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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of Dorothy Elizabeth Morrison
4 of Chicago, on Monday, October 23, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on April 13, 1928 in Chicago to Ralph
6 Caldwell Elliott, Sr. and Lucy (Allen) Elliott; she graduated
7 from Englewood High School and attended Loyola University; at
8 the age of 18, she married Harold Leroy Morrison who preceded
9 her in death; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She began working for the Chicago Housing
11 Authority as a switchboard operator, eventually serving as
12 Senior Housing Manager with the Chicago Housing Authority's
13 Robert Taylor Homes, Altgeld Gardens, ABLA Homes, Ida B. Wells
14 Apartments, and several CHA senior citizen buildings; she was
15 awarded numerous plaques and awards from the residents and
16 management of the Chicago Housing Authority; she retired from
17 there after 25 years of service; and
 
18     WHEREAS, She began her retirement by beginning a career in
19 community service; she joined the volunteer corp of the DuSable
20 Museum of African American History and later the Museum's
21 Women's Board; she also volunteered as a parent coordinator for
22 the Principal Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at
23 Chicago and for Operation Breadbasket, the Southern Christian
24 Leadership Conference, Rainbow PUSH, and PUSH Excel; she
25 started her own company in 1990 titled "Events by Morrison",
26 with clients including the Reverend Johnnie Coleman of Christ
27 Universal Temple, the Illinois Cook County Board of
28 Commissioners, Chicago Lyric Opera, Central City Productions,
29 the Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, the Magic
30 Johnson Foundation, and the National Basketball Association;
31 she helped plan and coordinate for such notable events as the
32 Bud Billiken Parade and the Gospel Stellar Awards Program; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, She was an avid bridge player and a member of the
2 same bridge club for the last ten years; she enjoyed traveling
3 and had visited Spain, London, Tahiti, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra
4 Leone, and Alaska; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The passing of Dorothy Elizabeth Morrison has been
6 deeply felt by many, especially her son, Harold, and his wife,
7 Vivian; her grandchildren, Kwame, Maya Morrison (Tino Sadder)
8 Sadder, Ronald Jr., Antoine, and Ayesha Morrison; her
9 great-grandson, Justin Sadder; her son, Ronald; her brother,
10 Ralph (Dolores) Elliott; her aunt, Dorothy Wilson; and a host
11 of cousins, friends, and neighbors; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
14 Dorothy Elizabeth Morrison, and we extend our sincere
15 condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
16 her; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
19 sympathy.