Full Text of SR2239 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Helen Levin, who passed away on August | 4 | | 19, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Levin was born in 1913 in Chicago; her | 6 | | parents were Isadore Pearlman and Sonya Garber; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Helen Levin spent the first years of her adult | 8 | | life as a publicist in Hollywood; she later returned to Chicago | 9 | | to work as a writer for a radio station; after marrying Dr. | 10 | | Ezra Levin in 1940, they moved to Champaign and raised three | 11 | | daughters; she then began to participate in a wide range of | 12 | | community organizations, including the League of Women Voters | 13 | | (local and State president, national treasurer), the Community | 14 | | Foundation (founder and vice president), the United Way (a | 15 | | founder and member of the board of directors), the | 16 | | Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation (president), Sinai Temple | 17 | | (vice president), the North Central Association of Colleges and | 18 | | Schools (board of directors), the Parkland College Foundation | 19 | | (founding member), the Krannert Art Museum Council | 20 | | (president), and Blackburn College (member of the Board of | 21 | | Trustees); and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Helen Levin was the first recipient of the |
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| 1 | | Champaign Chamber of Commerce's Most Valuable Citizen Award in | 2 | | 1992; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, In addition to her organizational skills and deep | 4 | | devotion to her family, Helen Levin was also a fine artist in | 5 | | painting and stitchery; her art decorated the spacious family | 6 | | home, which she helped design with the prominent Chicago | 7 | | architect, George Frederick Keck, and where she resided from | 8 | | 1950 until her passing; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Helen Levin was preceded in death by her daughter, | 10 | | Judy Levin; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Helen Levin is survived by her daughters, Dr. | 12 | | Susan Levin Dillbeck and Dr. Emily Levin; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Helen Levin; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Helen Levin as an expression of our | 19 | | sympathy.
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