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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Catherine Atwater Galbraith of Plandome,
4 New York, who passed away on October 1, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Catherine earned her undergraduate degree in
6 Romance languages from Smith College and studied German as a
7 graduate student in Munich; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She worked for the Library of Congress and the
9 Justice Department as a researcher; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Catherine was an accomplished writer and fluent in
11 several languages, including Hindi; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She and her husband, Kenneth, frequented the White
13 House during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson; Catherine was
14 a favorite dance partner of President Lyndon B. Johnson; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Catherine was the beloved wife of the late John
16 Kenneth Galbraith, an influential economist and United States
17 Ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963; the loving mother of
18 four sons; and grandmother to ten grandchildren; therefore, be
19 it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we extend to the family
3 and friends of Catherine Atwater Galbraith our sincere
4 condolences; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy be presented to the family
6 of Catherine Atwater Galbraith.