SR2184 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Mary Ann MacLean, who passed away on August 18, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was born in October of 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Hinsdale; after graduating from Hinsdale Central High School, she studied for a time at colleges in Pennsylvania and in Lausanne, Switzerland; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was an assistant to a trader at Merrill Lynch, where she met her future husband, Barry; she became vocal at local school board meetings when her children were little, seeking to expand foreign language education in early grades; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean served on the Illinois State Museum board for 32 years and served as director; in 2011, the Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum, which teaches children to learn through play what it is like to work at a museum, opened at the Illinois State Museum site in Springfield; she served on the Illinois State Board of Education and as a trustee at the Chicago Zoological Society, the Chicago Botanic Garden, the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago Medicine, the Rassias Center at Dartmouth College, and at Union College; she also supported education and outreach activities at Brookfield Zoo; and

WHEREAS, In 2013, the Chicago Zoological Society, which manages Brookfield Zoo, dedicated its new home for education, conservation, and outreach efforts as the Mary Ann MacLean Conservation Leadership Center; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean is survived by her husband, Barry; her children, Adrian Jay, Gillian Growdon, and Duncan MacLean; her stepdaughters, Elizabeth Larned and Margaret MacLean; her sister, Libby Lucas; and 12 grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of Mary Ann MacLean; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mary Ann MacLean as an expression of our sympathy.