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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former
4 House member and beloved wife of former United States Senator
5 Paul Simon, Jeanne Hurley Simon, who passed away on Sunday,
6 February 20, 2000; and
7 WHEREAS, Jeanne Hurley and Paul Simon together served in
8 the Illinois House of Representatives, and hold the
9 distinction of being the only members of the General Assembly
10 to be married while both were holding seats; and
11 WHEREAS, The partnership blossomed with Jeanne and her
12 husband working together on his many successful State
13 campaigns; when Paul Simon made a bid for the office of the
14 President in 1988, his wife stood beside him; after the
15 election, Jeanne Simon authored a book, Codename: Scarlett,
16 with the insights of the wife of a presidential candidate;
17 and
18 WHEREAS, Jeanne Hurley Simon graduated from New Trier
19 High School in Winnetka, Illinois; she graduated from Barat
20 College in Lake Forest, and Northwestern University Law
21 School; in the mid-1950's she served as the President of the
22 Women's Bar Association of Illinois; and
23 WHEREAS, Before her election to the Illinois House,
24 Jeanne Hurley Simon served as an assistant state's attorney
25 in Cook County; upon her election to the Illinois House, she
26 sponsored a bill restricting the wiretapping of telephone
27 conversations; and
28 WHEREAS, Jeanne Hurley Simon was the chair of the United
29 States National Commission on Libraries and Information
30 Science; she received the presidential appointment in 1993
31 and the reappointment in 1997; she received an honorary
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1 degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1998; and
2 WHEREAS, In 1997 she joined Southern Illinois University
3 at Carbondale as an adjunct professor of library services;
4 together with her husband, they founded the SIU Public Policy
5 Institute; and
6 WHEREAS, Jeanne Hurley Simon is survived by her husband,
7 Paul Simon; her daughter, Sheila Simon; her son, Martin
8 Simon; and her four grandchildren; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11 we mourn, along with her family, friends, colleagues, and the
12 people of the State of Illinois, the death of Jeanne Hurley
13 Simon; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to her husband, Paul Simon.