Full Text of HR0675 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Evanston History Center has announced the | 3 | | launch of the "Year of Dawes", a yearlong series of programs, | 4 | | publications, and events held in honor of the 150th birthday of | 5 | | Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dawes was an accomplished politician, | 7 | | serving as Vice-President under Calvin Coolidge, a Nobel | 8 | | laureate, a philanthropist, a family man, and one of Evanston's | 9 | | most famous citizens; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The year of special programming is designed to | 11 | | re-examine Charles Dawes' career and biography and to explore | 12 | | the larger context of an early-20th century world - Dawes's | 13 | | "heyday" - that has all but vanished; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The "Year of Dawes" will include a variety of | 15 | | programing, a special exhibit focused on Charles Dawes' life | 16 | | and career, and 2 publications: a new edition of Dawes' 1921 'A | 17 | | Journal of the Great War' and a biography of Dawes by | 18 | | award-winning author, Annette Dunlap, to be published by | 19 | | Northwestern University Press; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, A series of lectures will also be offered, which | 21 | | will include biographical talks about the Dawes' family in |
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| 1 | | Evanston, an exploration of the landscape of the Dawes House, | 2 | | and talks on themes related to Charles Dawes' career and life, | 3 | | including finance, genealogy, adoption, and others; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The "Year of Dawes" officially kicks off on | 5 | | Charles Dawes' 150th birthday, August 27, 2015 at the Dawes | 6 | | House with a starlight party featuring live music, appetizers, | 7 | | cocktails, and a momentous announcement about the future of the | 8 | | Dawes House; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The "Year of Dawes" runs from August of 2015 | 10 | | through August of 2016; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | recognize and congratulate the Evanston History Center on the | 14 | | launch of its exciting programmatic year in commemoration of | 15 | | the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Gates Dawes; and | 16 | | be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the leadership of the Evanston History Center as | 19 | | an expression of our esteem and respect.
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