SR0076 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Ethel Mull of Chicago on September 29, 2004; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Mull was the Chief Operating Officer at Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities, Inc. (TASC) in Chicago since 1989; she brought expertise in child welfare and adolescent issues to her leadership role at TASC; her thirty years of experience in human services included teaching, counseling, program development, administration, and fundraising; in addition to directing TASC's case management services for criminal and juvenile justice populations, she helped design several Illinois correctional programs, including the Cook County Day Reporting Center, which is a cutting edge initiative to reduce jail crowding; and

WHEREAS, She earned her master's degree from Governor's State University where she later taught graduate-level courses in human service systems and community psychology; she also served as Director of Training of Family Therapy and as an adjunct faculty member at McCormick Theological Seminary; and

WHEREAS, She will be remembered by the children who prospered because of her intervention, by the families of individuals who found sobriety and justice because of her work, and by her staff and colleagues who learned from her by deed and word; but most importantly, she will be remembered by her children and grandchildren; her family, her children, grandchildren, sister, nieces and nephews, mother and father, and husband, Chuck, were the rock of her life; and

WHEREAS, The passing of Ethel Mull has left a deep void in the lives and hearts of her family to whom she brought happiness and affection; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we give thanks for the blessing of Ethel Mull's life and extend our sincerest condolences to her family, whose grief we share; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to her family as an expression of our deepest sympathy.