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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Rudy | ||||||
| 4 | L. Horne, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Morehouse | ||||||
| 5 | University, who passed away on December 12, 2017; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Horne was born in Englewood to Rudy and | ||||||
| 7 | Carolyn Horne; he grew up near 79th and Hermitage and took | ||||||
| 8 | swimming lessons at Foster Park at 83rd and Loomis; his father | ||||||
| 9 | worked at a Sherwin-Williams plant, and his mother helped | ||||||
| 10 | operate a day care center; the family eventually moved to | ||||||
| 11 | University Park, and he graduated from Crete-Monee High School; | ||||||
| 12 | he then earned double degrees in math and physics from the | ||||||
| 13 | University of Oklahoma in 1991; he earned a master's degree in | ||||||
| 14 | physics in 1994, a master's degree in math in 1996, and his | ||||||
| 15 | doctorate in applied mathematics in 2001 at the University of | ||||||
| 16 | Colorado; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dr. Horne joined the faculty at Morehouse College | ||||||
| 18 | in August 2010 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2015; | ||||||
| 19 | prior to Morehouse, he taught at Florida State University, the | ||||||
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and California | ||||||
| 21 | State University, East Bay; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Dr. Horne was a member of the Society of | ||||||
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| 1 | Industrial and Applied Mathematicians; in 2016, he was asked to | ||||||
| 2 | serve as a math consultant for the movie "Hidden Figures"; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Dr. Horne enjoyed sushi, Ethiopian food, and the | ||||||
| 4 | television show "Law and Order;" as a child, he was an avid | ||||||
| 5 | comic book collector, and his favorites were Marvel, DC, Star | ||||||
| 6 | Wars, and Star Trek; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Horne was a beloved educator who was regarded | ||||||
| 8 | as a "rock star" of math after his brush with fame; friends and | ||||||
| 9 | colleagues knew him as a direct role model for African-American | ||||||
| 10 | male students because they could see themselves as hardcore | ||||||
| 11 | applied mathematicians and have fun while doing it; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dr. Horne is survived by his mother; his brother, | ||||||
| 13 | William; and his sister, Frances Harper; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | mourn the passing of Dr. Rudy L. Horne and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 17 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 18 | him; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Dr. Horne as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | deepest sympathy.
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