | electrical engineering, and industrial administration; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Bob Lanphier entered the Manufacturing Training | ||||||
19 | Program at the General Electric Company in 1956 before | ||||||
20 | returning to Springfield and joining the Sangamo Electric | ||||||
21 | Company, a firm founded by his grandfather; he then joined the | ||||||
22 | DICKEY-john Corporation, a start-up company, as chief | ||||||
23 | executive officer in 1967; over the course of his career, the |
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1 | company grew from one employee to over 1,000 employees, making | ||||||
2 | it one of the largest employers in the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, Bob Lanphier was elected to the National Academy | ||||||
4 | of Engineering in 1992; he served as chairman for a number of | ||||||
5 | business-related organizations, including the Farm and | ||||||
6 | Industrial Equipment Institute, the American Society of | ||||||
7 | Agriculture Engineers, and the Future Farmers of America; he | ||||||
8 | was on the advisory boards of the Colleges of Engineering, | ||||||
9 | Agriculture, and Finance at the University of Illinois; he | ||||||
10 | also served on the board of directors of Memorial Medical | ||||||
11 | Center in Springfield for 28 years, including as chairman; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Bob Lanphier enjoyed organizing educational | ||||||
13 | experiences for his grandchildren and visiting them at their | ||||||
14 | respective colleges annually, and he loved spending time at | ||||||
15 | his family home on Glen Lake in Glen Arbor, Michigan; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, Bob Lanphier was preceded in death by his | ||||||
17 | sisters, Jeanne Lanphier Lawrence and Nancy Lanphier Chapin; | ||||||
18 | and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, Bob Lanphier is survived by his partner, Shelley | ||||||
20 | Walter; his children, Robert C. (Penny Stradal/Linda Hoch) | ||||||
21 | Lanphier IV, Edward Oliver (Cameron McClellan) Lanphier II, | ||||||
22 | Jonathon MacHarg (Laura Rose) Lanphier Sr., and Lillie |
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1 | Margaret (John M.) Hawn; 13 grandchildren; 11 | ||||||
2 | great-grandchildren; his sister, Mary L. (Roger) Collins; and | ||||||
3 | numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it | ||||||
4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
6 | Robert Carr "Bob" Lanphier III and extend our sincere | ||||||
7 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
8 | him; and be it further | ||||||
9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the family of Bob Lanphier as an expression of our | ||||||
11 | deepest sympathy. |