HR0535 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Adlai Ewing Stevenson II, born on February 5, 1900, was raised in Bloomington, Illinois, attended schools in Bloomington and Normal, and worked at the Daily Pantagraph; and

WHEREAS, Adlai Stevenson II served his country in numerous government posts, including attendance at the 1945 San Francisco Conference that founded the United Nations, his election in 1948 to the office of Governor of the State of Illinois, and his appointment as United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until the time of his death in 1965, after which he was interred in his family plot at Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington; and

WHEREAS, Adlai Stevenson II was tremendously admired for the eloquence with which he campaigned for the office of President of the United States in 1952 and 1956, saying "Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains, that we are now on the eve of great decisions, not easy decisions, like resistance when you are attacked, but a long, patient, costly struggle which alone can assure triumph over the great many enemies of man - war, poverty, and tyranny - and the assaults upon human dignity which are the most grievous consequences of each."; and

WHEREAS, The following teachers and students of Oakland Elementary School, in cooperation with the McLean County Museum of History, studied the life of Adlai Stevenson II and requested that we issue this resolution in his honor; the third grade students are Joseph Clay, Jovanny Fernandez, Grant Guttschow, Seth Harris, Sydney Hendricks, Anna Holloway, Snehal Kadam, Alex Kizer, Grant Koch, Jacob Oller, Adam Swords, and their teacher, Janenne Scott; and

WHEREAS, The fourth grade students are Alex Alexander, Richard Burgauer, Jenna Cicci, Justin Corry, Kendall DeBoer, Carol Gu, Elizabeth Hebert, Miranda Henson, Julia Irwin, Anissa Ortiz, Caleb Sorensen, Curtis Wiese, and their teacher, Shari Cooper; and

WHEREAS, The fifth grade students are Guilianno Barlow, James Clay, Dustin Debart, Scott Dillman, Patrick Fitzgerald, Abby Gros, Elizabeth Lindenmeier, Kyle O'Daniel, David Pelo, Lindsay Summers, Dallas Thornton, Cassie Tuggle, and their teacher, Leslie Frizzell; and

WHEREAS, The McLean County Museum of History members are Executive Director Greg Koos; Director of Education Laura Wheaton; and Bloomington Alderman Michael G. Matejka, Member of the Board; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that February 5, 2008 and every February 5 thereafter be designated Adlai Stevenson Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to McLean County Museum of History Executive Director Greg Koos, and Oakland Elementary School teachers Janenne Scott, Shari Cooper, and Leslie Frizzell.