Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HJR0068 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
5	5	3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of William
6	6	4 M. Patterson, Ph.D., who passed away on April 2, 2024; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson, a native of Urbana, graduated from
8	8	6 Urbana High School in 1984; he earned his Bachelor of Arts in
9	9	7 Communications, Radio & Broadcast from Columbia College in
10	10	8 Chicago in 1990, his Master of Science in Curriculum and
11	11	9 Instruction from Illinois State University in Normal in 1994,
12	12	10 and his Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the
13	13	11 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2000; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson worked as a clinical associate
15	15	13 professor in the School of Music, College of Fine & Applied
16	16	14 Arts at UIUC, and he also served as an adjunct lecturer in the
17	17	15 School of Information Sciences and the College of
18	18	16 Engineering's Technology Entrepreneurship Center; and
19	19	17 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson was heavily involved with Illinois
20	20	18 Public Media, serving on the Community Advisory Board for
21	21	19 Illinois Soul, the Black-focused radio service from Illinois
22	22	20 Public Media that launched in February 2024; he also
23	23	21 co-created Illinois Public Media's Youth Media Workshop,
24	24	22 providing instruction to local Black youth on how to turn
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33	33	1 interviews with their elders into stories for WILL radio and
34	34	2 television; and
35	35	3 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson served in many other positions
36	36	4 around the Champaign-Urbana area, including associate director
37	37	5 of the Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center on the
38	38	6 UIUC campus and chief teen officer at the Don Moyer Boys and
39	39	7 Girls Club in Champaign; and
40	40	8 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson belonged to numerous organizations
41	41	9 over the course of his life, including serving on the boards of
42	42	10 the Illinois Humanities Council, the Musical Arts Institute,
43	43	11 and 40 North, co-founding the North End Breakfast Club and the
44	44	12 Urban Business Network, Inc., and being a member of the
45	45	13 University Smart Communities Initiative Committee at UIUC and
46	46	14 the International Communication Association, among many more;
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48	48	16 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson was the recipient of a number of
49	49	17 accolades, including being named a Department of Educational
50	50	18 Policy Studies ICEOP Fellow by the UIUC in 1994, an Academy for
51	51	19 Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellow by the UIUC in 2008, and a
52	52	20 Fiddler Fellow by the National Center for Super Computing
53	53	21 Applications in 2020; more recently, he was to receive the
54	54	22 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Champaign Urbana Schools
55	55	23 Foundation; and
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66	66	1 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson, affectionately known as "Dr. P",
67	67	2 was an educator who worked tirelessly to bring STEAM (science,
68	68	3 technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) education to
69	69	4 under-resourced Black neighborhoods and to empower students to
70	70	5 tell their own stories; as a director of the Hip Hop Xpress
71	71	6 Double Dutch Boom Bus Innovation Lab & Data Center, he
72	72	7 organized his work under STEAMGenius.org to promote Black
73	73	8 cultural wealth, wealth he saw as rooted in and acquired by
74	74	9 individuals in places and spaces that are undervalued,
75	75	10 underestimated, and marginalized; and
76	76	11 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson was a pillar of the
77	77	12 Champaign-Urbana African American community and will
78	78	13 especially be remembered for his contributions to youth
79	79	14 education and arts; and
80	80	15 WHEREAS, Representative Ammons held great admiration for
81	81	16 Dr. Patterson and his work, acknowledging his contributions as
82	82	17 a community genius; her daughter participated in his impactful
83	83	18 All Girls Radio program, her sons and grandson benefited from
84	84	19 his programs at the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, and her
85	85	20 husband, Clerk Aaron Ammons, collaborated with Dr. Patterson
86	86	21 on SPEAK Caf alongside the Krannert Center for the Performing
87	87	22 Arts for 10 years, forming a close bond akin to brothers; and
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98	98	1 WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson is survived by his wife, Lori Gold
99	99	2 Patterson; three children; a grandchild; and a sister;
100	100	3 therefore, be it
101	101	4 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
102	102	5 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
103	103	6 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn the passing of William
104	104	7 M. Patterson, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to his
105	105	8 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
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