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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Mildred "Mim" D. Sullivan, who passed
4 away on August 4, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was born in Chicago in 1921; her
6 parents were Dan and Mildred Donovan; she married Cornelius
7 (Neil) Sullivan in 1942; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was raised in the South Shore
9 community of Chicago and attended Saint Philip Neri School and
10 Saint Xavier High School; she went on to graduate with honors
11 from Wellesley College in June of 1942; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Following the unfortunate passing of her husband
13 in 1964, Mildred Sullivan went to work to support her 7
14 children; she began her career as a grammar school teacher in
15 Evanston, then moved on to Sacred Heart School in Winnetka; in
16 1967, she moved to Loyola Academy, starting as an
17 Administrative Assistant to the Rev. John Bell, S.J., the
18 academy's principal; in 1969, she earned her Master of
19 Education degree with a concentration in guidance and
20 counseling from Loyola University; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was a pioneer in the field of

 

 

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1 guidance and college counseling for high school students; in
2 1969, she was named Director of the Guidance Program at Loyola
3 Academy in Wilmette, serving in that capacity until her
4 retirement in 1994; her innovative ideas, which included the
5 development of the Academy's O'Shaughnessy program for
6 learning development, served as models for many Jesuit high
7 schools throughout the nation; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was a member of numerous academic
9 organizations; she was an Illinois delegate to the National
10 Association of College Admission Counselors; she served a
11 3-year term as a board member on the Midwest Regional Assembly
12 of the College Board; she was a member of the Illinois
13 Association of College Admission Counselors and served as its
14 president for 2 years; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan served as Secretary and
16 President of the St. Francis Xavier School Board; she was a
17 member of the St. Francis Xavier Ministry of Care; she also
18 participated on the advisory board of Parents Against Drug and
19 Alcohol Abuse (PADAA); and
 
20     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan enjoyed reading and playing
21 bridge; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was preceded in death by her

 

 

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1 parents and her husband; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan is survived by her brother, Dr.
3 William Donovan; her children, Cornelius, Jr. (Susan), Dr.
4 Daniel (Nancy), Kenneth (Mary), Anne (Paul White), John
5 (Cindy), William (Suzanne), and Jane (Luc Tabourot); 21
6 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and
7 nephews; therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 her family and friends, the passing of Mildred "Mim" D.
11 Sullivan; and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Mildred Sullivan as an expression of
14 our sympathy.