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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Dr. Walter J. Hickey of Alton, who passed |
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| away on March 24, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Walter J. Hickey was born on December 18, 1948 |
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| in Alton; he was son of John J. and Mary Margaret (Gibbons) |
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| Hickey; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Walter J. Hickey proudly served his country in |
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| the United States Army in Germany during the Vietnam Conflict; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Following his stint in the United States Army, Dr. |
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| Walter J. Hickey returned home and earned his bachelor's degree |
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| from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; he then |
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| began working in public relations and advertising in Chicago, |
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| working at firms such as Carl Byior and Associates and the |
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| Pacific Federation of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Following a 20 year career in corporate public |
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| relations at SBC, Dr. Walter J. Hickey fulfilled his lifelong |
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| goal by returning to higher education, justifying the faith |
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| placed in him by several early mentors, including Drs. Nicholas |
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| Joost, Fred Robbins, and John McCluskey; he earned his master's |
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| degree in literature from Southern Illinois University in |
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| Edwardsville and successfully defended his dissertation at |
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| Saint Louis University in 2006; after defending his |
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| dissertation, he was conferred a Ph.D. in British Literature; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Walter J. Hickey read and wrote prodigiously |
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| throughout his entire life, publishing and winning awards for |
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| his short fiction and poetry; he was featured in journals such |
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| as the Sou'wester, Prairie Light Review, and the Atlantic |
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| Monthly; he also presented papers on pedagogy and literature at |
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| the National Conferences of the MLA and the Community College |
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| Humanities Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Walter J. Hickey attended the St. Mary's |
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| Catholic Church in Alton; he was a member of the Appearance |
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| Review Commission in Alton, the Hibernians, Phi Beta Kappa, the |
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| NAACP, and the Madison County Urban League; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Walter J. Hickey is survived by his daughters, |
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| Nora C. Hickey and Mary Margaret "Maggie" Hickey; his son, |
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| Morgan John Hickey; his grandson, Conor J. Hickey; his siblings |
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| and their spouses, Ralpha and Randy Hausmann, Kathleen Reilly, |
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| Patricia and Rollin Martin, Rebecca and Gary Osborne, and James |
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| and Marcy Hickey; and his dog and best friend, Whitey Davis |
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| Hickey; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Walter J. Hickey; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Dr. Walter J. Hickey as an |
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| expression of our sympathy.
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