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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, For 34 years, Deborah Miller has diligently served
3 as a member of the Schaumburg Township District Library Board;
4 during that time, she has served as president, secretary, and
5 treasurer, and has chaired each committee of the board; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Ms. Miller has been honored in many ways during
7 her tenure on the Library Board; she was the winner of the
8 Trustee Citation for 1985 from the American Library
9 Association; the Trustee Citation is given each year to an
10 outstanding trustee in the United States who has given
11 distinguished service to library development; and
 
12     WHEREAS, In 2002, she was honored as a recipient of the
13 Studs Terkel Humanities Service award; she was an Illinois
14 Library Trustee of the Year and National Library Trustee of the
15 Year; she was also recognized as the White House Conference on
16 Libraries and Information Services Task Force "Citizen of the
17 Year" and received the Illinois Library Association
18 Intellectual Freedom Award; and
 
19     WHEREAS, She was a board member and past president of the
20 North Suburban Library System from 1972 to 1978 and was a
21 charter member of the Hoffman Estates-Schaumburg League of
22 Women Voters; she also served on the Illinois Board of
23 Education for a time; and
 
24     WHEREAS, Ms. Miller has served as vice-chairman of the
25 Hoffman Estates Arts Commission since its inception in 1997;
26 she was also a member of the Schaumburg Township
27 Sesquicentennial Committee and is a member of the Schaumburg
28 Township Historical Society; and
 
29     WHEREAS, She is especially proud of the work she put into
30 the construction of the Schaumburg Township branch library on

 

 

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1 Hassell Road in Hoffman Estates; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we thank Deborah Miller for her many years of dedicated service
5 to the Schaumburg Township District Library Board; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Ms. Miller as an expression of our respect and
9 esteem.