Full Text of SR1732 99th 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 Frederic Kris Lehman of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on February 10, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Frederic Lehman was born on February 5, 1924 in | 6 | | New York City; his parents were David Henry Lehman and Olga | 7 | | Isabel Lehman; he married Sheila Geyer on September 10, 1956 in | 8 | | New York; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, At the age of 3, Frederic Lehman went to live with | 10 | | the family of his father's cousin in Calcutta, India, where he | 11 | | remained until the age of 4; he later moved with his family to | 12 | | Lashio, Burma, where he apprenticed in the family gem trade at | 13 | | the age of 14; in 1940, he left Burma to visit his parents when | 14 | | he was caught up in World War II; he served mostly in the | 15 | | Merchant Navy and injured his back in a German attack on his | 16 | | convoy; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Frederic Lehman took his high | 18 | | school equivalency at DeWitt Clinton High School before | 19 | | entering New York University, where he studied mathematics and | 20 | | theoretical physics and minored in languages and social | 21 | | sciences and graduated with honors in 1949; he later entered | 22 | | Columbia University and studied anthropology and linguistics, |
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| 1 | | earning his Ph.D. in 1959 after returning from his first major | 2 | | field trip to the Chin Hills of Burma with his wife and son; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Frederic Lehman took his first academic | 5 | | appointment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, | 6 | | becoming an assistant professor in 1960-1961; he became a | 7 | | tenured associate professor in 1965 and a professor in 1968; he | 8 | | also conducted field research in Burma, Thailand, India, and | 9 | | China; he retired as an emeritus professor of anthropology, | 10 | | linguistics, and cognitive sciences in the spring of 2009; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, After his retirement, Frederic Lehman continued | 12 | | to collaborate with colleagues around the world and remained on | 13 | | the cutting edge of his interests, giving papers at | 14 | | conferences, writing, and publishing until two months before | 15 | | his passing; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Frederic Lehman is survived by his wife, Sheila; | 17 | | his sons, Mark Alexander Lehman (Sandra Edwards) and Charles | 18 | | Frederic Albert Lehman; his grandchildren, Tamisha LaShawn | 19 | | McClendon, Brandon Alexander Lehman, and Cameron Alexander | 20 | | Lehman; his daughter-in-law, Barbara J. Lehman; and his | 21 | | favorite dog, Kai; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 2 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Frederic Kris Lehman; | 3 | | and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Frederic Lehman as an expression of | 6 | | our sympathy.
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