Full Text of SR0510 93rd General Assembly
SR0510 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Miriam Brooks-Sumlin on | 4 |
| April 3, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Miriam Brooks-Sumlin was born on January 22, 1934, | 6 |
| in Chicago; she attended School Elementary in Morgan Park; as a | 7 |
| teenager, her family moved to New York, where she subsequently | 8 |
| attended New York University and married Stanley James Sumlin, | 9 |
| a law school student; and
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| WHEREAS, After working for the United Nations, Miriam and | 11 |
| her family moved to Nairobi, Kenya, where she worked for Jommo | 12 |
| Kenyatta's international staff on behalf of visiting | 13 |
| dignitaries; some years later, she returned to Chicago and | 14 |
| obtained a degree from Chicago Teachers College (Chicago State | 15 |
| University); and
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| WHEREAS, She taught for many years at Drake Elementary | 17 |
| School, where she worked with children with special needs; | 18 |
| after finishing her master's degree in administrative | 19 |
| education from the University of Minnesota, her career included | 20 |
| a move to the Gifted Programs Office of the Chicago Board of | 21 |
| Education, where she was responsible for coordinating testing | 22 |
| facilities and teacher preparation for gifted children | 23 |
| throughout the City of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Sumlin spent much of her life teaching and | 25 |
| administering policies that enriched the educational life of a | 26 |
| broad range of children, from the mentally handicapped to the | 27 |
| gifted; she raised her children and countless others who had | 28 |
| the opportunity to sit at her "Sunday Table"; she was known for | 29 |
| her pineapple upside down cake as well as her love, nurturing | 30 |
| nature, and her concern; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Miriam Brooks-Sumlin has been | 2 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her daughter, Sheryl; her son, | 3 |
| Bruce; her grandchildren, Shawn, Jasmine, Annanda, Kristian, | 4 |
| Julian, and Robert; her great-grandchildren, Matthew, Anthony, | 5 |
| and Steven; her family members, Michelle, Maryjane, Max, John, | 6 |
| Ione, Marsha, Kyle, Linda, Rael, Lorraine, Royce, Royce Jr. | 7 |
| "Snooky", Karyn, Elaine, Noel, Patrick, Lester, Fitz, Gina, | 8 |
| Thomas, Veranda, John, Celene, Dorothy, Ferdinand, Joan, | 9 |
| Renald, Todd, Lynn, Ben, Seth, Joyce, Al, Eric, Beth, Ora, | 10 |
| Vincent, Carol, and Smitty; and all the wonderful children and | 11 |
| friends, especially most recently those from The Church of the | 12 |
| Hills; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 |
| Miriam Brooks-Sumlin, and we extend our deepest sympathy to her | 16 |
| family, friends, former students, and all who knew and loved | 17 |
| her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Miriam Brooks-Sumlin as an | 20 |
| expression of our sincere condolences.
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