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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The city of Centralia, Illinois honors many of
3 its citizens with induction into the Centralia Hall of Fame;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Doris Crittenden Popper, operatic soprano under
6 the stage name Doris Jung, is one recent inductee into the
7 Centralia Hall of Fame; and
8 WHEREAS, Doris Popper was born in Centralia, Illinois on
9 January 1, 1924; her parents were John J. and May Crittenden,
10 who operated the landmark Crittenden Ice Cream Factory in
11 Centralia from 1915 to the end of World War II; and
12 WHEREAS, Doris Popper was a 1941 graduate of Centralia
13 High School; she was a founding class member of Centralia
14 Junior College; in 1943 she enrolled at the University of
15 Illinois; from 1943 to 1949 she studied opera under Julius
16 Cohen in Champaign, Illinois; in 1949 she moved to New York
17 City to study under Emma Zador, former German opera star; in
18 1950 she met her future husband, Felix Popper, who was
19 serving as the assistant conductor for the New York City
20 Opera; they were wed on November 3, 1951 and their son
21 Richard was born in 1952; in 1976, Doris Popper announced her
22 retirement from the operatic stage; from 1976 to 1993 she
23 worked as a teacher and coach of operatic music in New York
24 City; Doris Popper started a program entitled "Voices in
25 Progress" which brought together beginning singers with
26 advanced aspiring professionals; therefore, be it
27 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
29 salute Doris Crittenden Popper on her induction into the
30 Centralia Hall of Fame; and be it further
31 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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1 presented to Doris Crittenden Popper with our regards.