Bill Text: IL SR0923 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William Mego of Naperville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0923 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0923-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of William "Bill" Mego of Naperville, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on September 1, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, William Mego was born in Chicago to Captain | ||||||
| 6 | "Butch" and Edna Mego on January 25, 1944 and moved to | ||||||
| 7 | Naperville in 1951; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, William Mego was a biologist with a Ph.D. in | ||||||
| 9 | Molecular Biophysics; he was an adjunct professor at University | ||||||
| 10 | of Illinois Chicago, teaching genetics and specializing in | ||||||
| 11 | research into the molecular structure of DNA; he was a | ||||||
| 12 | researcher at Argonne National Laboratory in bio-remediation | ||||||
| 13 | of hazardous waste sites, applying technology to manufacturing | ||||||
| 14 | problems, and in removing impurities from coal; he was awarded | ||||||
| 15 | a patent on biphasic extraction of hazardous waste from | ||||||
| 16 | manufacturing streams; he was also an adjunct professor of art | ||||||
| 17 | at The Art Institute of Chicago, where he taught computer | ||||||
| 18 | graphics and robotics; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, William Mego wrote a free-lance weekly opinion | ||||||
| 20 | column for the Naperville Sun Newspaper from 1988 until | ||||||
| 21 | September of 2017 and helped shape public opinions on many | ||||||
| 22 | issues; he was also the author of "The Limbus of the Moon"; for | ||||||
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| 1 | many years, he was the Naperville representative for the | ||||||
| 2 | Salvation Army; born on the south side of Chicago, he was a | ||||||
| 3 | true fan of the Chicago White Sox; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, William Mego was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, William Mego is survived by his wife, Nancy | ||||||
| 7 | (Straubing); his sons, Will Mego (Jessica) and Tim Straubing | ||||||
| 8 | (Cassandra); his daughter, Kim Straubing: and his grandsons, | ||||||
| 9 | Marcus Precht, Joseph Precht, and Wyatt Straubing; therefore, | ||||||
| 10 | be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | William "Bill" Mego, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 14 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of William Mego as an expression of our | ||||||
| 18 | deepest sympathy.
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