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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 learned with sadness of the death of Ola 
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Marie Bundy of Normal on Saturday, February 18, 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on August 4, 1935, on a farm in 
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Allerton to Ervin Stanley and Marie Magdelena Rohl Bundy; she 
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was a 1953 graduate of Champaign High School, where she was 
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involved in various GAA activities, sang in the chorus, served 
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as vice president of the senior class, and was editor of the 
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school yearbook; she went on to graduate from the University of 
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Illinois, where she majored in physical education and was 
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awarded a letter for her participation in the school's athletic 
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teams; she later did postgraduate work at the U of I and at 
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Northern Illinois University; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After college, Ms. Bundy taught high school for 
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eight and a half years at Grant Park, Thornton Fractional 
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South, and her alma mater in Champaign, before joining the 
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Illinois High School Association; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1967, she joined the Illinois High School 
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Association as an assistant executive director in charge of 
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girls athletics; after Title IX was passed in 1972, the IHSA 
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established several state tournaments for girls, and Ms. Bundy 
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was in charge of all of them; throughout her career at IHSA, 
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she provided uncompromising leadership for girls athletic 
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programs in Illinois and across the nation; she wrote the 
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IHSA's affirmative action policy for girls playing in boys 
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state series and helped write the Illinois State Board of 
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Education's sex equity rules that served as the model for many 
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other states; in 1993 she testified at a Congressional hearing 
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on girls athletic participation; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During her 29-year career with IHSA, she 
 


 






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shepherded girls athletics from the early days of GAA and 
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postal tournaments to a full-scale, 12-sport, interscholastic 
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state tournament lineup that was every bit the equivalent of 
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boys programs; many times it was only by the sheer force of her 
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personality that she was able to persuade high school 
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administrators to give girls athletics a fair shake; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She had the distinction of being the first person 
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inducted into the Illinois Girls Coaches Association Hall of 
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Fame; she was a member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall 
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of Fame, a member of the Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame, 
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and a member of Champaign Central High School's Hall of Fame; 
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she was inducted into the National Federation Hall of Fame in 
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1996 for her national leadership in the rise of girls 
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interscholastic athletic programs; she also received special 
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recognition for her work from the Illinois Swimming 
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Association, the Illinois High School Girls Gymnastics Coaches 
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Association, the United States Volleyball Association, the 
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Illinois State Board of Education, and the National Association 
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for Girls and Women's Sports; she served on the U.S. Olympic 
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Women's Volleyball Committee for the 1972 and 1976 Olympic 
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Games; and she also received the prestigious Woman of 
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Distinction in Education award; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She enjoyed working with the schools and 
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student-athletes; she took great pride in providing equitable 
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opportunities for the boys and girls sports programs in 
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Illinois and was a great leader and role model; she loved to 
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travel, read, play golf, work crossword and sudoku puzzles, and 
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visit with family and friends; she was a vocal supporter of 
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IHSA, ISU, U of I, and Cubs sports events; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Ola Marie Bundy has been deeply 
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felt by many, especially her brothers, Stanley Eugene (Jan) 
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Bundy and Ervin Caleb (Diane) Bundy; her sisters, Dr. Janet 
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Kjestene Bundy and Esther Yvonne (Larry) Lutz; and her many 
 


 






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close nieces and nephews as well as many wonderful friends; she 
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was preceded in death by her parents and her infant sister, 
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Alma Jean; 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 mourn the passing of Ola Marie Bundy, and we extend our 
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deepest sympathy to her family, friends, and all who knew and 
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loved her; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her family as an expression of our sincerest 
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condolences.