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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Harold Marshall Morrison, who passed away 
4on November 11, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Harold Morrison was born in Lake Forest on 
6February 21, 1932; he  graduated from Trinity College in 
7Hartford, Connecticut and received his Master of Science in 
8Engineering from Purdue University; he lived in various parts 
9of the country before returning with his family to Lake Forest 
10in the early 1970s; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Harold Morrison worked for General Motors 
12Research Laboratories and then IBM; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Harold Morrison served as an alderman for the City 
14of Lake Forest, a board member of the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff 
15Historical Society (History Center), and president of the 
16Manasota Key Association in Florida; he also served as a board 
17member of the Evans Capacitor Company; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Harold Morrison was an elder and active member of 
19the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest; he was known for 
20his love of music and sang in the Lake Forest Presbyterian 
21Church choir for over 40 years and for many years with the 
 
 
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1Commuters barbershop quartet group; he had a love of physical 
2activity and the outdoors, especially tennis; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Harold Morrison loved science and was committed to 
4protecting water quality; when computers were first introduced 
5into the public school system, he spent many hours working at 
6North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School and at schools 
7in North Chicago to ensure classrooms were computer-ready; 
8together with his wife, Addie, he started a family foundation 
9as a way of bringing his family together to make a difference 
10in the world; and
 

  
11    WHEREAS, Harold Morrison is survived by his wife of 63 
12years, Adeline Steans Morrison; his daughters, Helen H. 
13Morrison, Amy M. Heinrich (Robert Heinrich), Lois L. Morrison 
14(Justin Daab), and Margot M. Brinley (Charles Brinley); and his 
15grandchildren, Maxwell, Ian, and Emma Heinrich, Josephine and 
16Adeline Daab, and William, Reily, and Catherine Brinley; 
17therefore, be it
  
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
20Harold Marshall Morrison and extend our sincere condolences to 
21his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
22further
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2presented to  the family of  Harold Morrison as an expression of 
3our deepest sympathy.