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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 Donald J. Newberg of Bloomington, who |
| 4 | | passed away on February 7, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Newberg was born in Galesburg to Ralph H. |
| 6 | | and Relda B. Newberg on June 19, 1932; he married Carolyn J. |
| 7 | | Wooldridge in 1951; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Donald Newberg began his broadcasting career at |
| 9 | | age 21 in Macomb; in 1957, he moved to Bloomington |
| 10 | | Broadcasting; while at WJBC, he was an on-air personality, |
| 11 | | concentrating on news and sports and for many years, hosting a |
| 12 | | program called, "Problems and Solutions"; in 1974, he moved to |
| 13 | | Evansville, Indiana to manage the first of what became many |
| 14 | | radio station acquisitions outside Bloomington; in 1978, he |
| 15 | | moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee to manage another acquisition; |
| 16 | | and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Donald Newberg was very active in every community |
| 18 | | in which he lived; he was elected a member of the District 87 |
| 19 | | Board of Education; he served on the board of the Illinois |
| 20 | | Prairie Community Foundation, and with the Rotary Club, |
| 21 | | Illinois Wesleyan University Associates, and many other causes |
| 22 | | and organizations; he was President of the Illinois News |
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| 1 | | Broadcasters Association, served on the board of the National |
| 2 | | Association of Broadcasters, and was President of the Tennessee |
| 3 | | Association of Broadcasters; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Donald Newberg inherited a lifelong love of golf |
| 5 | | from his mother; he was the media Chairman of the PGA Provident |
| 6 | | Classic in Chattanooga for many years and had three |
| 7 | | holes-in-one; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, 49 years ago, Donald Newberg took his then-young |
| 9 | | family for the first time to the white sand beaches of the Gulf |
| 10 | | of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida; this trip became a yearly |
| 11 | | family vacation; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Donald Newberg is survived by his wife, Carolyn; |
| 13 | | his children, Deb (Steve) Wannemacher, David (Joni) Newberg, |
| 14 | | and Mary Jo (Bruce) Campbell; his grandchildren, Suzy (Chris) |
| 15 | | Brown, Andrew (Jill) Newberg, Allison (Matt) Hannam, Sarah |
| 16 | | Wannemacher, and Alexa Campbell; and his great-grandchildren, |
| 17 | | Joe Amiano, Jack Amiano, Morgan Brown, Luke Brown, Brady Brown, |
| 18 | | Kate Hannam, Lauren Hannam, Logan Newberg, Evan Newberg, and |
| 19 | | Hunter Steele-Wannemacher; therefore, be it
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 22 | | Donald J. Newberg, and extend our sincere condolences to his |