![In this Aug. 29, 1983 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Philip J. Rock, D-Oak Park, announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Chicago, Ill.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/38964/philip_rock__medium.jpg)
Philip Rock, Illinois Senate President For 14 Years, Dies
Former Illinois Senate President Philip Rock has died. He was 78. The Democrat from Oak Park served 14 years in charge of the Senate, the longest tenure in the chamber's history. He left in 1993.