Illinois SR 409: MEMORIAL-CHARLES SCHWEIGHAUSER

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SR0409LRB104 15192 ECR 28336 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Charles Arthur Schweighauser of 

4Pleasant Plains, who passed away on July 14, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Charles Schweighauser, the son of Arthur A. 

6Schweighauser and Julia Schweighauser, was born in Alton on 

7June 1, 1936; he graduated from St. Louis Country Day School in 

81954; he received a Bachelor of Arts in Literature in 1958 and 

9a Master of Arts in English Literature in 1960, both from 

10Williams College, where he also completed an undergraduate 

11teaching assistantship in astronomy and worked as an assistant 

12in the Admissions Office; he married Suzanne "Suds" (Japha) 

13Kyger in August 1957, and they divorced in 1978; he married 

14Barbara Jensen-Schweighauser on June 14, 1997, and she 

15preceded him in death on April 30, 2024; and

16 WHEREAS, Charles Schweighauser, after teaching for a year 

17at his high school alma mater, was hired as the founding 

18director of the James S. McDonnell Planetarium in St. Louis; 

19he also taught astronomy at Washington University in St. 

20Louis, St. Louis University, and the University of Missouri at 

21St. Louis; he served as executive secretary of the Williams 

22College Trustee Committee for the Development of Mount Hope 

23Farm from 1965 to 1971, and he also worked as a research 

SR0409- 2 -LRB104 15192 ECR 28336 r

1associate for the Center for Environmental Studies at Williams 

2College; he served as director of the Coalition for the 

3Environment and its associated foundation in the St. Louis 

4area in 1971 and as the project administrator for the heart 

5disease study of St. Louis Heart Association's National 

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