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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 Philip Michael Doherty, Sr. of East |
4 | | Moline, who passed away on November 29, 2015; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. was born in New York, New York |
6 | | on May 29, 1930; he attended St. Meinrad's Seminary before |
7 | | being drafted into the military; he served during the Korean |
8 | | War, stationed mainly in Germany and achieving the rank of |
9 | | Sergeant; after his service, he attended Marion College in |
10 | | Indianapolis, Indiana and Penn State, where he received his |
11 | | master's degree in German; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. was so taken with Germany that |
13 | | he became an associate professor of German, first at Notre Dame |
14 | | University and then at Loyola University; he later settled in |
15 | | Moline, where he was the German teacher at Moline High School |
16 | | for nearly 30 years; and
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17 | | WHEREAS, Philip Doherty, Sr. was heavily involved in local |
18 | | musical theater at the Quad City Music Guild and taught himself |
19 | | to tap dance; he enjoyed telling jokes, storytelling, singing, |
20 | | and playing the guitar, the piano, and the accordion; he also |
21 | | enjoyed classical music and philosophy; he hated sports but |
22 | | loved PDQ Bach, Monty Python, the TV show "Soap", target |