Full Text of SR0396 101st 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 Keith Randall Erickson of Urbana, who | 4 | | passed away on April 26, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson was born in Chicago to Robert and | 6 | | Emilie (Sasko) Erickson on November 14, 1948; he graduated from | 7 | | Maine South High School in Park Ridge and attended Bradley | 8 | | University; he received his bachelor's degree in electrical | 9 | | engineering from the University of Illinois and married | 10 | | Virginia Peverly in Clinton on July 26, 1980; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson was employed by the University of | 12 | | Illinois's Facilities and Services division for 40 years, most | 13 | | recently as the associate director of Utilities & Energy | 14 | | Services Distribution; he was an integral part of the | 15 | | construction of the university's solar farm; he was also | 16 | | employed part time as an electrical expert by Ruhl Forensic, | 17 | | Inc.; he was elected vice president of small utilities to the | 18 | | J.U.L.I.E. Board of Directors and was appointed the energy | 19 | | sector chief with InfraGard, a civilian FBI partner | 20 | | organization; he successfully completed the FBI Citizens | 21 | | Academy program; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson was a member of the Illinois and |
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| 1 | | the National Society of Professional Engineers, the | 2 | | International Association of Arson Investigators, the National | 3 | | Safety Council, and the International Association of | 4 | | Electrical Inspectors; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson was the recipient of numerous | 6 | | awards during his professional career, including the Cecil | 7 | | Coleman Award for public safety, the Chancellor's Academic | 8 | | Professional Excellence Award, and the ISPE Professional | 9 | | Engineering Management Award; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson was an advocate of personal | 11 | | integrity and public safety; he served on the City of Urbana | 12 | | Building Safety Code Board of Appeals, the City of Urbana | 13 | | Property Maintenance Code Board of Appeals, and the Champaign | 14 | | County Local Emergency Planning Committee; he was also a | 15 | | Republican precinct committeeman in Champaign County and a | 16 | | charter member of Copper Creek Church in Champaign; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson supported his children in their | 18 | | activities by coaching soccer, attending games, and timing swim | 19 | | meets; he was always eager to share his engineering and | 20 | | electrical knowledge with young students, Scouts, and | 21 | | university students; he was a judge for many years at the | 22 | | Engineering Open House; his favorite activities were spending | 23 | | time with his family, cheering on the Illini football and |
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| 1 | | basketball teams, patrolling campus on foot with his cocker | 2 | | spaniel Coco, and vacationing in Door County, Wisconsin; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson was preceded in death by his | 4 | | parents and his sister, Karen Potts; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Keith Erickson is survived by his wife, Virginia; | 6 | | his children, Cynthia (Bob) Heren and Kevin (Kari) Erickson; | 7 | | and his grandchildren, Lydia, Caleb, and Andrew; therefore, be | 8 | | it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Keith Randall Erickson and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Keith Erickson as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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