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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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were saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Mina Rea Perlow of 
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Downers Grove on April 19, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mina Rea was born on  July 14, 1909 in Harrodsburg, 
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Kentucky, the daughter of the late Samuel Beriah and Violet 
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Carter Jones; and
 
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    WHEREAS, She attended Centre College in Danville, 
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Kentucky, where she received a bachelor's degree in chemistry 
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and was the first Phi Beta Kappa recipient from that college; 
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she later went on to get a master's degree in chemistry from 
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Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in chemistry from 
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the University of Chicago in 1941; it was during graduate 
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school when she met her husband, whom she married a few months 
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later; they recently celebrated their 63rd wedding 
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anniversary; and
 
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    WHEREAS, While working on her thesis at University of 
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Chicago, she did research on the chemistry of lithium hydrides, 
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work which turned out to have practical application in the 
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making of military equipments, such as airplane engines and 
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radios; and
 
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    WHEREAS, During World War II, Dr. Perlow and her husband 
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lived in Washington D.C., where she worked at the War 
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Production Board;  after the war, the couple returned to the 
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Chicago area, and she became a part-time consultant chemist at 
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Argonne National Laboratory near Downers Grove, where for many 
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years she worked with her husband, assisting him and other 
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scientists in various projects; and
 
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    WHEREAS, A faithful Downers Grove resident since 1953, she 
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was active in the League of Women Voters; in her retirement, 
 


 






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she was also an enthusiastic sailor, a sport she frequently 
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shared with family and friends; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Mina Rea Perlow will be deeply 
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felt by many, especially her husband, Dr. Gilbert Perlow; her 
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brother David C. Jones; and three generations of nieces 
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nephews, and cousins; and
 
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    WHEREAS,  She was preceded in death by five sisters and one 
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brother; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of 
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Dr. Mina Rea Perlow along with all who knew and loved her and 
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extend our sincere condolences to her friends and family; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Dr. Mina Rea Perlow as an expression 
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of our deepest sympathy.