| 词条 | Philip J. Rock |
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|name = Philip J. Rock |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|05|04}} |birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2016|01|29|1937|5|4}} |death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |nationality = American |office1 = President of the Illinois Senate |term_start1 = {{start date|1979|Jan}} |term_end1 = {{end date|1993|Jan}} |predecessor1 = Thomas Hynes |successor1 = James "Pate" Philip |office2 = Member of the Illinois Senate from the 18th district |term_start2 = {{start date|1971|Jan}} |term_end2 = {{end date|1993|Jan}} |predecessor2 = Thomas A. McGloon |successor2 = Howard W. Carroll (redistricted) |party = Democratic |spouse = Sheila Graber |children = 4 |residence = Chicago, Illinois (1937-1977) Oak Park, Illinois (1977-2016) |alma_mater = {{nowrap|University of Saint Mary of the Lake}} Loyola University |profession = Attorney |religion = Catholic }}Philip J. Rock (May 4, 1937 – January 29, 2016) was an American politician, and a long time Democratic member of the Illinois Senate who represented parts of the West Side of Chicago and Oak Park. During his time in the Senate, he became the longest serving President of the Illinois Senate with a fourteen-year tenure serving from 1979 to 1993.[1] Early lifeRock was born on May 4, 1937 and raised in Logan Square, Chicago. He received both his bachelor's degree in philosophy and his master's degree in theology from the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, and in 1964 graduated from Loyola University School of Law. He served as an Assistant Attorney General under William G. Clark from 1965 until 1969 when he went to work for the Cook County State's Attorney.[2][3] SenateRock was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1970 to succeed Thomas A. McGloon, who ran for and won a judgeship. After one term, he was named assistant minority leader and after the Democrats won back the Senate during a Democratic wave year in 1974, assistant majority leader.[4] During his time in the Senate, the Illinois Deaf-Blind Service Center and School was established and the Regional Transportation Authority was created.[2][5] In 1979, Rock became President of the Illinois State Senate.[6] After politicsIn 1996, Rock was appointed to the Illinois Board of Higher Education and became its Chair in April 1999. He stepped down from the board in April 2002.[7] In 2012, Rock published his autobiography, Nobody Calls Just to Say Hello, co-authored with Ed Wojcicki. On January 29, 2016, he died at the age of 78.[8] At the time of his death, he had Lewy body dementia.[9] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-9795-the-last-illinois-statesman.html|author=Bohlen, Mary|title=The Last Illinois Statesman|publisher=Illinois Times|accessdate=2015-09-19}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rock, Philip J.}}{{Illinois-politician-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Rock|first1=Phil|last2=Wojcicki|first2=Ed|date= |title=Nobody Calls Just to Say Hello|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0809330725|location=Carbondale, Illinois|publisher=Southern Illinois University|page=xvii|isbn=0809330725}} 3. ^"Biographical Sketch of Philip J. Rock", Illinois Blue Book 1991-1992, pg. 75 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/1981/ii810706.html|author=Davis, Shelley|title=Senate President Phil Rock: A 'little less than even-handed' and a desire to be governor|journal=Illinois Issues|publisher=Sangamon State University|date=1981-07-08|accessdate=2015-09-19}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.philiprockcenter.org/philip-j-rock-center-and-school/history |title=History - Philip J. Rock Center and School |website=Philiprockcenter.org |date= |accessdate=2016-01-30}} 6. ^'Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980,' Office of the President Senate, pg. 60-61 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ibhe.state.il.us/Media%20Center/2002/HTM/0402_resignation.htm|title=Chairman Rock, Jane Williamson Step Down from IBHE|publisher=Illinois Board of Higher Education|date=2002-04-02|accessdate=2015-09-20|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920071721/http://www.ibhe.state.il.us/Media%20Center/2002/HTM/0402_resignation.htm|archivedate=2015-09-20|df=}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://capitolfax.com/2016/01/29/phil-rock-passes-away|author=Miller, Rich|title=Phil Rock passes away|publisher=Capitol Fax|date=2016-01-29|accessdate=2016-01-29}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/1288547/philip-rock-longest-serving-illinois-senate-president-dies |title=Philip Rock, ex-Senate leader known for mentoring and bipartisanship, dies |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date= |accessdate=2016-01-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201093023/http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/1288547/philip-rock-longest-serving-illinois-senate-president-dies |archivedate=2016-02-01 |df= }} 12 : 1937 births|2016 deaths|American people of Irish descent|Presidents of the Illinois Senate|Politicians from Cook County, Illinois|University of Saint Mary of the Lake alumni|Loyola University Chicago School of Law alumni|Illinois Democrats|Illinois lawyers|Writers from Chicago|Disease-related deaths in Illinois|Deaths from Lewy body dementia |
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