Illinois SR 540: MEMORIAL-FRANK GROM JR.

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SR0540LRB104 16747 MST 30154 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of William Eugene "Bill" Stewart, who 

4passed away on December 6, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Bill Stewart was born in Kewanee to Ralph and 

6Elizabeth (Moraski) Stewart on November 18, 1934 and attended 

7St. Stanislaus Grade School; he was a top 10 academic graduate 

8of the Kewanee High School Class of 1952, where he was a member 

9of the 1951 hall of fame football team; he attended three 

10semesters at the University of Illinois before joining the 

11United States Navy; and

12 WHEREAS, Bill Stewart was the top graduate of his Navy 

13flight school class and a very gifted aviator; he was a night 

14fighter jet interceptor tactics instructor at the Naval Air 

15Station Key West, Florida, before transferring to "The 

16Be-Devilers" of Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74), where he flew the 

17U.S. Navy's first supersonic fighter, the F-4D Skyray; he 

18completed an eight month North Atlantic/Mediterranean Cruise 

19on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), where he accumulated 

20over 125 carrier arrested landings; he was selected to perform 

21in a night carrier operational exercise for President 

22Eisenhower in 1958; and

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1 WHEREAS, Bill Stewart returned to the University of 

2Illinois after completing his military service and, by using 

3his G.I. Bill, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 

4Mathematics; he continued serving his country in the Naval 

5Reserve, flying the F9F Panther out of the Naval Air Station in 

6Glenview; and

7 WHEREAS, Bill Stewart moved to Washington, D.C. in 1960, 

8where he received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law