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SR0307LRB104 13551 ECR 26051 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Henry Rakoff, Ph.D., who passed away 

4on May 2, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff was born to Joseph and Anna in 

6Brooklyn, New York in 1924; he attended schools in Brooklyn; 

7he received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the City 

8College of New York in 1944; he served as an electronics 

9technician in the U.S. Navy; he earned a Master of Science in 

10Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University; he 

11married Mary Miller, and they had three children, Alan, 

12Steven, and Tracy; he later married Nancy Safford in 1983, and 

13he welcomed two stepchildren, Michael and Lisa; and

14 WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff worked as a chemistry professor at 

15Texas A&M University and at Parsons College; after relocating 

16to Peoria in the 1970s, he served as a research chemist at the 

17U.S. Department of Agriculture lab, retiring in 1992; 

18afterward, he continued teaching chemistry part-time at 

19Bradley University; and

20 WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff co-authored an organic chemistry 

21textbook, and he wrote numerous publications on the synthesis 

22of deuterated fatty acids for use in a study of the metabolism 

SR0307- 2 -LRB104 13551 ECR 26051 r

1of fats in humans; and

2 WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff was a longtime member of the 

3Universalist Unitarian Church, and he was an active 

4participant at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at 

5Bradley University; and

6 WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff and his wife, Nancy, loved traveling 

7abroad and in the U.S., including hiking to the bottom of the 

8Grand Canyon seven times; and

9 WHEREAS, Henry Rakoff was the husband of Nancy; the