IL SR0509

Memorial resolution honoring Patrick Miller Hemingway of Bozeman, Montana, who passed away on September 2, 2025 at age 97

Son of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, born June 28, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri; graduated from Harvard University in 1950 with a degree in Art History and Literature

Pursued a career in wildlife conservation in Africa, serving as a UN Food and Agriculture Organization forestry officer, safari guide, and honorary game warden in British East Africa after purchasing a 2,300-acre farm in Tanganyika (Tanzania)

Edited and supervised posthumous publications of his father's works, including "True at First Light" and "Dear Papa: The Letters of Patrick and Ernest Hemingway"; established the Patrick and Carol T. Hemingway Scholar-In-Residence at the John F. Kennedy Library in 2023

Illinois Senate extends condolences to his surviving family, including daughter Edwina Hemingway, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren