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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are
3 pleased to recognize Illinois citizens who have distinguished
4 themselves in service to their community and this State; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the Jewish
6 National Fund Woman of Valor Award Dinner is being held in
7 honor of Audrey Holzer Rubin on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at the
8 Standard Club in Chicago; and
9 WHEREAS, Audrey Holzer Rubin is an active member of the
10 Board of Directors of the Chicago Region of the Jewish
11 National Fund and also serves as Secretary of the Board and
12 the Executive Committee; and
13 WHEREAS, Ms. Rubin has been an attorney for twenty-two
14 years; she has served as Chief Legal Officer of Grant
15 Thornton, LLP, a global consulting and accounting firm; she
16 has also served as Vice President of Law and Human Resources,
17 General Counsel, and Secretary to Apollo Travel Services;
18 prior to her corporate legal positions, she was in private
19 practice as a partner in the Chicago law firm of Gottlieb and
20 Schwartz and as an associate with the firm of Burditt and
21 Calkins; and
22 WHEREAS, Audrey Holzer Rubin received her Juris Doctor
23 degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1978 and
24 her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1975 from Yale
25 University where she was a Yale National Scholar; and
26 WHEREAS, Ms. Rubin is a member of the Board of Governors
27 of the Association of Yale Alumni; she has served on the
28 Chicago Bar Association's Board of Managers; she was a leader
29 of the Young Lawyers Section and also the Illinois State Bar
30 Association Young Lawyers Division; she served as founder and
31 chair of the Illinois Task Force on Gender Bias in the Courts
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1 from 1986 to 1990; and
2 WHEREAS, Audrey Holzer Rubin is married to attorney E.
3 Leonard Rubin; they are the loving parents of Margot Holzer
4 Rubin and Bette Georgia Rubin; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we wish to congratulate Audrey Holzer Rubin on being honored
8 at the Jewish National Fund Woman of Valor Award Dinner and
9 applaud her many great works she has performed; and be it
10 further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Audrey Holzer Rubin.