Full Text of SR1428 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Rosemary Robinson Jackson Ph.D. of | 4 | | Chicago, who passed away on February 7, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson was born on Chicago's West Side on | 6 | | December 22, 1946; she received her Ph.D. from Loyola | 7 | | University and a Master of Arts from both the National College | 8 | | of Education and DePaul University; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson began her career as an English teacher | 10 | | at her alma mater, John Marshall High School; she went on to | 11 | | teach at Hyde Park High School, Kennedy-King College, and | 12 | | DePaul University; she served as vice president for Educational | 13 | | Media and Distance Learning at Kennedy-King from 2007 to 2010; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson was the vice chairman and chief | 16 | | administrative officer at Chicago-based Central City | 17 | | Productions, which she helped develop with her lifelong partner | 18 | | and husband, Don Jackson; she served as Research Director and | 19 | | Associate Producer of the Black College Quiz and the Hispanic | 20 | | College Quiz - two nationally-syndicated television programs | 21 | | developed by Central City Productions; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson remained active in her local community | 2 | | and was committed to public service through her sorority, Delta | 3 | | Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for which she chaired several | 4 | | committees during her 50-year tenure as an active member, and | 5 | | which her daughter, Rhonda, is an active member today; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson's professional memberships included | 7 | | the National Council of Teachers of English, the National | 8 | | Association for Developmental Education, the Association for | 9 | | the Study of African American Life and History (SAALH), and Phi | 10 | | Beta Kappa; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson was an avid sports fan; she loved | 12 | | tennis, basketball, baseball, and football; she was also a | 13 | | devotee of the arts and all types of dancing including Bopping, | 14 | | Stepping, and Line Dancing; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson is survived by her beloved husband of | 16 | | 52 years, Don; her mother, Rosalie Gray; her siblings, Carrie | 17 | | Murphy, Erma Gray Davis (Dan), and Calvin Gray (Ruth); her | 18 | | daughter, Rhonda Jackson Sams (Ray); her son, Baba Dainja; her | 19 | | grandchildren, Donovan, Dain, and Riley Rose; and numerous | 20 | | nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Rosemary Robinson Jackson Ph.D., and extend our sincere | 2 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 3 | | her; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Dr. Jackson as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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