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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Mary Kay 
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Morrissey on the occasion of her retirement from the position 
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of Village Manager for the Village of Niles; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After growing up in Rockford, Illinois, Mary Kay 
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graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1964 with a BS in 
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Occupational Therapy; after graduation, she worked from 1965 
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through 1969 at Passavant Hospital, where she started the 
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Occupational Therapy program in the hospital's psychiatric 
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unit; in 1970-1971, she worked as an occupational therapist in 
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the adolescent psychiatric unit at Los Angeles County Hospital; 
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in 1971-1973, she started the Psychiatric Day Hospital in 
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conjunction with Wesley Memorial and Passavant Hospitals, 
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which in 1972 merged to become Northwestern Memorial Hospital; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1973-1974, Mary Kay served as an occupational 
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therapy consultant for three Jewish homes for the aged; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1974, recognizing Mary Kay's demonstrated 
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abilities,  the Village of Niles hired her to head the Niles 
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Senior Citizens Department when it was founded; in that 
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position, she started the senior center and moved the program 
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into the Trident Center in 1976; she later was appointed the 
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Director of Human Services for the Village, where she was 
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responsible for both the Senior Citizens Department and Family 
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Services; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Village again broadened Mary Kay's 
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responsibilities by appointing her Assistant Village Manager; 
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in 1984, she earned a Master's in Public Administration from 
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DePaul University; three years ago, she was appointed the 
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Village Manager; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Over the years, Mary Kay has served her community 
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in many ways besides her positions of employment, including: 
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Co-chairman, Northwest Municipal Conference - Best Practices 
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Teardowns; Chairman, Sister Cities Commission and Association; 
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Member, Building Committee for the Village hall, Human Services 
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and Fitness Center, and Police Station; Board Member of Jets 
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Board - Northwest Community Dispatch; Professor, University of 
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Illinois at Chicago, Occupational Therapy Department, where 
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she was in charge of students on internship; Co-chairman and 
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member, Healthy Community Partnership; and member of the 
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negotiating team for three union negotiations; and
 
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    WHEREAS, After retirement, Mary Kay looks forward to being 
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able to spend more time with her family; she and her husband, 
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George, a retired Cook County Associate Judge, would like to 
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spend about two months of the year in Florida in a condominium 
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they own north of Fort Lauderdale and the rest of the time in 
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the Chicago area, where their two daughters, Meghan and 
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Colleen, live; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate Mary Kay Morrissey on the occasion of her 
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retirement from the position of Village Manager for the Village 
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of Niles, and we offer our hearty thanks for her devotion to 
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serving the needs of Niles residents for more than thirty 
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years; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mary Kay Morrissey as an expression of our respect 
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and esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.