Full Text of HR0114 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka was born to immigrant parents | 3 | | Lillian Mary Shuss and William D. Baar on January 16,
1944 in | 4 | | Riverside; after attending public school, she graduated from | 5 | | Northwestern University's Medill
School of Journalism in 1966; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka worked as a reporter, education | 8 | | editor, feature writer, feature editor, and
photographer and | 9 | | received honors from the Illinois Women's Press Association, | 10 | | the Illinois Press
Association, and the Illinois State Medical | 11 | | Society for her work covering advances in the medical field; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka's time covering politics and | 14 | | local issues as a journalist motivated
her move into politics; | 15 | | in 1980, she was elected to serve in the Illinois House of | 16 | | Representatives, before
being elected to the Senate in 1984, | 17 | | where she served until 1995; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1994, Judy Baar Topinka achieved the | 19 | | distinction of being the first woman elected to serve as State
| 20 | | Treasurer, becoming only the second woman in Illinois history | 21 | | to hold a State constitutional executive
office; she served | 22 | | three terms; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Judy Baar Topinka ran for Governor of | 2 | | Illinois, becoming only the second woman to win a major
party's | 3 | | nomination for governor in the State; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, Judy Baar Topinka was elected to serve as | 5 | | the Illinois State Comptroller, making her the first
woman to | 6 | | serve in two State constitutional offices in Illinois; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka was a trailblazer and dedicated | 8 | | to community, honest governance, and human rights; therefore, | 9 | | be it | 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we urge the owner of the Comptroller building in Springfield to | 13 | | work with CMS to name the building in honor of Judy Baar | 14 | | Topinka; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | delivered to the owner of the Comptroller building in | 17 | | Springfield, the Illinois Comptroller, and the Director of CMS.
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