HR0869 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 Brooke Arnold, Jyostna Bita, Baily Bruketta, Matthew Gentry, Jonah Goughnour, Faith Hagerty, Rebecca Maxedon, Manasi Mittal, Shrisha Patel, Brittney Peden, Kathryn Verplaetse, Simmy Wood, and their teacher, Janenne Scott; and

WHEREAS, The fourth grade students are Autumn Bess, Kenzie Cannon, Jared Collier, Ben Gibson, Ellen Golowski, Becky Horan, Michele Irwin, Tina Kaufman, Whitney Learned, Kamrie Olson, Jake Parker, Tanmay Shah, Nick Wardrop, and their teacher, Shari Cooper; and

WHEREAS, The fifth grade students are Sam Doud, Matthew Fagerland, Connor Gentry, Jackie Haskins, Brandon Leifheit, Mitchell Morris, Dhruva Patil, Katie Ripsch, Maureen Reidy, Zachary Skeen, Sam Strobel, their teachers, Leslie Frizzell and Josh Oberts, and Media Specialist Amy Oberts; and

WHEREAS, The McLean County Museum of History members are Executive Director Greg Koos and Director of Education Laura Wheaton; 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, Leslie Frizzell, Josh Oberts, and Amy Oberts.