Full Text of SR0030 96th General Assembly
SR0030 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Geraldine (Hamilton) McCullough of Oak | 4 |
| Park, who passed away on December 15, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine McCullough was born in Mason County, | 6 |
| Arkansas; she spent her formative years in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine McCullough graduated from The Art | 8 |
| Institute of Chicago with a Bachelor and Master of Arts Degree | 9 |
| in Painting and Art Education; she went on to teach in the | 10 |
| Chicago Public Schools and served as Chairman of the Art | 11 |
| Department for twelve years at Rosary College (now Dominican | 12 |
| University) in River Forest; she received an Honorary Doctorate | 13 |
| Degree from Dominican University after her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine McCullough's work is exhibited at the | 15 |
| Smithsonian in Washington D.C., the National Women's Museum in | 16 |
| Washington D.C., and many other galleries and museums; in 1965, | 17 |
| she received the George D. Widener Gold Medal for sculpting for | 18 |
| her mixed-metal sculpture, entitled Phoenix; in 2000, she was | 19 |
| presented the Oak Park Area Arts Council's Joseph Randall | 20 |
| Shapiro Award, an award given annually in recognition of | 21 |
| "exceptional contributions to the Arts"; and
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine McCullough served on the Oak Park Public | 2 |
| Art Committee and was an active chartered member in the West | 3 |
| Towns Chapter of The Links, Inc.; she was also a platinum | 4 |
| member of the Chicago Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Geraldine McCullough was preceded in death by her | 7 |
| loving husband, Lester W. McCullough, Sr.; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Geraldine McCullough is survived by her loving | 9 |
| son, Lester 'Skip' McCullough, Jr. and his wife, Mary; her | 10 |
| grandchildren, Scott and Kimberly; her sisters, Hazel | 11 |
| Collymore and Gladys (William) Davis; her brothers, Charles | 12 |
| Hamilton and Nathaniel (Joann) Hamilton; and her many nieces, | 13 |
| nephews, other family members, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Geraldine McCullough; | 17 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Geraldine McCullough as an | 20 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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