Bill Text: IL SR1590 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Zuhair M. ElSaffar, Ph.D.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1590 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1590-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 Zuhair M. ElSaffar, Ph.D., who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on August 15, 2020 at the age of 85; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1935; he | ||||||
| 6 | was awarded a scholarship to study in Britain at 17, where he | ||||||
| 7 | earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University College of | ||||||
| 8 | North Wales in Bangor; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar began his teaching career at Michigan | ||||||
| 10 | State University in the 1960s and continued at the University | ||||||
| 11 | of Baghdad, teaching physics at both schools; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar was hired by the Oak Ridge National | ||||||
| 13 | Lab in Tennessee to research nuclear magnetic resonance in | ||||||
| 14 | 1965; a year later, he received the honor of leading Iraq's | ||||||
| 15 | civilian nuclear energy program and returned to Iraq; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar returned to the United States and | ||||||
| 17 | moved to Chicago in 1968, where he served as a physics | ||||||
| 18 | professor at DePaul University; he also conducted research for | ||||||
| 19 | the Argonne National Laboratory; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar moved to River Forest with his family | ||||||
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| 1 | in 1970, and he remained a River Forest resident for the rest | ||||||
| 2 | of his life; he began investing in real estate in Oak Park, | ||||||
| 3 | River Forest, and Forest Park in 1977; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar suffered a stroke and retired from | ||||||
| 5 | DePaul University in 1987; post-retirement, his | ||||||
| 6 | entrepreneurial spirit continued, and he dedicated a majority | ||||||
| 7 | of his efforts to his business and investments in the | ||||||
| 8 | community; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. ElSaffar is survived by his wife, Bushra; his | ||||||
| 10 | five children, Azhaar, Nadia, Ali, Dena, and Amir; and his two | ||||||
| 11 | grandchildren, Jamil Moore and Layla Moore; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Zuhair M. ElSaffar, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 15 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Dr. ElSaffar as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | deepest sympathy.
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