Bill Text: IL SR1190 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Craig Crowl Hart.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR1190 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1190-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 Craig Crowl Hart, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | August 27, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Craig Hart was born to Fred J. Hart and Katheryne | ||||||
| 6 | Crowl Hart in Streator on January 11, 1934; he graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | Streator High School in 1952, where he played basketball and | ||||||
| 8 | football;
he studied Accounting at the University of Illinois, | ||||||
| 9 | where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and the Naval | ||||||
| 10 | ROTC program; he was commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade | ||||||
| 11 | in the U.S. Navy, serving on active duty at the Norfolk Naval | ||||||
| 12 | Air Station for two years; he later earned his MBA from the | ||||||
| 13 | University of Illinois; he married Alice Bower in Bloomington | ||||||
| 14 | in 1956; he later married Jane Heggie Major in 1992; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Craig Hart began his career at an accounting firm | ||||||
| 16 | in Bloomington in 1958; he then joined the Bloomington Federal | ||||||
| 17 | Savings and Loan Association; he was named president of | ||||||
| 18 | Bloomington Federal, later Champion Federal, in 1971; he led | ||||||
| 19 | the company for 21 years, overseeing its growth into the | ||||||
| 20 | largest financial institution in downstate Illinois; he | ||||||
| 21 | retired from banking in 1992; he then focused his time and | ||||||
| 22 | energy on building the senior care companies Heritage | ||||||
| 23 | Enterprises, now Heritage Health, and Green Tree Pharmacy, | ||||||
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| 1 | which he and his partners founded in 1960; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, During his banking career, Craig Hart belonged to | ||||||
| 3 | various trade association groups, including the U.S. League of | ||||||
| 4 | Savings Institutions, the Illinois League of Savings | ||||||
| 5 | Institutions, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, and the | ||||||
| 6 | Federal Savings and Loan Council of Illinois; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Craig Hart held several leadership roles across a | ||||||
| 8 | number of organizations, including the Bloomington-Normal | ||||||
| 9 | Jaycees, the McLean County Chamber of Commerce, the Commerce | ||||||
| 10 | Unit of the United Way of McLean County, the Bloomington | ||||||
| 11 | Unlimited Downtown Development Committee, the McLean County | ||||||
| 12 | Art Association, the Bloomington Country Club, State Farm | ||||||
| 13 | Bank, the McLean County Historical Society, the University of | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois College of Commerce Advisory Council, the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | State University Business Advisory Council, and the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | State University Foundation;
he dedicated his time to Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Wesleyan University for 24 years, culminating in him serving | ||||||
| 18 | as president of the Board of Trustees from 1994 to 2005; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Craig Hart was named the second most influential | ||||||
| 20 | person in McLean County by Bloomington's WJBC radio station | ||||||
| 21 | and became the namesake of the Hart Career Center at Illinois | ||||||
| 22 | Wesleyan University; he was also honored as a Significant Sig, | ||||||
| 23 | elected to Who's Who in Business, and named a 2017 History | ||||||
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| 1 | Maker by the McLean County Historical Society; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Craig Hart was a loyal and true friend; he was a | ||||||
| 3 | lifelong and passionate supporter of the Fighting Illini, the | ||||||
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals, and the Chicago Bears; he enjoyed | ||||||
| 5 | spending time at his homes at Lake Bloomington and in the | ||||||
| 6 | Arizona desert and at almost any golf course; he will be | ||||||
| 7 | remembered for being his family's staunchest supporter; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Craig Hart was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 9 | his brother, Bruce Hart; his daughters, Mollie Hart and | ||||||
| 10 | Allison Hart; and his stepdaughter, Laura Major Burdick; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Craig Hart is survived by his wife, Jane; his | ||||||
| 12 | sons, Bruce (Nadine) Hart, Brian (Lora Hall) Hart, and | ||||||
| 13 | Benjamin Hart; his sister, Nan (Jerry) Westwood; his | ||||||
| 14 | grandchildren, Chase Hart, Michael Hart, Helene Hart, Lauren | ||||||
| 15 | Hart, and Alex Hart; and his nieces and nephews, Todd | ||||||
| 16 | (Shannon) Hart, Leslie (Van) Friederich, Allan (Kim) Hart, | ||||||
| 17 | Cara (Rex) McCrary, and Heather Jeter; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 20 | Craig Crowl Hart and extend our sincere
condolences to his | ||||||
| 21 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
| 22 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 2 | presented to the family of Craig Hart as an expression of
our | ||||||
| 3 | deepest sympathy.
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