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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Christopher Sverre
4Norborg and Susan Jacobson Norborg on the occasion of their
550th wedding anniversary; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Susan Norborg grew up in Chicago on Sawyer Avenue
7just north of Foster; she is the eldest child of Alice and
8Roland "Jake" Jacobson and the big sister to Sally and Richard;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, Chris Norborg grew up with his parents, Sverre and
11Erna Norborg, and his older brother, Tony, in Chicago's Logan
12Square next door to the Norwegian Lutheran Church Minnekirken,
13where Sverre served as pastor; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Chris and Susan Norborg met in 1954 as high school
15freshman at North Park Academy on the grounds of North Park
16University; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Susan Norborg excelled at North Park, graduating
18in the top 10% of her class and leading the cheerleading squad;
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, Chris Norborg's athletic exploits in high school

 

 

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1are legendary, particularly in basketball, where he earned the
2nickname "No Shot Norborg" in recognition of the fact that
3there was no shot he could not make; and
 
4    WHEREAS, After being named "Ideal North Park Boy and Girl"
5as seniors in 1958, Chris Norborg went on to Northwestern
6University and Susan Norborg went to Lake Forest College; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The couple graduated from college in 1962 and
8married on July 6, 1963; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Susan Norborg subsequently began a career as an
10elementary school teacher and Chris Norborg entered medical
11school at the University of Illinois in Chicago; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Upon graduation from medical school, Chris
13Norborg completed his residency at Cook County Hospital
14providing care to countless Chicagoans; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Chris Norborg retired in 2009 after 38 years as an
16obstetrician/gynecologist, having delivered more than 8,000
17babies; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Chris and Susan Norborg are the proud parents of 3
19children, Jennifer, Chris, and Heather Norborg, and the
20delighted grandparents of 6 grandchildren, Freya and Theo

 

 

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1Trefonides, Domingo and Amalia Norborg, and Lucy and Ingrid
2Kennedy; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Susan and Chris Norborg now devote their days
4enjoying their family, traveling, singing in a symphonic choir,
5playing golf, and - as true North Siders - rooting for the
6Cubs; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we congratulate Chris and Susan Norborg on their 50th wedding
10anniversary and wish them many more happy years together; and
11be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to Christopher Sverre Norborg and Susan Jacobson
14Norborg as an expression of our esteem and respect.