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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Mary Kay
4 Morrissey on the occasion of her retirement from the position
5 of Village Manager for the Village of Niles; and
 
6     WHEREAS, After growing up in Rockford, Illinois, Mary Kay
7 graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1964 with a BS in
8 Occupational Therapy; after graduation, she worked from 1965
9 through 1969 at Passavant Hospital, where she started the
10 Occupational Therapy program in the hospital's psychiatric
11 unit; in 1970-1971, she worked as an occupational therapist in
12 the adolescent psychiatric unit at Los Angeles County Hospital;
13 in 1971-1973, she started the Psychiatric Day Hospital in
14 conjunction with Wesley Memorial and Passavant Hospitals,
15 which in 1972 merged to become Northwestern Memorial Hospital;
16 and
 
17     WHEREAS, In 1973-1974, Mary Kay served as an occupational
18 therapy consultant for three Jewish homes for the aged; and
 
19     WHEREAS, In 1974, recognizing Mary Kay's demonstrated
20 abilities, the Village of Niles hired her to head the Niles
21 Senior Citizens Department when it was founded; in that
22 position, she started the senior center and moved the program
23 into the Trident Center in 1976; she later was appointed the
24 Director of Human Services for the Village, where she was
25 responsible for both the Senior Citizens Department and Family
26 Services; and
 
27     WHEREAS, The Village again broadened Mary Kay's
28 responsibilities by appointing her Assistant Village Manager;
29 in 1984, she earned a Master's in Public Administration from
30 DePaul University; three years ago, she was appointed the
31 Village Manager; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Over the years, Mary Kay has served her community
2 in many ways besides her positions of employment, including:
3 Co-chairman, Northwest Municipal Conference - Best Practices
4 Teardowns; Chairman, Sister Cities Commission and Association;
5 Member, Building Committee for the Village hall, Human Services
6 and Fitness Center, and Police Station; Board Member of Jets
7 Board - Northwest Community Dispatch; Professor, University of
8 Illinois at Chicago, Occupational Therapy Department, where
9 she was in charge of students on internship; Co-chairman and
10 member, Healthy Community Partnership; and member of the
11 negotiating team for three union negotiations; and
 
12     WHEREAS, After retirement, Mary Kay looks forward to being
13 able to spend more time with her family; she and her husband,
14 George, a retired Cook County Associate Judge, would like to
15 spend about two months of the year in Florida in a condominium
16 they own north of Fort Lauderdale and the rest of the time in
17 the Chicago area, where their two daughters, Meghan and
18 Colleen, live; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21 we congratulate Mary Kay Morrissey on the occasion of her
22 retirement from the position of Village Manager for the Village
23 of Niles, and we offer our hearty thanks for her devotion to
24 serving the needs of Niles residents for more than thirty
25 years; and be it further
 
26     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
27 presented to Mary Kay Morrissey as an expression of our respect
28 and esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.