Full Text of SR0698 96th General Assembly
SR0698 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Dr. David Arnold Frier Jr. of | 4 |
| Springfield, who passed away on February 27, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Illinois Prisoner Review | 6 |
| Board and served under two governors; he was born in Benton in | 7 |
| 1931; and
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| WHEREAS, He received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral | 9 |
| degrees from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; he was | 10 |
| a tenured professor at Western Illinois University, where he | 11 |
| taught political science for 20 years; a number of his | 12 |
| students, including Mary Matalin and Senator Kirk Dillard, went | 13 |
| on to political careers; and
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| WHEREAS, He was also a noted antique dealer and collector | 15 |
| and for many years had a shop in Macomb, as well as exhibiting | 16 |
| at shows around the Midwest; he was known for painting Illinois | 17 |
| River duck decoys, which are widely sold at shows across the | 18 |
| United States and on eBay; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. David Frier is survived by his wife, Yasna; | 20 |
| and his six children, Timothy David, Kerry Dee, Randy Ryan, | 21 |
| Bruce Hale, Jennifer Rae, and John David; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of David Frier Jr.; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Dr. David Frier Jr. as a symbol of | 7 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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