Full Text of SR0684 095th General Assembly
SR0684 95TH 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
Norma Bernsohn, nee Raphael, who passed | 4 |
| away on April 15, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Norma Bernsohn was born in New York City in 1917; | 6 |
| she attended Brooklyn College until her marriage to Joseph | 7 |
| Bernsohn in 1940; and
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| WHEREAS, After ten years as a mother and wife, Norma | 9 |
| Bernsohn attended Chicago Teachers College, where she obtained | 10 |
| her degree in education; she then taught in several elementary | 11 |
| schools around Chicago, including schools in the Cabrini Green | 12 |
| area; during her tenure at York Center, she pioneered the | 13 |
| concept of a parenting program so that home life could | 14 |
| compliment the school experience for children; she was also | 15 |
| critical in the development of one of the first Head Start | 16 |
| programs in the country at Jane Addams Hull House and was one | 17 |
| of the forces behind the annual "Week of the Young Child"; and
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| WHEREAS, After earning her Master's Degree in Early | 19 |
| Childhood Development from Northwestern University, Norma | 20 |
| Bernsohn had a career educating future teachers at both Malcolm | 21 |
| X College and Truman College in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Norma Bernsohn's teaching style and innovative | 2 |
| methods undoubtedly inspired and influenced hundreds of | 3 |
| excellent and dedicated educators teaching throughout the | 4 |
| country today; and
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| WHEREAS, In her later years, Norma Bernsohn enjoyed | 6 |
| spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, | 7 |
| spending winters in Ajijic, Mexico with her husband, square | 8 |
| dancing, enjoying her home in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and | 9 |
| traveling around the world; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Norma Bernsohn will be remembered by all who knew | 11 |
| and loved her for her vibrant spirit, positive attitude and | 12 |
| unending energy, which was felt by all in her presence; | 13 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Norma Bernsohn; and be | 17 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Norma Bernsohn as an expression of | 20 |
| our sympathy.
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