Bill Text: IL SR0289 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Elon Wilson Frampton Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-11 - Resolution Adopted [SR0289 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0289-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Elon "Lon" Wilson Frampton Jr., who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 20, 2010 at the age of 86; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton was born to Elon Wilson Sr. and Anna | ||||||
| 6 | (Callahan) Frampton in New York City, New York on July 27, | ||||||
| 7 | 1924; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton married Priscilla Burhans in | ||||||
| 9 | Alexandria, Virginia on August 16, 1958, and she passed away | ||||||
| 10 | on June 30, 2022; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton began his science career at the | ||||||
| 12 | Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute in New York City; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton served in the U.S. Army during World | ||||||
| 14 | War II, through which he was accepted into the Army | ||||||
| 15 | Specialized Training Program; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton later joined the 78th Division HQ | ||||||
| 17 | Special Troops Medical Detachment and served as a medic in the | ||||||
| 18 | European Theater; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton's service included being present at | ||||||
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| 1 | the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Remagen; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, After the war's conclusion, Lon Frampton worked | ||||||
| 3 | in the laboratory at University College Hospital in London, | ||||||
| 4 | England; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton's educational journey led him to | ||||||
| 6 | receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University, a | ||||||
| 7 | Master of Science degree from Northwestern University, and a | ||||||
| 8 | Ph.D. in bacteriology from the University of Illinois at | ||||||
| 9 | Urbana-Champaign; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton served on the faculty at the | ||||||
| 11 | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston as | ||||||
| 12 | a radiation biologist for ten years; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton later joined the faculty at Northern | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois University in the Department of Biological Sciences; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton established R&F Laboratories with | ||||||
| 17 | Dr. Lawrence Restaino, a laboratory specializing in food | ||||||
| 18 | safety research and testing; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton loved golfing and baseball and was a | ||||||
| 20 | lifelong fan of the Major League Baseball team the Athletics, | ||||||
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| 1 | from their original home in Philadelphia to their current home | ||||||
| 2 | in Oakland; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton was a member of First United | ||||||
| 4 | Methodist Church in DeKalb, the American Society for | ||||||
| 5 | Microbiology, Sigma Xi, and the Radiation Research Society; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 8 | and his brother, Frank; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Lon Frampton is survived by his son, Richard, and | ||||||
| 10 | his daughter, Gail; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Elon "Lon" Wilson Frampton Jr. and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 14 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 15 | him; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Elon Frampton as an expression of | ||||||
| 18 | our deepest sympathy.
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