Full Text of SR1164 102nd 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 Robert F. Rich, Ph.D, who passed away | 4 | | on August 7, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich was born in Chicago on August 2, 1949; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich's career included research, writing, | 8 | | teaching, and consulting in a variety of fields with an | 9 | | emphasis on health law, mental health policy, and law, as well | 10 | | as a pioneering role in the field of knowledge management and | 11 | | utilization; his career began in 1971 as a Deutscher | 12 | | Akademischer Austauschdienst Fullbright Scholar at the Freie | 13 | | Universität Berlin; he received the Marc Perry Galler Award | 14 | | from the University of Chicago for Best Doctoral Dissertation | 15 | | in the Graduate Social Science Division and the Leonard D. | 16 | | White Award from the American Political Science Association | 17 | | for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Area of Public | 18 | | Administration; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich was an internationally renowned scholar; | 20 | | his career included appointments at the University of | 21 | | Michigan, Princeton University, Carnegie Mellon University, | 22 | | and the University of Illinois; he was also a permanent fellow |
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| 1 | | at the European Center for Comparative Government and Public | 2 | | Policy with the Humboldt, Free and Technical Universities in | 3 | | Berlin, Germany; he was a guest lecturer in Ecuador, China, | 4 | | and Russia; he was also a visiting scholar at the Max Planck | 5 | | Institute for Foreign and International Social Law as well as | 6 | | the Brookings Institute and Johns Hopkins University; he was | 7 | | the commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins in 1994 for the | 8 | | School of Arts and Sciences; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich served as the director of the Institute | 10 | | of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois | 11 | | from 1986 until he retired in 2012; he valued every | 12 | | opportunity to mentor, engage with the community, and teach | 13 | | others; his community engagement included volunteer work with | 14 | | B'nai B'rith, the Urban League, the League of Women Voters, | 15 | | and the Kiwanis Club; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich's career highlights at the University of | 17 | | Illinois include holding the positions of director of the Jon | 18 | | David and Elizabeth Epstein Health Law and Policy Program at | 19 | | the College of Law and acting head of the Medical Humanities | 20 | | and Social Sciences Program; in addition to his appointments | 21 | | in the Colleges of Law, Medicine, and Political Science, he | 22 | | held appointments in the community health and environmental | 23 | | studies programs; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich received an award from the Miriam K. | 2 | | Mills Research Center for Super-Optimizing Analysis and | 3 | | Developing Nations in 1996 that best encapsulates his career, | 4 | | which reads as follows, "The Thomas Jefferson Award for | 5 | | outstanding contributions to promoting free speech, due | 6 | | process, and merit treatment, also democratic governance and | 7 | | ethical interaction to Robert Rich, political science | 8 | | superstar."; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, As the inaugural recipient in 1993, Dr. Rich was | 10 | | most proud of receiving the Robert F. Rich Research Award from | 11 | | the World Federation for Mental Health Scientific Committee on | 12 | | Mental Health Needs of Victims; he also received the 2004 | 13 | | University of Illinois Campus Faculty Award for Excellence in | 14 | | Public Engagement, the Emil Limbach Teaching Award from | 15 | | Carnegie Mellon University School of Urban and Public Affairs | 16 | | for "Excellence in the Classroom", and the Aaron Wildavsky | 17 | | Enduring Contribution Award from the American Political | 18 | | Science Association for the best publication in policy studies | 19 | | for "Utilization of Policy Research", a chapter in the | 20 | | Encyclopedia of Policy Studies (Second Edition) that he | 21 | | co-authored with Cheol H. Oh; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich enjoyed reading, fishing, games, going | 23 | | to the beach, and spending time with his family; he cheered on | 24 | | the Illini and the Chicago Cubs and was incredibly proud of his |
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| 1 | | children and grandchildren, bragging about their | 2 | | accomplishments at every opportunity; one of his favorite | 3 | | titles was grandpa or "Opa"; he loved engaging with his | 4 | | grandchildren in whatever way made them laugh, and his deep | 5 | | love for his family endures in the love they show each other; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich is survived by his wife of 48 years, | 8 | | Lucy; his children, Rebecca (Matthew), Rachel Zara (Mark), and | 9 | | Max (Elizabeth); his grandchildren, Joseph, Nelia, and Adele; | 10 | | and his brother, Dennis (Elizabeth); therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Robert F. Rich, Ph.D and extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Dr. Rich as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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