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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestones in the
4 lives of people of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Deloris Jordan is the mother of five children,
6 James, Delois, Larry, Michael, and Roslyn; her son, Michael
7 Jordan, was the star of the Chicago Bulls basketball team for
8 many years; and
9 WHEREAS, Deloris Jordan is the author of "Family First:
10 Winning the Parenting Game", a book that gives the seven
11 principles of parenting; she is also a noted public speaker
12 and a businesswoman; and
13 WHEREAS, Mrs. Jordan began her career at Corning Glass
14 Works and United Carolina Bank in Wilmington, North Carolina;
15 she serves on the boards of LaRibida Children's Hospital and
16 Research Center, The Jordan Family Institute, Sinai Community
17 Institute, Audrey Hepburn Hollywood for Children Foundation
18 (Honorary Chair), the Foundation for Peace and Stability in
19 Liberia, Inc., the University of Chapel Hill School of Social
20 Work, and Jordan Universal Marketing Products, Inc.
21 (J.U.M.P.); and
22 WHEREAS, Mrs. Jordan is the honorary chairman of James
23 Jordan Boys and Girls and Family Life Center; and
24 WHEREAS, Deloris Jordan has received many accolades and
25 honors for her work to improve the lives of others,
26 including: the Unicef Award by Audrey Hepburn, the 1998 Black
27 Trumpet Award by Ted Turner, the St. Colleta's of Illinois'
28 Humanitas Award, the Little Company of Mary Hospital's Mary
29 Potter Humanitarian Award, the University of Chicago's
30 Chicago Center for Family Health's Family Resilience Award,
31 and the National Mother's Day Committee Outstanding Mother of
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1 the Year Award; and
2 WHEREAS, Mrs. Jordan has toured the State of Israel,
3 where she met with government officials and visited the
4 Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, where she presented
5 gifts and words of comfort to the people there; and
6 WHEREAS, On October 24, 1999, Deloris Jordan will receive
7 the 1999 Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award from the Shaare
8 Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11 we congratulate Deloris Jordan on receiving the Raoul
12 Wallenberg Humanitarian Award from Shaare Zedek Medical
13 Center in Jerusalem; and we also declare October 24, 1999, to
14 be Deloris Jordan Day in the State of Illinois; and be it
15 further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to Mrs. Deloris Jordan, along with our sincere
18 regards.