Bill Text: IL SR1164 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Robert F. Rich, Ph.D.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR1164 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1164-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 Robert F. Rich, Ph.D, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on August 7, 2022; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich was born in Chicago on August 2, 1949; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich's career included research, writing, | ||||||
8 | teaching, and consulting in a variety of fields with an | ||||||
9 | emphasis on health law, mental health policy, and law, as well | ||||||
10 | as a pioneering role in the field of knowledge management and | ||||||
11 | utilization; his career began in 1971 as a Deutscher | ||||||
12 | Akademischer Austauschdienst Fullbright Scholar at the Freie | ||||||
13 | Universität Berlin; he received the Marc Perry Galler Award | ||||||
14 | from the University of Chicago for Best Doctoral Dissertation | ||||||
15 | in the Graduate Social Science Division and the Leonard D. | ||||||
16 | White Award from the American Political Science Association | ||||||
17 | for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Area of Public | ||||||
18 | Administration; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich was an internationally renowned scholar; | ||||||
20 | his career included appointments at the University of | ||||||
21 | Michigan, Princeton University, Carnegie Mellon University, | ||||||
22 | and the University of Illinois; he was also a permanent fellow |
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1 | at the European Center for Comparative Government and Public | ||||||
2 | Policy with the Humboldt, Free and Technical Universities in | ||||||
3 | Berlin, Germany; he was a guest lecturer in Ecuador, China, | ||||||
4 | and Russia; he was also a visiting scholar at the Max Planck | ||||||
5 | Institute for Foreign and International Social Law as well as | ||||||
6 | the Brookings Institute and Johns Hopkins University; he was | ||||||
7 | the commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins in 1994 for the | ||||||
8 | School of Arts and Sciences; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich served as the director of the Institute | ||||||
10 | of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois | ||||||
11 | from 1986 until he retired in 2012; he valued every | ||||||
12 | opportunity to mentor, engage with the community, and teach | ||||||
13 | others; his community engagement included volunteer work with | ||||||
14 | B'nai B'rith, the Urban League, the League of Women Voters, | ||||||
15 | and the Kiwanis Club; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich's career highlights at the University of | ||||||
17 | Illinois include holding the positions of director of the Jon | ||||||
18 | David and Elizabeth Epstein Health Law and Policy Program at | ||||||
19 | the College of Law and acting head of the Medical Humanities | ||||||
20 | and Social Sciences Program; in addition to his appointments | ||||||
21 | in the Colleges of Law, Medicine, and Political Science, he | ||||||
22 | held appointments in the community health and environmental | ||||||
23 | studies programs; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich received an award from the Miriam K. | ||||||
2 | Mills Research Center for Super-Optimizing Analysis and | ||||||
3 | Developing Nations in 1996 that best encapsulates his career, | ||||||
4 | which reads as follows, "The Thomas Jefferson Award for | ||||||
5 | outstanding contributions to promoting free speech, due | ||||||
6 | process, and merit treatment, also democratic governance and | ||||||
7 | ethical interaction to Robert Rich, political science | ||||||
8 | superstar."; and
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9 | WHEREAS, As the inaugural recipient in 1993, Dr. Rich was | ||||||
10 | most proud of receiving the Robert F. Rich Research Award from | ||||||
11 | the World Federation for Mental Health Scientific Committee on | ||||||
12 | Mental Health Needs of Victims; he also received the 2004 | ||||||
13 | University of Illinois Campus Faculty Award for Excellence in | ||||||
14 | Public Engagement, the Emil Limbach Teaching Award from | ||||||
15 | Carnegie Mellon University School of Urban and Public Affairs | ||||||
16 | for "Excellence in the Classroom", and the Aaron Wildavsky | ||||||
17 | Enduring Contribution Award from the American Political | ||||||
18 | Science Association for the best publication in policy studies | ||||||
19 | for "Utilization of Policy Research", a chapter in the | ||||||
20 | Encyclopedia of Policy Studies (Second Edition) that he | ||||||
21 | co-authored with Cheol H. Oh; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich enjoyed reading, fishing, games, going | ||||||
23 | to the beach, and spending time with his family; he cheered on | ||||||
24 | the Illini and the Chicago Cubs and was incredibly proud of his |
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1 | children and grandchildren, bragging about their | ||||||
2 | accomplishments at every opportunity; one of his favorite | ||||||
3 | titles was grandpa or "Opa"; he loved engaging with his | ||||||
4 | grandchildren in whatever way made them laugh, and his deep | ||||||
5 | love for his family endures in the love they show each other; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Rich is survived by his wife of 48 years, | ||||||
8 | Lucy; his children, Rebecca (Matthew), Rachel Zara (Mark), and | ||||||
9 | Max (Elizabeth); his grandchildren, Joseph, Nelia, and Adele; | ||||||
10 | and his brother, Dennis (Elizabeth); therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
13 | Robert F. Rich, Ph.D 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 Dr. Rich as an expression of our | ||||||
18 | deepest sympathy.
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