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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 prominent Chicago architect Walter A. 
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Netsch Jr., who passed away on June 15, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Walter Netsch was born on February 23, 1920; he 
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married the former Illinois Comptroller, Dawn Clark Netsch, in 
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1963; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Netsch is credited with creating several 
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significant structures throughout the country using "Field 
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Theory" and was both praised and criticized for his work; he is 
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remembered for designing the U.S. Air Force Academy Chapel in 
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Regenstein Library at the 
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University of Chicago, the Inland Steel Building in Chicago, 
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the Behavioral Science Center at the University of Illinois at 
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Chicago, the Miami University Art Museum, and his home in 
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Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Netsch studied architecture at Massachusetts 
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Institute of Technology; during World War II he was stationed 
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on the Aleutian Islands; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He spent thirty years with Skidmore, Owings, and 
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Merrill, the Chicago architecture firm; in 1986 he was 
 


 






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appointed Park District Board president by then Mayor of 
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Chicago, Harold Washington; and
 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter 
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Andrew Netsch, Sr. and Anna Calista Netsch (nee Smith) and one 
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sister, Nan (the late William S. II) Kerr; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Walter Netsch Jr. is survived by his wife of 44 
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years, Dawn Clark Netsch; his nephews, Andrew D. (Pamela) Kerr 
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and William S. Kerr III; his niece, Elizabeth Nan Kerr; and his 
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grand-nephews, Andrew D. (Lindsey) Kerr, Jr. and Mathias S. 
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Kerr; 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 Walter A. Netsch Jr.; 
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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 Walter A. Netsch Jr. as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.