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91_SR0326
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Hilda Lopez-Arce of Chicago on March 7, 2000;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, on August 28,
6 1955, the daughter of Epifanio Lopez and Norberta Rodriguez
7 Lopez, Hilda Lopez and her family moved to Philadelphia,
8 Pennsylvania, when she was three years old; and
9 WHEREAS, Hilda Lopez was educated at St. Edward's
10 Catholic Elementary School and Hallahan High School in
11 Philadelphia; she earned a baccalaureate degree from Chestnut
12 Hill College in Philadelphia in 1973 and a Master's Degree in
13 Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago; and
14 WHEREAS, Hilda Lopez was married to Roberto Arce on
15 October 3, 1999; and
16 WHEREAS, Ms. Lopez-Arce worked as the Community Liaison
17 for the Philadelphia Coalition on Domestic Violence and the
18 Displaced Women's Coordinator for the Lutheran Settlement
19 House in Pennsylvania; in 1980, she accepted a position at
20 the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she worked as
21 counselor, assistant to the Vice Chancellor, and Staff
22 Associate; and
23 WHEREAS, In 1998, she received the Chancellor's Academic
24 Professional Excellence Award; this award is a peer award
25 designed to recognize demonstrated excellence by academic
26 professional staff members at the University of Illinois at
27 Chicago; she was recognized for her outstanding contributions
28 to UIC, including interpersonal relationships and individual
29 characteristics, professional achievements, and external
30 contributions; and
31 WHEREAS, Hilda Lopez-Arce was affiliated with the
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1 Illinois Association of Hispanic State Employees, the
2 Illinois Latino Association Committee on Higher Education,
3 the Latino Committee on University Affairs, and the
4 Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos; and
5 WHEREAS, Hilda Lopez-Arce's passing will be deeply felt
6 by her family and friends, especially her husband, Roberto;
7 her siblings, Merci, Bruni, Gloria, Ali, Eppi, Albert, and
8 Lues; her in-laws, Tyrone Spiller, Mariel Lopez, and Dey
9 Lopez; and her nephews and nieces, Jose, Roberto, Vicky,
10 Dana, Daniel, Megan, Travis, Lues, Virginia, and Eppi III;
11 therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
14 and regret the death of Hilda Lopez-Arce and extend our
15 sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
16 further
17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to her husband, Roberto Arce, and her family.