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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sincerest sympathies to the family and friends
4 of David H. Everson, who recently passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, David H. Everson was born in Rochester,
6 Minnesota on September 2, 1941; his parents were Ralph Howard
7 and Margaret Foelster Everson; in 1964 he married Judith
8 Eleanor; and
9 WHEREAS, David H. Everson was a 1963 graduate of Indiana
10 State University, where he received his Master's Degree in
11 1964 and his Ph.D. in 1969; Mr. Everson taught political
12 science at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale from
13 1967 to 1970; and
14 WHEREAS, David H. Everson went on to become a part of the
15 founding faculty members at Sangamon State University, now
16 the University of Illinois in Springfield; he first served as
17 a professor of political science and later as an associate
18 chancellor; from 1979 to 1983 he directed the Legislative
19 Studies Center; and
20 WHEREAS, David H. Everson published three scholarly
21 books, "An Introduction to Systematic Political Science",
22 "American Political Parties", and "Public Opinion and
23 Interest Groups in American Politics"; he also published six
24 detective novels and two mystery stories; and
25 WHEREAS, David H. Everson was a member of the American
26 Political Science Association, and Mystery Writers of
27 America; and
28 WHEREAS, David H. Everson is survived by his wife,
29 Judith; his son Christopher and his wife, Anne; his mother,
30 Margaret; his sister, Karen Stone; two aunts, two nieces, and
31 a cousin; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 all who knew him, the death of David H. Everson of
4 Springfield, Illinois; may there be a sense of peace in this
5 time of loss, both for the family and the friends, of this
6 man; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the family of David H. Everson.