Full Text of HR1092 96th General Assembly
HR1092 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Adelle J. Swanson | 4 |
| on the occasion of her retirement after many years of dedicated | 5 |
| service with the Riverdale Public Library District; and
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| WHEREAS, Adelle Swanson earned her bachelor's degree in | 7 |
| English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in | 8 |
| 1967 and her Masters in Library Science degree from the | 9 |
| University of Illinois in 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, Adelle Swanson has had a long and distinguished | 11 |
| career in libraries throughout the State; she began her career | 12 |
| as a student clerk at the Urbana Free Library in 1962; in 1967, | 13 |
| she worked as a graduate assistant in the Education and Social | 14 |
| Sciences Library at the University of Illinois at | 15 |
| Urbana-Champaign; from 1968 to 1974, she served as Head | 16 |
| Librarian at the Flossmoor Public Library; in 1974, she became | 17 |
| the Administrative Librarian with Riverdale Public Library | 18 |
| District in Riverdale, where she remained until her retirement | 19 |
| in 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Adelle Swanson is a member of many professional | 21 |
| organizations, including the American Library Association, the | 22 |
| Illinois Library Association, the Joint Advancement of |
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| Illinois Libraries, the Library Administrators of Northern | 2 |
| Illinois, the South Suburban Library Association, Zone 6, and | 3 |
| the Suburban Library System; she is also a member of numerous | 4 |
| community organizations, including the Riverdale Chamber of | 5 |
| Commerce, the Intergovernmental Group, the Housing Authority | 6 |
| and Human Relations Board of Riverdale, Remembering When, the | 7 |
| Riverdale Landlords' Association, the Our Savior's (Senior) | 8 |
| Apartments Board, the Thornton Township Regional Action | 9 |
| Planning Program, the Riverdale Investment Club, the American | 10 |
| Cancer Society, United Way, and Business and Professional | 11 |
| Women; and
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| WHEREAS, Adelle Swanson was named the Riverdale Chamber of | 13 |
| Commerce Member of the Year in 1982, 1993, and 1997 and | 14 |
| Business and Professional Women Woman of the Year in 1980; she | 15 |
| was also made a Riverdale Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Member | 16 |
| in 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Adelle Swanson serves as a model of hard work, | 18 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 19 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| congratulate Adelle J. Swanson on the occasion of her | 23 |
| retirement and wish her many happy and healthy retirement |
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| years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Adelle Swanson as a symbol of our esteem and | 4 |
| respect.
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