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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS. The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were saddened to learn of the death of Elizabeth H.
 4    "Ibby" Malott of Kenilworth on May 18, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mrs. Malott was born in Duluth,  Minnesota;  her
 6    father's  job with a Canadian shipping company led the family
 7    to live in Shanghai, China, Japan, and the  Philippines;  she
 8    and her family were evacuated from Shanghai to Canada shortly
 9    before  World  War II and returned to the United States after
10    the war; and

11        WHEREAS, Mrs.  Malott  graduated  in  1953  from  Scripps
12    College  with  a  degree in art history and became one of the
13    trustees in 1996; her family helped fund the remodeling of  a
14    college  building  into  a  common  area  for socializing and
15    dining; and

16        WHEREAS, Mrs. Malott had  also  been  a  trustee  of  the
17    Lincoln  Academy  since  being  appointed in 1978 by Governor
18    James Thompson; she became a regent in 1982;  each  year  the
19    non-profit  organization  honors  outstanding individuals who
20    were born or reside in Illinois; and

21        WHEREAS, Among Mrs. Malott's efforts  since  joining  the
22    Women's  Board  of  the Field Museum in 1978 was chairing its
23    dinner for the opening of  the  Northwest  Coast  Exhibit  in
24    1982;  she  also  volunteered  in  the  museum's anthropology
25    department; and

26        WHEREAS, After being diagnosed with osteoporosis about 10
27    years ago, she began  to  encourage  women  to  have  a  bone
28    density test; and

29        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Malott's childhood experiences infused in
30    her an insatiable curiosity, an adventuresome spirit, and  an
31    appetite  for  learning; she loved non-traditional trips with
 
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 1    her husband, including dog sledding across Baffin  Island  in
 2    Canada,  witnessing  the  Polar  Bear  migration in Manitoba,
 3    visiting the South Pole, and circumventing the  Arctic  on  a
 4    Russian nuclear icebreaker; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Malott's  passing  will be deeply felt by
 6    many,  especially  her  husband,   Robert;   her   daughters,
 7    Elizabeth Pohle and Barbara Kizziah; her son, Deane; her five
 8    grandchildren;   and   her  sisters,  Renee  Spencer,  Marcia
 9    Ledogar, and Joey Williams; therefore, be it

10        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
11    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
12    Elizabeth  H. "Ibby" Malott along with all who knew and loved
13    her and extend our sincere  condolences  to  her  family  and
14    friends; and be it further

15        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
16    presented  to  the  family  of  Elizabeth  H.  Malott  as  an
17    expression of our deepest sympathy.