Bill Text: IL SR1545 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Robert Hellenga.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1545 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1545-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 Robert Hellenga of Galesburg, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on July 18, 2020 at the age of 78; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga was born to Ted and Marjorie | ||||||
6 | Hellenga in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 5, 1941; a member of | ||||||
7 | Phi Beta Kappa, he graduated with a bachelor's degree from the | ||||||
8 | University of Michigan in 1963 and then earned a doctorate from | ||||||
9 | Princeton University in 1969; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga began his tenure as a professor of | ||||||
11 | English at Knox University in Galesburg in 1968; he shared his | ||||||
12 | knowledge and expertise at the university for over fifty years; | ||||||
13 | he was a teacher and mentor to generations of writing students, | ||||||
14 | including Senate President Don Harmon; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga received recognition for his | ||||||
16 | outstanding work at Knox College as a George Appleton Lawrence | ||||||
17 | Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English and a | ||||||
18 | Distinguished Writer In-Residence; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga was an award-winning author of | ||||||
20 | multiple critically-acclaimed novels, including The Fall of a | ||||||
21 | Sparrow (which won awards for Best Fiction from Publishers |
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1 | Weekly and The Los Angeles Times), Philosophy Made Simple, The | ||||||
2 | Italian Lover, Snakewoman of Little Egypt (selected as one of | ||||||
3 | the best books of 2010 by the Kirkus Review and The Washington | ||||||
4 | Post), The Confessions of Frances Godwin, The Truth About Death | ||||||
5 | and Other Stories, Love, Death, and Rare Books, and The Sixteen | ||||||
6 | Pleasures; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Robert Hellenga was a loving father to his three | ||||||
8 | daughters, Rachel, Heather, and Catrine, and husband to | ||||||
9 | Marjorie Hellenga; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | Robert Hellenga 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 Robert Hellenga as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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