Bill Text: IL SR1078 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dr. Zia Hassan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR1078 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1078-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 Zia Hassan Ph.D., who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | October 29, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Hassan received
his bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 6 | mechanical engineering at the University of Punjab in Pakistan | ||||||
| 7 | and migrated to United States in the 1956; he earned his | ||||||
| 8 | master's degree in l958 and his doctorate in 1965 in industrial | ||||||
| 9 | engineering from the Illinois Institute of
Technology, Chicago | ||||||
| 10 | (IIT); and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Hassan began his career as a lecturer at IIT | ||||||
| 12 | in the early 1960s and became Dean of the Stuart School of | ||||||
| 13 | Business; he taught business
policy and quality management; he | ||||||
| 14 | published over 30 papers, co-authored Basic Programs for | ||||||
| 15 | Production and
Operations Management, and wrote the chapter | ||||||
| 16 | "Design of Interrelated Manufacturing and Quality
Systems" in | ||||||
| 17 | the Manufacturing High Technology Handbook; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Dr. Hassan was a Fellow of the American
Society | ||||||
| 19 | for Quality and served as an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige | ||||||
| 20 | National Quality Award; he was one of the founding members and | ||||||
| 21 | the
first chairman of board of trustees for the Islamic | ||||||
| 22 | Foundation in Villa Park; he was chairman of
the Islamic | ||||||
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| 1 | Foundation for over 40 years and during his tenure it grew from | ||||||
| 2 | a small weekend religious
school to one of the largest Islamic | ||||||
| 3 | Centers in the United States; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Dr. Hassan was the Chairman
Emeritus of the | ||||||
| 5 | Islamic Foundation and Dean Emeritus of IIT's Stuart School of | ||||||
| 6 | Business; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Hassan is
survived by his wife, Dr. Shakeela | ||||||
| 8 | Hassan; three daughters; and five grandchildren; therefore, be | ||||||
| 9 | it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | Zia Hassan Ph.D., and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 13 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Dr. Hassan as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | deepest sympathy.
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