Illinois SR 425: MEMORIAL-CAPT. JAMES A. LOVELL

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SR0425LRB104 15158 LAW 28302 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Captain James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr., USN 

4(Ret.), of Lake Forest, who passed away on August 7, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Capt. Lovell was born to James Lovell Sr. and 

6Blanche (Masek) Lovell in Cleveland, Ohio on March 25, 1928; 

7following his father's passing, he was raised by his mother in 

8Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Juneau High School; 

9during his childhood, he participated in Boy Scouts and earned 

10the rank of Eagle Scout; he attended the University of 

11Wisconsin-Madison through the Holloway Plan, a naval 

12recruitment scholarship to attract new officers and pilots 

13post-World War II; during the program's second year, he was 

14accepted into the United States Naval Academy, where he earned 

15an aeronautical engineering degree in 1952; he married Marilyn 

16Gerlach at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Annapolis, Maryland 

17on June 6, 1952; and

18 WHEREAS, Capt. Lovell began his naval career in flight 

19training before he joined Composite Squadron 3 at Moffett 

20Field, California, where he was assigned to Team Jig, an 

21all-night, all-weather jet fighter squadron deployed on the 

22USS Shangri-La; following his tour of duty, he entered Class 

2320 of the Navy Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland in 

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11958; he graduated first in his class and became project 

2manager for the Navy's new fighter jet, the F4H Phantom; and

3 WHEREAS, Capt. Lovell was selected to join NASA as part of 

4a group of astronauts for the Gemini and Apollo programs on 

5September 17, 1962; he made four space flights during his 

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