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92_SR0226
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Robert Beart, Sr., who passed away on September 12, 2001;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, Robert W. Beart, Sr. was born on November 13,
7 1917 in Chicago and graduated from Roosevelt High School in
8 1935; he later enrolled at Augustana College where he
9 excelled both in academics as a chemistry major, and
10 athletics as a track and football letterman; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Beart served as a meteorologist and weather
12 officer to General Curtis LeMay during World War II; Mr.
13 Beart participated in the weather forecasting that allowed
14 the United States to bomb both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan;
15 and
16 WHEREAS, After returning from the war, Mr. Beart worked
17 at Illinois Tool Works, Inc. as a metallurgist while
18 completing classes at Chicago-Kent Law School; after
19 graduation, he went to work in his uncle's law firm of Olson
20 and Trexler, which represented Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; he
21 subsequently became General Counsel to Illinois Tool Works,
22 Inc. and later a director; Mr. Beart was considered a pillar
23 to the technlogy-based business at Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
24 due to his outstanding contributions; he was instrumental in
25 developing the technology base that the company now enjoys
26 due to his heightened activity in patenting inventions and
27 protection against infringement of the company's intellectual
28 property; and
29 WHEREAS, In addition to his degrees from Augustana
30 College and Kent College of Law, Mr. Beart also attained a
31 Master of Law degree in patent law from The John Marshall Law
32 School; and
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1 WHEREAS, Mr. Beart and his wife, Helen, had long been
2 active in charitable activities and community affairs; Mr.
3 Beart served as chairman of the board at Lutheran General
4 Hospital, as president of Illinois Lutheran Social Services,
5 on the Board of Overseers at Kent College of Law, as chairman
6 of Park Ridge School District #207, and as president of
7 Lutheran Mutual Insurance Company of Waverly, Iowa, now the
8 CUNA companies; in addition, Mr. Beart and his wife were
9 supporters of the Uhlich Children's Home, The John Marshall
10 Law School, and Lutheran Home and Services for the Aged; and
11 WHEREAS, The passing of Robert W. Beart, Sr. will be
12 deeply felt by all those who knew and loved him, especially
13 his wife of 58 years, Helen; his children, Dr. Robert W. Jr.
14 (wife, Cindy) Beart and Beth J. (husband, George) Drost; his
15 grandchildren, Julie (husband, William) Hibler, Michael T.
16 (wife, Kaitrin) and Charles Drost, Jennifer Beart, Kristi
17 (husband, Bryce) Barns, and Amy Beart; his great-grandson,
18 John W. Hibler; and his sisters, Grace Juel, Ruth York, and
19 Helen (husband, Mark) Thomas; therefore, be it
20 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
21 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
22 all who knew him, the death of Robert W. Beart, Sr. of
23 Arlington Heights, Illinois; and be it further
24 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
25 presented to the family of Robert W. Beart, Sr. with our
26 sincere condolences.