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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Louis |
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| Frederick Welch of Urbana, who passed away on March 13, 2009; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was born at Linden, Tennessee, on March 29, |
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| 1931, to Louis and Hilda Houston Welch; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from the University of Tennessee, |
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| Auburn University, and Iowa State University; he was a member |
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| of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta, |
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| Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi; and
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| WHEREAS, He was elected a fellow in the Soil Science |
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| Society of America and in the American Society of Agronomy; he |
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| worked at the Georgia Experiment Station, the United States |
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| Department of Agriculture, and the agronomy department at the |
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| University of Illinois; his research dealt with soil fertility |
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| and fertilizers; he retired from the U of I in 1990; since |
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| retirement, Marilyn and Fred have enjoyed travel, collecting |
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| seashells, and fossilized shark teeth; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Welch truly "had never met a stranger" and |
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| "never had a bad day"; and
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