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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Don Crabb, Chicago Sun-Times computer columnist,
3 and a nationally known educator, writer, broadcaster, and
4 expert on computers and the Internet, recently passed away;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, Donald Crabb was well known due to his Sun-Times
7 column, Saturday night radio program on WGN, his weekly
8 appearances on "Fox Thing in the Morning," and his status as
9 guru-in-residence for the radio programs of Steve Dahl, Spike
10 O'Dell, and the late Bob Collins; and
11 WHEREAS, Don Crabb was associate director of graduate and
12 undergraduate computer science, director of instructional
13 laboratories, and a senior lecturer at the University of
14 Chicago; he originally began his studies on medieval history,
15 but became interested in pursuing a career in computers; and
16 WHEREAS, Don Crabb wrote columns for Digital Chicago,
17 MacWorld, PC magazine, MacTech, and MacToday, as well as many
18 other publications; he was the editor of the "Don Crabb
19 Macintosh Library" for Hayden/Macmillan Books, and was also
20 the author of many other books; and
21 WHEREAS, Don Crabb was a man of broad interests,
22 including Ohio State football, opera, and wine; he loved
23 movies, which was evident by his participation as a student
24 in the University of Chicago film class, taught by film
25 critic and fellow Sun-Times columnist Roger Ebert, for 22
26 years; and
27 WHEREAS, Don Crabb was engaged to Janet Viane of Darien;
28 he was to be stepfather to her children, Matthew, Stephanie,
29 and Jason; he is also survived by his father, Donald Eugene
30 Crabb, his mother, Marilyn Crabb, his sister, Diane McHenry,
31 and his grandfather, Kenneth Crabb; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 his family, friends, colleagues, listeners, and readers, the
4 death of Don Crabb; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Janet Viane and the family of Don Crabb.