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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to honor Dr. Irene H. Brodie on her | ||||||
| 4 | life's accomplishments and her time as mayor of Robbins; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Brodie is currently serving in her 24th | ||||||
| 6 | consecutive year as mayor, making her the current, | ||||||
| 7 | longest-serving, female African-American mayor in the nation; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Brodie moved to Robbins at the onset of her | ||||||
| 10 | professional career as a teacher and educator; she taught at | ||||||
| 11 | Kellar Elementary School and later became assistant principal | ||||||
| 12 | at Turner Elementary School; while teaching, she completed | ||||||
| 13 | coursework to earn her doctorate in education from Northeastern | ||||||
| 14 | University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Brodie joined Moraine Valley Community | ||||||
| 16 | College when it only had a few buildings to accommodate a | ||||||
| 17 | student population of 12,000; after only 2 years, she became | ||||||
| 18 | the first African-American dean at Moraine Valley Community | ||||||
| 19 | College; during her tenure, the school grew to be the second | ||||||
| 20 | largest community college in Illinois with a student population | ||||||
| 21 | well over 30,000; she has hired, financially supported, | ||||||
| 22 | tutored, counseled, and graduated hundreds of residents from | ||||||
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| 1 | Robbins and the surrounding communities; while working at | ||||||
| 2 | Moraine Valley, she served as village clerk for Robbins for 12 | ||||||
| 3 | years; after her retirement, the college named a section of the | ||||||
| 4 | B-Building in her honor; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Brodie began her second career with her | ||||||
| 6 | campaign for mayor of Robbins in 1989; her mayoral scholarship | ||||||
| 7 | has funded tuition costs for hundreds of students throughout | ||||||
| 8 | the years and her individual efforts have produced teachers, | ||||||
| 9 | lawyers, doctors, engineers, and educators around the globe; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Brodie has a history of service to her | ||||||
| 12 | community, including, serving as vice-president of the | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois Municipal League, executive board member and | ||||||
| 14 | assistant secretary of the National Conference of Black Mayors, | ||||||
| 15 | and appointed chair of the Education Committee and Scholarship | ||||||
| 16 | Committee for the National Conference of Black Mayors; she has | ||||||
| 17 | been appointed to numerous gubernatorial transition teams, a | ||||||
| 18 | member of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus under former Mayor | ||||||
| 19 | Richard Daley, served on various State and federal advisory | ||||||
| 20 | boards, served as guest lecturer in 1993 and 1994 to the | ||||||
| 21 | Harvard University Graduate School of Business, and served on | ||||||
| 22 | President Bill Clinton's environmental think-tank group; and | ||||||
| 23 | WHEREAS, Dr. Brodie is married to J. Edmon Brodie and has | ||||||
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| 1 | one child, Jeraye E. Brodie; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | we congratulate Dr. Irene Brodie on her 24th consecutive year | ||||||
| 5 | as mayor of Robbins, and we honor her life's accomplishments; | ||||||
| 6 | and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Dr. Irene Brodie, mayor of Robbins, as an | ||||||
| 9 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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