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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Judy Gay Stevenson of Oak Brook, formerly 
4of Naperville, who passed away on June 28, 2010; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was born on December 6, 1937, in 
6New York; she devoted herself to the clarinet, cello, chorus, 
7band, and orchestra while attending Naperville Community High 
8School; after moving on to North Central College, her areas of 
9study were voice and piano; she sang for 2 years with the 
10Robert Shaw Corale and performed with the Chicago Lyric Opera; 
11and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was Chairman of the Board of 
13Magnetrol International Incorporated, a global provider of 
14process instrumentation, at the time of her passing; she joined 
15Magnetrol (then Schaub Engineering Company) in 1964 as a 
16part-time bookkeeper; in her first year of employment, she rose 
17to accounting supervisor and then to accounting manager a year 
18later; in 1967, she was elected to serve as treasurer and 
19administrative vice president; in 1975, she became president of 
20the company and, in 1978, bought the company; under her 
21leadership, Magnetrol has prospered due to an aggressive 
22commitment to research and development, new products, new 
23technologies, training, and progressive and creative thinking; 
 
 
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2    WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was well known among her peers for 
3her involvement and devotion to business, industry, and her 
4community; at North Central College, she established the Harold 
5E. Meiley Scholarship Fund, the Judy G. Stevenson Scholarship 
6Fund, and the African Scholarship Fund; at the College of 
7DuPage, she established the Judy G. Stevenson Scholarship and 
8the Magnetrol Manufacturing Scholarship; she financed 6 annual 
9scholarships to children of Magnetrol Associates and 
10Representatives; she also supported the Naperville Heritage 
11Society, Edward Hospital, the Naperville Riverwalk, the 
12Millennium Carillon Foundation, Good Samaritan Hospital, and 
13the DuPage Intergenerational Village; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson served on the Board of Trustees at 
15North Central College and was a member of the Chief Executive 
16Officers Club, the National Association of Women Business 
17Owners, the National Association of Female Executives, and 
18Eastern Star; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was the recipient of numerous 
20honors for her work in the community; she was named the YWCA 
21Businesswoman of the Year for DuPage County in 1985, the YWCA 
22Outstanding Woman Leader of DuPage County in 1997, and was 
23recognized as one of The Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses in the 
 
 
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1country in 1998; in April of 1999, she was honored by 
2Naperville Central High School when she received the Alumni 
3Recognition Award for Achievements in Business and Community 
4Service; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was preceded in death by her 
6parents, Harold and Claudia Meiley; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson is survived by her loving daughter, 
8Laurie Jane Swallow; her loving son, Jeffrey (Madeleine) 
9Swallow; her three beautiful grandchildren, Emily, Heston, and 
10Connor; her dear sister, Claudia Jeanne (Robert) Patterson; and 
11her dear brothers, Charles Meiley and Emery "Duke" (Judy) 
12Meiley; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
15her family and friends, the passing of Judy Gay Stevenson; and 
16be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Judy Gay Stevenson as an expression 
19of our sympathy.