| 1 | 1 | | <tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><p> </p> </td></tr></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">SR0307</td><td class="xsl" align="center"></td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 13551 ECR 26051 r</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><center><code>SENATE RESOLUTION</code></center> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>to learn of the death of Henry Rakoff, Ph.D., who passed away </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>on May 2, 2025; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff was born to Joseph and Anna in </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Brooklyn, New York in 1924; he attended schools in Brooklyn; </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>he received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the City </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>College of New York in 1944; he served as an electronics </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>technician in the U.S. Navy; he earned a Master of Science in </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University; he </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>married Mary Miller, and they had three children, Alan, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Steven, and Tracy; he later married Nancy Safford in 1983, and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>he welcomed two stepchildren, Michael and Lisa; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff worked as a chemistry professor at </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Texas A&M University and at Parsons College; after relocating </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>to Peoria in the 1970s, he served as a research chemist at the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>U.S. Department of Agriculture lab, retiring in 1992; </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>afterward, he continued teaching chemistry part-time at </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Bradley University; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff co-authored an organic chemistry </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>textbook, and he wrote numerous publications on the synthesis </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">22</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>of deuterated fatty acids for use in a study of the metabolism </code></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">SR0307</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 2 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 13551 ECR 26051 r</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>of fats in humans; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff was a longtime member of the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Universalist Unitarian Church, and he was an active </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>participant at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Bradley University; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff and his wife, Nancy, loved traveling </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>abroad and in the U.S., including hiking to the bottom of the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Grand Canyon seven times; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff was the husband of Nancy; the father </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>of Alan (Maria) Rakoff, Steven Rakoff, and Tracy (Jim) Madril; </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the stepfather of Michael (Jennifer) Safford and Lisa (Ross) </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Waskin; the grandfather of 12; and the great-grandfather of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>four; therefore, be it</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Henry Rakoff, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to his </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>further</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>presented to the family of Henry Rakoff as an expression of our </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>deepest sympathy.</code> |
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