Bill Text: IL SR2218 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William James "Bill" Howard of Pinegree Grove.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-28 - Resolution Adopted [SR2218 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2218-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 James "Bill" Howard of Pinegree | ||||||
| 4 | Grove, formerly of Aurora, who passed away on November 3, 2018; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bill Howard was born in Princeton to William | ||||||
| 7 | Corbett and Rosella (Elmblad) Howard on March 20, 1942; his | ||||||
| 8 | parents were teachers and instilled in their sons the value of | ||||||
| 9 | an education; in high school, he lettered and earned honors in | ||||||
| 10 | football, basketball, and track; he set the school's shot-put | ||||||
| 11 | record and remains the seventh all-time leading scorer in | ||||||
| 12 | basketball at Princeton High School; he attended Princeton | ||||||
| 13 | University, where he was the captain of the 1963-1964 | ||||||
| 14 | basketball team that won the Ivy League championship and | ||||||
| 15 | advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen; he was also the starting | ||||||
| 16 | tight end and defensive end for the Tiger's football team that | ||||||
| 17 | also won the Ivy League championship his senior year; he | ||||||
| 18 | graduated from Princeton with a degree in history in 1964; he | ||||||
| 19 | then returned to Illinois and attended the University of | ||||||
| 20 | Chicago business school; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Bill Howard served as the CFO of the Barber Greene | ||||||
| 22 | Company in Aurora and helped the company become the leading | ||||||
| 23 | global manufacturer of road pavers, conveyors, and other | ||||||
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| 1 | construction equipment; he then worked as the CFO of Railcar | ||||||
| 2 | Specialties and finished his career as a business consultant in | ||||||
| 3 | accounting, tax, and finance; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Bill Howard was an avid traveler, gardener, and | ||||||
| 5 | bibliophile; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bill Howard was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Bill Howard is survived by his wife of 50 years, | ||||||
| 9 | Jo; his children, Sean Howard, Seth Howard, and Holly (Ryan | ||||||
| 10 | Page) Howard; his brothers, Bob, Corby (Kathy), Tim (Patty), | ||||||
| 11 | and James (Sue) Howard; and his many cousins, nieces, and | ||||||
| 12 | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | William James "Bill" Howard and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 16 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 17 | it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Bill Howard as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | deepest sympathy.
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