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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to |
| 3 | | congratulate Carol Vaughan Kissane on the occasion of being |
| 4 | | named a 2025 Illinois Library Luminary by the Illinois Library |
| 5 | | Association (ILA); and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Library Luminaries is an honor roll for |
| 7 | | Illinois libraries that serves the dual purpose of recognizing |
| 8 | | outstanding voices in the library community who embody the |
| 9 | | spirit and mission of the ILA while creating a legacy through |
| 10 | | the ILA Endowment Fund to continue its important work; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Carol Vaughan Kissane has been a member of the |
| 12 | | ILA since December 1990; during her tenure, she has served as a |
| 13 | | member of the ILA Advocacy Committee, as president and |
| 14 | | secretary of the ILA Library Trustee Forum (LTF), and as a |
| 15 | | member of the 2015 and the 2018 Conference Program Committees; |
| 16 | | she has also attended many ILA Legislative Meetups and LTF |
| 17 | | Spring Workshops, and she was named the 2012 ILA Trustee of the |
| 18 | | Year by her fellow trustees; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Carol Vaughan Kissane has served as a trustee of |
| 20 | | her home library, the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, |
| 21 | | since 1981 to 2025; during her 44-year incumbency, she has |
| 22 | | remained dedicated to the success of the Brookfield Library |
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| 1 | | Board of Trustees, only missing four board meetings, and she |
| 2 | | has been behind a number of successful initiatives, including |
| 3 | | generating the idea behind the Taste of Brookfield fundraiser, |
| 4 | | which the library ran annually from 2006 to 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Carol Vaughan Kissane has served in various |
| 6 | | additional positions of leadership in local, regional, state, |
| 7 | | and national library associations, where she has been noted as |
| 8 | | a role model for library trustees at all levels of governance |
| 9 | | and an asset to any board on which she has served; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Carol Vaughan Kissane has been a tireless |
| 11 | | advocate and volunteer in the library community, always ready |
| 12 | | to lend a helping hand, to welcome new trustees, and to share |
| 13 | | her knowledge with others; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Carol |
| 16 | | Vaughan Kissane on being named a 2025 Illinois Library |
| 17 | | Luminary by the Illinois Library Association (ILA), and we |
| 18 | | thank her for her decades of service to the ILA and the Linda |
| 19 | | Sokol Francis Brookfield Library; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to Carol Vaughan Kissane as an expression of our |
| 22 | | esteem and respect. |