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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to honor Jane O'Connor Kerr for |
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| her many contributions to the Ravinia Festival and the arts in |
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| Illinois and to honor the Life Trustees of the Ravinia |
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| Festival; and
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| WHEREAS, The Ravinia Festival is North America's oldest |
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| music festival and celebrates its centennial during the summer |
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| of 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Kerr has held many positions of distinction |
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| within the Ravinia Festival; she was the first woman member of |
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| the Ravinia Festival Board, was the president and a founding |
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| member of the Ravinia Festival Women's Board, and she has |
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| served as curator of three art expositions at the Ravinia |
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| Festival; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Kerr has contributed to the arts in Illinois |
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| in many other ways; she was appointed to the Illinois Arts |
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| Council by Governor Ogilvie in 1969 and was one of the longest |
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| serving members until 1994, a period of 25 years; she is a |
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| member of the Board of the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art |
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| and the Education Committee of the Art Institute of Chicago; |
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| she chaired a committee of the Lyric Opera, was the founding |
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| president of the Chicago City Ballet, President of Ruth Pate's |
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| Ballet, a member of the City of Chicago Arts Council, a member |
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| of the Board of the Museum of Science and Industry, chairman of |
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| Young People for the Arts, chairman and first president of the |
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| Catholic Interracial Council, chairman of the Library of |
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| International Relations, and was a friend of the artists |
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| Copeland Berg, Ray Telasco, and Georges Roualt; and
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| WHEREAS, At a special dinner on August 3, 2004, the |
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| youngest members of the Ravinia family, The Associates, will |