Full Text of HR0323 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor Marilyn J. Schnell for her 25 | 4 | | years of service as a Downers Grove Village Council | 5 | | Commissioner; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell earned her bachelor's degree with | 7 | | honors in history from Queens College and attended Cornell | 8 | | University's Graduate School of Rural Sociology; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell taught computer science and | 10 | | statistical analysis at Cornell University; she established a | 11 | | computer curriculum at Warwick High School in Rhode Island and | 12 | | acted as a computer liaison at the College of DuPage; she also | 13 | | served as a computer consultant to small businesses; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell was appointed to serve on the | 15 | | Downers Grove Village Council in 1988; she is currently serving | 16 | | in her 5th term; during her tenure on the Council, she has | 17 | | served on many ad-hoc committees and worked on many issues, | 18 | | including revisions to the zoning ordinance, wetland | 19 | | preservation, residential redevelopment, and improvement of | 20 | | traffic conditions around the high schools; she was also | 21 | | instrumental in helping to bring the DARE program to Downers | 22 | | Grove and was an active participant in the Total Community |
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| 1 | | Development II program; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell served on the Plan Commission from | 3 | | 1980 to 1988; she also served as liaison to the Zoning | 4 | | Commission from 1982 to 1988 and was the Mayor Pro-Tempore | 5 | | between 1994 and 1999; prior to moving to Downers Grove in | 6 | | 1980, she served on the Wheaton Housing Commission for over 6 | 7 | | years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell has been an active member of many | 9 | | community and service organizations, including Helping Girls | 10 | | Navigate Adolescence, the Character Counts Coalition, Pancake | 11 | | Breakfast, St. Mary of Gostyn Church, the Finance Committee and | 12 | | board of trustees of Marmion Academy, the Parents Board of | 13 | | Lawrence University, the District 58 Strategic Planning | 14 | | Committee, the Highland School PTA, the Herrick PTA, the DuPage | 15 | | Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the DuPage Mayors and | 16 | | Managers Legislative Committee; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell was a recipient of the Rotary | 18 | | Club's Paul Harris Fellow Award for Community Service and has | 19 | | been recognized by Family Shelter Services for service to the | 20 | | community; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell and her loving husband, Philip, | 22 | | were married on March 27, 1967; together, they have 2 children, |
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| 1 | | Carrie (Charles) and Andrew (Lacey), and a dog, Payton; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Schnell was honored for her service with | 3 | | an event in her honor on May 7, 2013 at Gatto's Restaurant and | 4 | | Bar in Downers Grove; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate honor Marilyn J. Schnell for her 25 years of | 8 | | service as a Downers Grove Village Council Commissioner and | 9 | | wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Marilyn Schnell as a symbol of our esteem and | 13 | | respect.
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