Full Text of HR0785 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Sonya L. Bowen for her many | 4 | | years of service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is a native of Chicago and currently | 6 | | resides in Richton Park; she earned her Bachelor of Science in | 7 | | Computer Information Systems and her Master of Science in | 8 | | Management with a dual option in Finance and Accounting from | 9 | | Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is a life member and a silver soror of | 11 | | Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated (AKA) with 31 years of | 12 | | uninterrupted service; she was initiated into Epsilon Rho | 13 | | Chapter at Purdue University in 1987; she is a member of the | 14 | | Lambda Tau Omega Chapter in Matteson, where she previously | 15 | | served as the youngest president, vice president, treasurer, | 16 | | assistant financial secretary, and parliamentarian; she also | 17 | | served as the protocol chairman of the Central Region from | 18 | | 2010 to 2014, general chairman of the 68th Central Regional | 19 | | Conference, and a member of the 2014-2018 International | 20 | | Protocol Committee; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen currently serves Alpha Kappa Alpha, | 22 | | Incorporated as a regional director, a position she has held |
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| 1 | | since her election at the 2018 Central Regional Conference; | 2 | | and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is a senior research administrator | 4 | | for the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University, | 5 | | where she is responsible for the administration of a grant | 6 | | portfolio comprised of approximately $15 million; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is an active member of Twenty Pearls | 8 | | Foundation, Incorporated, the Bronzeville Children Museum's | 9 | | Women Board, the Purdue Alumni Association, and the Purdue | 10 | | Black Alumni Association; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is deeply committed to her faith and | 12 | | is a member of Faith Movers Church; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we recognizes Sonya L. Bowen for her dedication and service; | 16 | | and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Sonya Bowen as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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