SR0134 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Truman O. Anderson Jr. of Oak Park, who passed away on July 6, 2019 at the age of 92; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson was born to Dr. Truman O. Anderson Sr. and Myrtle V. (Andersen) Anderson on March 26, 1927; he was a native of Chicago's South Side Roseland neighborhood; he grew up in Glenwood and attended Bloom High School in Chicago Heights; he served as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy during World War II; he obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1950; he earned his Master of Science in Microbiology in 1952 and his Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1955; he earned his M.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Medicine in 1960; he married Mary Ann Heineken in Emden in 1953, and they moved to Oak Park in 1960; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson taught at both the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Cook County Hospital for 10 years; he held professorships in both medicine and microbiology, including the Keeton Professorship; he transitioned to administration at UIC in 1969; he was the dean of the School of Basic Sciences from 1970 to 1976; he served as executive dean of UIC's four medical campuses in Chicago, Rockford, Peoria, and Urbana-Champaign from 1976 to 1980; he established UIC College of Medicine's James Scholar Program for Independent Study, which he led for many years; alongside many of his colleagues, he helped maintain the independence of the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago in 1989; he retired in 2011; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson received the Conscience of the College Award in recognition of his lifetime service from UIC College of Medicine in 2007; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson served on the Oak Park and River Forest High School Board from 1978 to 1980; he was active in the Oak Park community for many years; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson was known for the importance he placed on family life, and he reveled in the company of his children and grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, At the time of his death, Dr. Anderson was survived by his children, Mary Beth Logas, Barbara (Richard) Hickey, Truman O. Anderson III (Caroline Humes), and Amy Anderson (David) de Jong; his grandchildren, William Logas, Daniel (Kristen) Logas, Richard Hickey, Meghan Hickey, Elizabeth Hickey, Kelly Hickey, Sean Hickey, Erik Anderson, Eleanor Anderson, Evan de Jong, and Sonja de Jong; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Dr. Truman O. Anderson Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Dr. Anderson as an expression of our deepest sympathy.