Full Text of SR0182 94th General Assembly
SR0182 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Fred A. Hillbruner of | 4 |
| Chicago on November 15, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hillbruner was born January 18, 1946, in | 6 |
| Chicago, to Fred Sr. and Jean Hillbruner; he graduated in 1964 | 7 |
| from Hyde Park High School; while in high school, he played the | 8 |
| flute in the school orchestra, was on the swim team, and took | 9 |
| classes at the Art Institute of Chicago; he attended Cornell | 10 |
| College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, receiving a bachelor's degree in | 11 |
| Art in 1969; he received a master's degree in Library Science | 12 |
| at Rosary College (now Dominican University) in 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Barbara Giloth in 1977; they had two | 14 |
| children, Christopher and Elizabeth; the family shared a love | 15 |
| for international travel, food, and art; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1978, Mr. Hillbruner started work as the Art | 17 |
| Librarian at the School of the Art Institute's John M. Flaxman | 18 |
| Library, later becoming Head of Technical Services as well; he | 19 |
| remained at the Art Institute for 26 years; and
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| WHEREAS, At the Flaxman Library, he was in charge of | 21 |
| library systems, cataloguing, and acquisitions; he mentored | 22 |
| many new librarians and helped to guide student workers into | 23 |
| library or book-arts-related skills; during his time at the | 24 |
| School, he led the library from a card
catalogue to an online | 25 |
| telnet catalogue and through three successive versions of web | 26 |
| accessible online catalogues; his foresight led to the Flaxman | 27 |
| Library's early membership in a number of state and national | 28 |
| library consortia; he also pioneered the cataloguing of | 29 |
| artists' books and was recognized internationally as a leader | 30 |
| in this field; he became an active member of the Art Libraries | 31 |
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| Kingdom; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hillbruner was a lifelong Chicagoan, an | 3 |
| artist, a bookbinder, an
expert cook, a lover of jazz and WBEZ | 4 |
| puzzles, and an
aficionado of Chicago history, architecture, | 5 |
| and WPA era
murals; he sought to promote freedom of speech and
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| international peace through his support of the ACLU and the
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| Adopt-a-Minefield campaign; and
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| WHEREAS, He had a unique, quirky perspective on the world; | 9 |
| he was a highly visual person who loved the nuances of city | 10 |
| life, had a gentle humor about human foibles and fallibilities, | 11 |
| and understood the madness of the world; he was a wonderful | 12 |
| person - sweet, mischievous, and always greeting friends, | 13 |
| family, and strangers with openness and authentic caring; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Barbara; his son and | 15 |
| daughter, Christopher and Elizabeth; his mother; his brother; | 16 |
| and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our sorrow | 19 |
| upon the passing of Fred A. Hillbruner and extend to his | 20 |
| family, friends, and community our most heartfelt sympathy; and | 21 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 24 |
| condolences.
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