Full Text of HR1152 93rd General Assembly
HR1152 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to honor Jane O'Connor Kerr for | 4 |
| her many contributions to the Ravinia Festival and the arts in | 5 |
| Illinois and to honor the Life Trustees of the Ravinia | 6 |
| Festival; and
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| WHEREAS, The Ravinia Festival is North America's oldest | 8 |
| music festival and celebrates its centennial during the summer | 9 |
| of 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Kerr has held many positions of distinction | 11 |
| within the Ravinia Festival; she was the first woman member of | 12 |
| the Ravinia Festival Board, was the president and a founding | 13 |
| member of the Ravinia Festival Women's Board, and she has | 14 |
| served as curator of three art expositions at the Ravinia | 15 |
| Festival; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Kerr has contributed to the arts in Illinois | 17 |
| in many other ways; she was appointed to the Illinois Arts | 18 |
| Council by Governor Ogilvie in 1969 and was one of the longest | 19 |
| serving members until 1994, a period of 25 years; she is a | 20 |
| member of the Board of the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art | 21 |
| and the Education Committee of the Art Institute of Chicago; | 22 |
| she chaired a committee of the Lyric Opera, was the founding | 23 |
| president of the Chicago City Ballet, President of Ruth Pate's | 24 |
| Ballet, a member of the City of Chicago Arts Council, a member | 25 |
| of the Board of the Museum of Science and Industry, chairman of | 26 |
| Young People for the Arts, chairman and first president of the | 27 |
| Catholic Interracial Council, chairman of the Library of | 28 |
| International Relations, and was a friend of the artists | 29 |
| Copeland Berg, Ray Telasco, and Georges Roualt; and
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| WHEREAS, At a special dinner on August 3, 2004, the | 31 |
| youngest members of the Ravinia family, The Associates, will |
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| salute the senior members, the Life Trustees and former | 2 |
| chairmen of the Women's Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Life Trustee designation is given to those members | 4 |
| who have served Ravinia for many years as a trustee or | 5 |
| chairman; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| honor Jane O'Connor Kerr for her many contributions to the | 9 |
| Ravinia Festival and the arts in Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the Life Trustees of the Ravinia | 11 |
| Festival; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to Jane O'Connor Kerr and to the Life Trustees of the | 14 |
| Ravinia Festival.
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