Reynold W. "Rey" Brune, 77, of Moline, one of Illinois' strongest advocates for accessible post-secondary education, died Monday, April 23, 2001, at Trinity Medical Center, West Campus, Rock Island. Mr. Brune spent more time as a member of public higher education boards than any other person in Illinois history, nearly 40 years.
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island, where he was a member. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island, with a Christian wake service at 6:30 p.m. Burial with military honors presented by Moline American Legion Post 246 will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the church or to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Reynold William Brune was born Aug. 6, 1923, in the Cincinnati suburb of Reading, Ohio, the son of Frederick Gustav and Marie Bueker Brune. He married Camille Frainer Nov. 10, 1949, in Springfield.
Mr. Brune helped persuade voters to create Black Hawk College in 1961. It was Illinois' first community junior college with its own tax base and its own governing board.
Mr. Brune was elected to Black Hawk College's charter board in January 1962 and re-elected several times before Gov. Richard Ogilvie appointed him to the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) in 1970. The following year, Gov. Ogilvie named him chairman. Mr. Brune served as chairman of the ICCB during some of the most important years in the development of Illinois' statewide system of public community colleges.
As chairman of the ICCB, Mr. Brune became a system representative member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and served in that capacity until early 1976. In the spring of 1972, Gov. Jim Thompson named Mr. Brune a public member of the IBHE. He was the first person to serve as both a system representative and a public member.
He was reappointed several times to the IBHE before resigning in late 1999 because of poor health. The 27 years he served on the IBHE has far exceeded time served by anyone else.
Because of his community college background, Mr. Brune was interested in off-campus programs that would allow place-bound students to complete a degree. One such program was offered by Western Illinois University, which established a branch campus in the Quad-Cities.
Mr. Brune came to Illinois in 1946 following lengthy service with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served as manager of United Press International for a number of years before Deere and Co. hired him to set up a press relations program. He served Deere until his retirement in 1984.
He was a member of Short Hills Country Club.
Survivors include his wife, Camille Brune, Moline; his children and their spouses, Martha Brune Rapp and her husband, Jim, Quincy, Ill, Stephen and Patricia Brune, Springfield, Ill., Frederick and Cynthia Brune, Wilton, Iowa, Joseph and Mary Brune, Rock Island, Priscilla Brune DeKeyrel and her husband, Roger, Illinois City, and Jessica Brune Arendt and her husband, Jeffrey, St. Charles, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and brothers, Dr. Lester Brune, Peoria, Ill., and Frederick Gustav Brune, Kenner, La.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Reynold W. Brune II; a brother, Don Brune; and a sister, Margaret Limbach.
(Rock Island Argus, Apr. 24, 2001)
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island, where he was a member. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island, with a Christian wake service at 6:30 p.m. Burial with military honors presented by Moline American Legion Post 246 will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the church or to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Reynold William Brune was born Aug. 6, 1923, in the Cincinnati suburb of Reading, Ohio, the son of Frederick Gustav and Marie Bueker Brune. He married Camille Frainer Nov. 10, 1949, in Springfield.
Mr. Brune helped persuade voters to create Black Hawk College in 1961. It was Illinois' first community junior college with its own tax base and its own governing board.
Mr. Brune was elected to Black Hawk College's charter board in January 1962 and re-elected several times before Gov. Richard Ogilvie appointed him to the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) in 1970. The following year, Gov. Ogilvie named him chairman. Mr. Brune served as chairman of the ICCB during some of the most important years in the development of Illinois' statewide system of public community colleges.
As chairman of the ICCB, Mr. Brune became a system representative member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and served in that capacity until early 1976. In the spring of 1972, Gov. Jim Thompson named Mr. Brune a public member of the IBHE. He was the first person to serve as both a system representative and a public member.
He was reappointed several times to the IBHE before resigning in late 1999 because of poor health. The 27 years he served on the IBHE has far exceeded time served by anyone else.
Because of his community college background, Mr. Brune was interested in off-campus programs that would allow place-bound students to complete a degree. One such program was offered by Western Illinois University, which established a branch campus in the Quad-Cities.
Mr. Brune came to Illinois in 1946 following lengthy service with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served as manager of United Press International for a number of years before Deere and Co. hired him to set up a press relations program. He served Deere until his retirement in 1984.
He was a member of Short Hills Country Club.
Survivors include his wife, Camille Brune, Moline; his children and their spouses, Martha Brune Rapp and her husband, Jim, Quincy, Ill, Stephen and Patricia Brune, Springfield, Ill., Frederick and Cynthia Brune, Wilton, Iowa, Joseph and Mary Brune, Rock Island, Priscilla Brune DeKeyrel and her husband, Roger, Illinois City, and Jessica Brune Arendt and her husband, Jeffrey, St. Charles, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and brothers, Dr. Lester Brune, Peoria, Ill., and Frederick Gustav Brune, Kenner, La.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Reynold W. Brune II; a brother, Don Brune; and a sister, Margaret Limbach.
(Rock Island Argus, Apr. 24, 2001)
Reynold W. "Rey" Brune, 77, of Moline, one of Illinois' strongest advocates for accessible post-secondary education, died Monday, April 23, 2001, at Trinity Medical Center, West Campus, Rock Island. Mr. Brune spent more time as a member of public higher education boards than any other person in Illinois history, nearly 40 years.
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island, where he was a member. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island, with a Christian wake service at 6:30 p.m. Burial with military honors presented by Moline American Legion Post 246 will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the church or to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Reynold William Brune was born Aug. 6, 1923, in the Cincinnati suburb of Reading, Ohio, the son of Frederick Gustav and Marie Bueker Brune. He married Camille Frainer Nov. 10, 1949, in Springfield.
Mr. Brune helped persuade voters to create Black Hawk College in 1961. It was Illinois' first community junior college with its own tax base and its own governing board.
Mr. Brune was elected to Black Hawk College's charter board in January 1962 and re-elected several times before Gov. Richard Ogilvie appointed him to the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) in 1970. The following year, Gov. Ogilvie named him chairman. Mr. Brune served as chairman of the ICCB during some of the most important years in the development of Illinois' statewide system of public community colleges.
As chairman of the ICCB, Mr. Brune became a system representative member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and served in that capacity until early 1976. In the spring of 1972, Gov. Jim Thompson named Mr. Brune a public member of the IBHE. He was the first person to serve as both a system representative and a public member.
He was reappointed several times to the IBHE before resigning in late 1999 because of poor health. The 27 years he served on the IBHE has far exceeded time served by anyone else.
Because of his community college background, Mr. Brune was interested in off-campus programs that would allow place-bound students to complete a degree. One such program was offered by Western Illinois University, which established a branch campus in the Quad-Cities.
Mr. Brune came to Illinois in 1946 following lengthy service with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served as manager of United Press International for a number of years before Deere and Co. hired him to set up a press relations program. He served Deere until his retirement in 1984.
He was a member of Short Hills Country Club.
Survivors include his wife, Camille Brune, Moline; his children and their spouses, Martha Brune Rapp and her husband, Jim, Quincy, Ill, Stephen and Patricia Brune, Springfield, Ill., Frederick and Cynthia Brune, Wilton, Iowa, Joseph and Mary Brune, Rock Island, Priscilla Brune DeKeyrel and her husband, Roger, Illinois City, and Jessica Brune Arendt and her husband, Jeffrey, St. Charles, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and brothers, Dr. Lester Brune, Peoria, Ill., and Frederick Gustav Brune, Kenner, La.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Reynold W. Brune II; a brother, Don Brune; and a sister, Margaret Limbach.
(Rock Island Argus, Apr. 24, 2001)
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island, where he was a member. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island, with a Christian wake service at 6:30 p.m. Burial with military honors presented by Moline American Legion Post 246 will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the church or to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Reynold William Brune was born Aug. 6, 1923, in the Cincinnati suburb of Reading, Ohio, the son of Frederick Gustav and Marie Bueker Brune. He married Camille Frainer Nov. 10, 1949, in Springfield.
Mr. Brune helped persuade voters to create Black Hawk College in 1961. It was Illinois' first community junior college with its own tax base and its own governing board.
Mr. Brune was elected to Black Hawk College's charter board in January 1962 and re-elected several times before Gov. Richard Ogilvie appointed him to the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) in 1970. The following year, Gov. Ogilvie named him chairman. Mr. Brune served as chairman of the ICCB during some of the most important years in the development of Illinois' statewide system of public community colleges.
As chairman of the ICCB, Mr. Brune became a system representative member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and served in that capacity until early 1976. In the spring of 1972, Gov. Jim Thompson named Mr. Brune a public member of the IBHE. He was the first person to serve as both a system representative and a public member.
He was reappointed several times to the IBHE before resigning in late 1999 because of poor health. The 27 years he served on the IBHE has far exceeded time served by anyone else.
Because of his community college background, Mr. Brune was interested in off-campus programs that would allow place-bound students to complete a degree. One such program was offered by Western Illinois University, which established a branch campus in the Quad-Cities.
Mr. Brune came to Illinois in 1946 following lengthy service with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served as manager of United Press International for a number of years before Deere and Co. hired him to set up a press relations program. He served Deere until his retirement in 1984.
He was a member of Short Hills Country Club.
Survivors include his wife, Camille Brune, Moline; his children and their spouses, Martha Brune Rapp and her husband, Jim, Quincy, Ill, Stephen and Patricia Brune, Springfield, Ill., Frederick and Cynthia Brune, Wilton, Iowa, Joseph and Mary Brune, Rock Island, Priscilla Brune DeKeyrel and her husband, Roger, Illinois City, and Jessica Brune Arendt and her husband, Jeffrey, St. Charles, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and brothers, Dr. Lester Brune, Peoria, Ill., and Frederick Gustav Brune, Kenner, La.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Reynold W. Brune II; a brother, Don Brune; and a sister, Margaret Limbach.
(Rock Island Argus, Apr. 24, 2001)
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