Full Text of SR1418 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of John Fitzallen Moore, who passed away on | 4 | | January 31, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Moore was born in London, England to American | 6 | | poets, Louis Untermeyer and Virginia Moore on February 23, | 7 | | 1928; he was born John Moore Untermeyer and was renamed after | 8 | | his parents divorced; he grew up in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, | 9 | | and at his mother's home in Scottsville, Virginia; he was | 10 | | educated at the High Mowing School in New Hampshire, the | 11 | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he co-founded the | 12 | | Tech Model Railroad Club, and Harvard University; he earned his | 13 | | Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University, with a thesis | 14 | | proving the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide on the surface | 15 | | temperature of the planet Venus; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Work in the field of medical electronics and x-ray | 17 | | products led to John Moore founding Bio-Imaging Research, Inc. | 18 | | (BIR) in Lincolnshire in 1980; among many other technologies, | 19 | | BIR devised improvements for computed tomography (CAT) | 20 | | scanners; he retired as Chairman of the Board and CEO of BIR in | 21 | | 2007; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, John Moore held over 20 patents; he was named KPMG |
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| 1 | | Peat Marwich High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 1987; he | 2 | | also received the Arthur Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award | 3 | | in 1989; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, John Moore served as member and Chairman of the | 5 | | Naval Surface Weapons Board of the U.S. Naval Research Advisory | 6 | | Committee for several years; he was also a member of the | 7 | | scientific honor society Sigma Xi; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Moore's retirement was filled with a | 9 | | continued enthusiasm for family, hobbies, and international | 10 | | travel; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Moore was preceded in death by his daughter, | 12 | | Deborah, and his son, Robin; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Moore is survived by his wife, Betty-Ann; his | 14 | | children, Laurel (Michael White) Moore, Marjorie (John) Fish, | 15 | | Sheila (James) Kaplan, Christopher (Tracy Conrad) Moore, and | 16 | | Jonathan Moore; his 12 grandchildren; his eight | 17 | | great-grandchildren; his brother, Laurence Untermeyer; his | 18 | | sister-in-law, Jean Jorgenson; and his nieces and nephews; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | John Fitzallen Moore and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of John Moore as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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