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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Dr. Jean A. Bowen, who passed away on |
4 | | September 16, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bowen was born in Joliet to John and Helen |
6 | | (Olson) Gerber on February 11, 1942; she grew up in Fairbury |
7 | | and graduated from Fairbury-Cropsey High School; she received a |
8 | | Bachelor of Arts from Millikin University, a Master of Arts |
9 | | from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a |
10 | | Doctorate of Education from Loyola University; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bowen began her career in education at Johns |
12 | | Hill Junior High School in Decatur; she then was a guidance |
13 | | counselor at Centennial High School in Champaign; she moved to |
14 | | Elgin and taught at Abbott Junior High School; she was a |
15 | | guidance counselor, assistant principal, and head of the Fine |
16 | | Arts Academy at Larkin High School; finally, she was the first |
17 | | principal of South Elgin High School; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bowen was member of the Delta Delta Delta |
19 | | sorority, the Elgin Junior Women's Club, and the Elgin Service |
20 | | Board; she was on the board of the Community Crisis Center, the |
21 | | board of the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame, and the board of the |
22 | | U-46 Educational Foundation; she was a longtime member of |