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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Susan Burrows for
4 her 40 years of service to the Des Plaines community; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Susan Burrows was a valued member of the Des
6 Plaines Public Library Board of Trustees from July 19, 1979 to
7 April 22, 2006; she served as President of the Board of
8 Trustees from 1984 to 1989; she served on the library's 80th
9 and 90th Anniversary Committees; she served as the chair of the
10 Finance Committee several times and ensured that the library
11 was fiscally responsible; members of the Board came to depend
12 on Ms. Burrows for her knowledge of library law and library
13 funding; and
 
14     WHEREAS, During her time on the Des Plaines Public Library
15 Board of Trustees, Susan Burrows led the transition of the
16 library's paper catalog into a fully functional automated
17 catalog, encouraged the library to became a member of a
18 consortium of libraries, led the library to become a repository
19 of antique dolls and information of doll collecting, and helped
20 create the design of the new library building; she was
21 instrumental in establishing the Library Foundation and was a
22 tireless worker for its fundraiser, Do the Dewey; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Susan Burrows has been generous with her time and
2 money; she donated Thomas The Tank trains and train tables to
3 the library's children's department, which became the
4 department's most popular feature; she donated the aquarium for
5 the children's room in the new library building that the
6 children of Des Plaines requested be part of the new children's
7 space; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Susan Burrows has a deep understanding of the
9 value of libraries to the entire community of Des Plaines and
10 the many ways that a library serves its customers; therefore,
11 be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14 congratulate and thank Susan Burrows on many years of service
15 to the Des Plaines community and wish her continued success and
16 happiness in the future; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to Susan Burrows as an expression of our esteem and
19 respect.