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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Catherine Atwater Galbraith of Plandome, 
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New York, who passed away on October 1, 2008; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine earned her undergraduate degree in 
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Romance languages from Smith College and studied German as a 
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graduate student in Munich; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She worked for the Library of Congress and the 
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Justice Department as a researcher; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine was an accomplished writer  and fluent in 
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several languages, including Hindi; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She and her husband, Kenneth, frequented the White 
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House during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson; Catherine was 
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a favorite dance partner of President Lyndon B. Johnson; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine was the beloved wife of the late John 
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Kenneth Galbraith, an influential economist and United States 
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Ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963; the loving mother of 
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four sons; and grandmother to ten grandchildren; therefore, be 
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it

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we extend to the family 
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and friends of Catherine Atwater Galbraith our sincere 
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condolences; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy be presented to the family 
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of Catherine Atwater Galbraith.