Bill Text: IL SR0027 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Paul W. Fromer of Downers Grove.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0027 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0027-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 Paul W. Fromer of Downers Grove, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 8, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Paul Fromer was born and raised in Elmira, New | ||||||
| 6 | York; after earning his undergraduate degree at Syracuse | ||||||
| 7 | University, he went on to pursue graduate studies in chemistry | ||||||
| 8 | at the California Institute of Technology, but soon found | ||||||
| 9 | himself called to seminary; he enrolled at the nearby Fuller | ||||||
| 10 | Theological Seminary, where he eventually earned a master's | ||||||
| 11 | degree; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, During college, Paul Fromer became involved with | ||||||
| 13 | the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship; after leaving Fuller in | ||||||
| 14 | 1955, he worked as an InterVarsity staff worker on campuses in | ||||||
| 15 | California, Arizona, and Nevada; in 1960, he moved to the | ||||||
| 16 | Chicago area to become the editor of HIS magazine, a Christian | ||||||
| 17 | publication for college students; in 1971, he left the magazine | ||||||
| 18 | and joined Wheaton College as an English professor the | ||||||
| 19 | following year; he also served as the faculty adviser to | ||||||
| 20 | Wheaton's student newspaper, the Wheaton Record; after | ||||||
| 21 | retiring from Wheaton in 1998, Mr. Fromer continued to research | ||||||
| 22 | and write and led Bible studies; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Paul Fromer worked as a deputy editor at | ||||||
| 2 | Christianity Today magazine; he also edited several of | ||||||
| 3 | evangelist Billy Graham's books; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Paul Fromer is survived by his wife of 57 years, | ||||||
| 5 | Margaret; his sons, Joel and David; his daughter, Ruth Fox; and | ||||||
| 6 | his 3 grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 9 | his family and friends, the passing of Paul W. Fromer; and be | ||||||
| 10 | it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Paul Fromer as an expression of our | ||||||
| 13 | sympathy.
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