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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of former Mayor of Urbana Hiram Paley of
4Urbana, who passed away on January 9, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born in Rochester, New York, on September
69, 1933, he was the son of the late Lesser and Zelda Paley;
7after attending Monroe High School in Rochester, he graduated
8summa cum laude from the University of Rochester with a
9bachelor's degree in mathematics (1955); he followed with M.A.
10and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of
11Wisconsin-Madison in 1956 and 1959; and
 
12    WHEREAS, He came to the University of Illinois in 1959 as
13an assistant professor of mathematics and was promoted to
14associate professor in 1966, a position he held until his
15retirement in 2003; from 1989 to 1991, he taught college math
16courses in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the Midwest Universities
17Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA); and
 
18    WHEREAS, He served 2 terms as alderman on the Urbana City
19Council (1967-1973) and one term as mayor of Urbana
20(1973-1977); he was an active member of the local Democratic
21Party and was proud to serve as the chair of United States
22Senator Dick Durbin's Champaign County campaign in 1996, 2002,

 

 

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1and 2008; he served terms on the boards of the Urban League of
2Champaign County and the CCDC Foundation in the 1980s, and on
3the board of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Champaign County
4(known formerly as the Champaign County Memorial Society) from
51986-2002, with a term as president from 2000-2002; and
 
6    WHEREAS, He was a member of the American Civil Liberties
7Union (ACLU) since 1960 and served multiple times as the
8Champaign Chapter representative to the Illinois ACLU, as well
9as on the ACLU's state board; in 2005, he received the Roger
10Baldwin Award of the Illinois ACLU for a lifetime of service to
11civil rights and civil liberties; and
 
12    WHEREAS, In 1981, following a course in darkroom
13photography at Parkland College, he joined the Champaign County
14Camera Club and was an active member, serving multiple terms as
15president; in 2004-2006, he served as president of the Central
16Illinois Camera Clubs Association; he was instrumental in
17organizing an annual community Best in Show photo competition;
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, He was a dedicated Illinois athletics fan, and he
20and his wife rarely missed a home men's basketball game; he
21also enjoyed attending events with his wife at the Krannert
22Center for the Performing Arts; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Hiram Paley is survived by his wife of 50 years,
2Jean Passovoy Paley; his son, Joshua (Suzanne); his daughters,
3Elizabeth (Stefan) and Nina; his grandchildren, Allison,
4Karen, Trevor, and Elias; his sister, Marcia (Morton) Camac;
5and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore,
6be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
9his family and friends, the passing of Hiram Paley; and be it
10further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the family of Hiram Paley as a symbol of our
13sincere sympathy.