Bill Text: IL SR1384 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William T. "Bill" Henderson of Urbana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1384 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1384-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 T. "Bill" Henderson of Urbana, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on June 11, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bill Henderson was born at the family home in | ||||||
6 | Ridge Farm to Ted and Susie (Satterlee) Henderson on October 5, | ||||||
7 | 1929; he graduated from Ridge Farm High School and received a | ||||||
8 | scholarship to the University of Illinois to study | ||||||
9 | floriculture; he also became active in the McKinley Foundation | ||||||
10 | student group; he received his bachelor's degree from the | ||||||
11 | University of Illinois in the spring of 1951 and was | ||||||
12 | commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army's | ||||||
13 | Quartermaster Corps; he completed his active service and was | ||||||
14 | promoted to first lieutenant; he received an honorable | ||||||
15 | discharge from the Army; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Bill Henderson returned to the U.S. and was | ||||||
17 | accepted at McCormick Theological Seminary; he married Kathryn | ||||||
18 | Luther on August 22, 1953; he received his master's degree in | ||||||
19 | library science from the University of Chicago and his Master | ||||||
20 | of Divinity from McCormick Seminary; he served for seven years | ||||||
21 | as the seminary's first acquisitions librarian; he also became | ||||||
22 | an ordained minister; and
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1 | WHEREAS, As his wife was invited to join the faculty of the | ||||||
2 | Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Bill | ||||||
3 | Henderson accepted a position at the University of Illinois at | ||||||
4 | Urbana-Champaign in 1965 in the emerging field of preserving | ||||||
5 | library collections as they aged; he and his wife taught | ||||||
6 | preservation courses as a team and organized conferences | ||||||
7 | related to preservation; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Bill Henderson received the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science | ||||||
10 | Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award in May of | ||||||
11 | 2011; and
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12 | WHEREAS, For many years, Bill Henderson was the secretary | ||||||
13 | of the Alpha Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, the international library | ||||||
14 | and information science honor society; in November of 2014, he | ||||||
15 | and his wife were recognized by the Alpha Chapter with the | ||||||
16 | establishment of the Kathryn Luther and William T. Henderson | ||||||
17 | Award; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Bill Henderson was a member of the Champaign | ||||||
19 | County Farm Bureau; for many years, he and his wife served on | ||||||
20 | the selection committee that determined the recipients of the | ||||||
21 | Champaign County Farm Bureau Foundation agricultural | ||||||
22 | scholarships; he received a Luther Circle Award for his service | ||||||
23 | to the scholarship program; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Bill Henderson was a member of St. Peter's United | ||||||
2 | Church of Christ, where he served on various committees and had | ||||||
3 | a role in Christian education endeavors, his favorite role; as | ||||||
4 | an ordained minister, he could perform other ministerial | ||||||
5 | duties; he was also a longtime member of the American Library | ||||||
6 | Association, the American Theological Library Association, and | ||||||
7 | the Illinois Library Association; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Bill Henderson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
9 | parents; his brother, Joseph David Henderson; his niece, Cheryl | ||||||
10 | Lynn Henderson; his parents-in-law, Carl F. and Ida Lietz | ||||||
11 | Luther; and his sister-in-law, Mildred Luther; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Bill Henderson is survived by his wife of 67 | ||||||
13 | years, Kathryn; his sister-in-law, Annette Gulder Henderson; | ||||||
14 | his nieces, Susan Tracy McDaniel and Carol Lynn Christenson; | ||||||
15 | and his nephew, Joseph David Henderson; therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
18 | Bill Henderson and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
19 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
20 | further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to the family of Bill Henderson as an expression of | ||||||
2 | our deepest sympathy.
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