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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dina Bair, WGN
4midday news anchor, as she receives the 2013 Dante Award from
5the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Dante Award recognizes those who have made a
7positive contribution in the field of communications that helps
8foster the true image of the Italian people; the award bears
9the name of one of the greatest literary geniuses of all time
10and certainly one of Italy's most illustrious sons; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dina Bair is an Emmy award-winning journalist who
12is currently the anchor for WGN's "Midday News"; she is also
13the medical reporter for the "Medical Watch" segments seen
14throughout the day on WGN; in 2013 she traveled to Vatican City
15to report on the election of the new Pope; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Dina Bair joined WGN-TV as a full-time general
17assignment reporter in September of 1994; she anchored the "WGN
18Weekend Morning News" from December 1994 to December 1999;
19prior to coming to WGN, she worked for CLTV in Oak Brook,
20WHOI-TV in Peoria, and WMAQ-TV in Chicago; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Dina Bair has received 7 Emmy Awards, a Peter

 

 

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1Lisagor award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and
2multiple Associated Press awards for both anchoring and
3reporting; she was named a Fellow by the National Press
4Foundation for the "Cancer Issues" seminar in Washington, D.C.
5and her news series "Intensive Caring" won awards for its news
6and documentary coverage; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dina Bair is a founding board member of the breast
8cancer charity "One in a Million: Dancing With Chicago
9Celebrities" and she leads a media running team devoted to
10raising funds for charity; she is involved with The National
11Italian American Foundation, the Muscular Dystrophy
12Association, LUNGevity, the Respiratory Health Association,
13the American Cancer Society, and Imerman Angels; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Dina Bair is originally from the east coast and
15received a bachelor's of science degree in radio-TV-film from
16Northwestern University; she is married with 4 children and a
17tri-athlete who enjoys running, boxing, lifting weights, and
18competitive ballroom dancing; and
 
19    WHEREAS, This year marks the 42nd annual Dante Award
20presented by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans;
21therefore, be it
 
22    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2we congratulate Dina Bair as she receives the 2013 Dante Award
3from the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; and be it
4further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to Dina Bair as an expression of our esteem and
7respect.