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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Barbara Elaine Russell Brown of Highland
4Park, who passed away on January 7, 2019; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Barbara Brown was born in Chicago on February 14,
61929; she grew up in the Austin neighborhood in a family of
7Jewish immigrants from Romania and Russia; her father died of
8wounds sustained in World War I, shortly before the start of
9World War II; after high school, she began studies at what was
10then Rockford College; she earned her bachelor's degree in
11economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
12she married Roger Brown on May 16, 1953; shortly thereafter,
13they moved to Highland Park; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Barbara Brown served on the research staff of
15Chicago's Field Museum for nearly 50 years, concentrating in
16mammalogy and specializing in New World species; she was a
17participant on several of the museum's research expeditions to
18Brazil's Cerrado and Atlantic Coastal forests; she was also the
19author of an important treatise on marsupials; the scientific
20community recognized her work and named a number of tropical
21mammals and birds in her honor; a curatorial position in
22ornithology at the Science Museum of Minnesota bears her name,
23as well as a nature reserve that forms part of the Chicago

 

 

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1Botanic Gardens; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Barbara Brown enriched the community; she joined
3the Highland Park Library Board, served on the city's
4Environmental Commission, was a guide at the Heller Nature
5Center, and volunteered at her children's elementary schools
6and at their many extracurricular activities; she also served
7on the Woman's Board of the Field Museum and the Chicago
8Botanic Garden Board; she was president of the Evanston North
9Shore Bird Club for decades; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Barbara Brown was a dedicated birdwatcher and
11"birded" throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and
12Central America; she traveled the world with Roger as well,
13attended the four grand Slam tournaments, and visited London,
14Rome, Paris, Tbilsi, Tehran, and Yogyakartta; she regularly
15engaged in tennis and swimming; she enjoyed gardening,
16classical music, mysteries, and Asian art; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Barbara Brown is survived by her husband, Roger;
18her children, Jeffrey, Owen, Andrew, Henry, and Vanessa; her 18
19grandchildren; and her seven great-grandchildren; therefore,
20be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1Barbara Elaine Russell Brown and extend our sincere condolences
2to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be
3it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of Barbara Russell as an expression of
6our deepest sympathy.