Full Text of SR1045 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Richard P. Henke, who passed away on | 4 | | April 9, 2023; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Henke graduated cum laude from Knox | 6 | | College in 1956 with a degree in chemistry; while at Knox, he | 7 | | participated in intramural swimming and track, served as | 8 | | treasurer of Campus Chest, and was a member and president of | 9 | | Phi Gamma Delta; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Richard Henke attended Stanford Medical School | 11 | | and received his M.D. in 1960; he continued his career with an | 12 | | internship and residencies in internal medicine and pathology | 13 | | at the University of Minnesota and the University of | 14 | | California School of Medicine; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Richard Henke was certified by the American Board | 16 | | of Pathology in 1966 and served as a pathologist in private | 17 | | practices in Daly City and Long Beach, California; he was | 18 | | affiliated with the American Society for Microbiology and the | 19 | | American Society of Clinical Pathologists; he served on the | 20 | | board of the Association for Practitioners in Infection | 21 | | Control and for two terms as the president of the California | 22 | | Society of Pathologists; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Richard Henke was involved in graduate and | 2 | | postgraduate education at the University of California, | 3 | | Irvine, California State University Dominguez Hills, and | 4 | | California State University of Long Beach, where he helped | 5 | | educate physicians, nurses, and laboratory technologists; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Richard Henke's devotion to both his family and | 7 | | Knox College was evident to all who knew him; he and his late | 8 | | wife, Sophia Dimitriadis, made several notable contributions | 9 | | to the college, including the Henke Distinguished | 10 | | Professorship endowment, which honors a faculty member who | 11 | | demonstrates excellence in undergraduate teaching, the Richard | 12 | | P. and Sophia D. Henke Music Fund, which supports various | 13 | | initiatives and capital needs of the music department, | 14 | | enabling the program to be dynamic and student-centered, and | 15 | | the Richard P. and Sophia D. Henke Library Fellowship, which | 16 | | provides an immersive experience in academic librarianship for | 17 | | students interested in libraries and archives as a possible | 18 | | career; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Henke was an active volunteer in his | 20 | | community, local city government, library district, and | 21 | | professional organizations; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Richard Henke was preceded in death by his wife, |
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| 1 | | Sophia; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Richard Henke was | 3 | | survived by loving family members, including his son, William | 4 | | Henke, and his granddaughter, Sophia Elswick; therefore, be it | 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Richard P. Henke and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Richard Henke as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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