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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | learned with regret of the death of Miriam Brooks-Sumlin on | ||||||
| 4 | April 3, 2004; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Miriam Brooks-Sumlin was born on January 22, 1934, | ||||||
| 6 | in Chicago; she attended School Elementary in Morgan Park; as a | ||||||
| 7 | teenager, her family moved to New York, where she subsequently | ||||||
| 8 | attended New York University and married Stanley James Sumlin, | ||||||
| 9 | a law school student; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, After working for the United Nations, Miriam and | ||||||
| 11 | her family moved to Nairobi, Kenya, where she worked for Jommo | ||||||
| 12 | Kenyatta's international staff on behalf of visiting | ||||||
| 13 | dignitaries; some years later, she returned to Chicago and | ||||||
| 14 | obtained a degree from Chicago Teachers College (Chicago State | ||||||
| 15 | University); and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, She taught for many years at Drake Elementary | ||||||
| 17 | School, where she worked with children with special needs; | ||||||
| 18 | after finishing her master's degree in administrative | ||||||
| 19 | education from the University of Minnesota, her career included | ||||||
| 20 | a move to the Gifted Programs Office of the Chicago Board of | ||||||
| 21 | Education, where she was responsible for coordinating testing | ||||||
| 22 | facilities and teacher preparation for gifted children | ||||||
| 23 | throughout the City of Chicago; and
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| 24 | WHEREAS, Mrs. Sumlin spent much of her life teaching and | ||||||
| 25 | administering policies that enriched the educational life of a | ||||||
| 26 | broad range of children, from the mentally handicapped to the | ||||||
| 27 | gifted; she raised her children and countless others who had | ||||||
| 28 | the opportunity to sit at her "Sunday Table"; she was known for | ||||||
| 29 | her pineapple upside down cake as well as her love, nurturing | ||||||
| 30 | nature, and her concern; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The passing of Miriam Brooks-Sumlin has been | ||||||
| 2 | deeply felt by many, especially her daughter, Sheryl; her son, | ||||||
| 3 | Bruce; her grandchildren, Shawn, Jasmine, Annanda, Kristian, | ||||||
| 4 | Julian, and Robert; her great-grandchildren, Matthew, Anthony, | ||||||
| 5 | and Steven; her family members, Michelle, Maryjane, Max, John, | ||||||
| 6 | Ione, Marsha, Kyle, Linda, Rael, Lorraine, Royce, Royce Jr. | ||||||
| 7 | "Snooky", Karyn, Elaine, Noel, Patrick, Lester, Fitz, Gina, | ||||||
| 8 | Thomas, Veranda, John, Celene, Dorothy, Ferdinand, Joan, | ||||||
| 9 | Renald, Todd, Lynn, Ben, Seth, Joyce, Al, Eric, Beth, Ora, | ||||||
| 10 | Vincent, Carol, and Smitty; and all the wonderful children and | ||||||
| 11 | friends, especially most recently those from The Church of the | ||||||
| 12 | Hills; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Miriam Brooks-Sumlin, and we extend our deepest sympathy to her | ||||||
| 16 | family, friends, former students, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 17 | her; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Miriam Brooks-Sumlin as an | ||||||
| 20 | expression of our sincere condolences.
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