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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in
4 the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Barbara J.
6 Hildreth is retiring after 37 years in the education field;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, Barbara J. Hildreth, the daughter of the late
9 John and Thelma Palmer of Carbondale, Illinois, received her
10 bachelor's degree at Jackson State University and her
11 master's degree from National Louis University; and
12 WHEREAS, During her 37-year career, Barbara Hildreth
13 received the Red Apple Teacher Award from Rockford School
14 District #205, was a Golden Apple Nominee for Winnebago
15 County, was listed in the 1988 edition of Who's Who Among
16 Black Americans, and was voted Most Popular Teacher at
17 Lincoln Park Elementary School in Rockford, Illinois; and
18 WHEREAS, Barbara J. Hildreth is involved in many civic
19 organizations, including the NAACP, the National Council of
20 Negro Women, the National Alliance of Black School Educators,
21 Provident Baptist Church, Beta Pi Sigma and Delta Sigma Theta
22 sororities, and the American Association of University Women;
23 she served on the Winnebago County Health Board and the
24 Little People Place Day Care Board, is a volunteer at
25 Rockford Memorial Hospital, and is a precinct committee
26 person; and
27 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we congratulate Barbara J. Hildreth on her retirement after
30 an outstanding 37-year career in the field of education and
31 we wish her well in all of her future endeavors; and be it
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1 further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Barbara J. Hildreth as an expression of our
4 esteem.