Bill Text: IL SR0842 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of George R. Arnold of Edwardsville.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR0842 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SR0842-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of George R. Arnold of Edwardsville, who
passed away on May 14, 2010; and
WHEREAS, George Arnold was born September 11, 1916, in
Carbondale; he was the son of the late William Edward and
Elizabeth H., nee Scott, Arnold; he married Mildred Caviness on
December 22, 1956, in Pinckneyville; and
WHEREAS, George Arnold was a veteran of the U.S. Navy
during World War II; he became an Ensign at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station in 1942; he served as an instructor of
physics, navigation, and meteorology for the naval cadets in
Glenview Naval Air Station in Glenview; he then received 12
months of instruction in Aerology in Annapolis, Maryland in
1943 and 1944; he was then assigned to the Naval Station in the
Port of Spain at Trinidad, West Indies; from 1945 to 1946, he
served as an instructor at the naval air station in Corpus
Christie, Texas; after his service in the military, he was a
partner in Arnold Orchards in Carbondale, specializing in
apples and peaches; and
WHEREAS, George Arnold retired as a professor of physics
and environmental science after 10 years at SIU-Carbondale and

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17 years at SIU-Edwardsville; he received his bachelor's degree
in education, physics, and mathematics from SIU-Carbondale in
1939; he then received his master's degree in physics from the
University of Illinois in 1940 and his doctor of science degree
in environmental science from Washington University; he was the
first person to receive a doctorate on air pollution from
Washington University; and
WHEREAS, George Arnold was an active member in many
organizations; he served as president of the Lewis & Clark
Society, acting president of MCCA, executive secretary of
IMRPAC, chairman of the Illinois Corridor, co-chair of the
Illinois-Missouri Trails Coalition, archivist for the
Marquette-Joliet Tercentennial, chairman of the Piasa
Palisades Sierra Group, president of the Vadalabene Nature
Trail Volunteers, secretary of the Grassroots Trailnet
Committee, member of the Mississippi River Corridor Study
Commission, and a member of the MRPC; and
WHEREAS, George Arnold was the recipient of the
Edwardsville Meritorious Service Award in 1959; in 2000, he was
honored by the Madison County Transit for the role he played to
pave the way for a world-class bikeway system in Madison
County; in 1970, George, along with the help of Senator Sam
Vadalabene, introduced legislation for creating bikeways
throughout the State of Illinois; in 1986, he promoted Wood

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River as the number one site of the National Lewis and Clark
Trail as a member of the Lewis and Clark Society; he, along
with Congressman Jerry Costello and Governor Jim Edgar, helped
obtain 7 million dollars for the construction of the new Lewis &
Clark Bicentennial Interpretive Center, which had 185,000
visitors during its 1st year; and
WHEREAS, George Arnold was preceded in death by his wife
and his brothers, Clyde Arnold, Clarence Arnold, and Ralph
Arnold; and
WHEREAS, George Arnold is survived by his sister, Marian
Calnon, and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
his family and friends, the passing of George R. Arnold; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of George Arnold as an expression of
our sympathy.