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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Anne |
| 4 | | Weston McGowan, who passed away on March 7, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan was born on August 12, 1937 in |
| 6 | | Brooklyn, New York; she was the only child of Harold and |
| 7 | | Frances Weston; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan attended Middlebury College as a |
| 9 | | young woman in 1955; she subsequently graduated from Illinois |
| 10 | | Wesleyan University with a Bachelor's Degree in English |
| 11 | | Literature in 1976; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan married James Denise McGowan on July |
| 13 | | 3, 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Jim McGowan, a former |
| 14 | | professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, predeceased her by |
| 15 | | one year to the day; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan was survived by 3 children and 3 |
| 17 | | grandsons; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan was an active and dedicated volunteer |
| 19 | | in the non-profit organization formerly known as Operation |
| 20 | | Recycle since its inception, beginning her service during a |
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| 1 | | one-day recycling drive in 1971; Operation Recycle created and |
| 2 | | then provided recycling services to the Bloomington and Normal |
| 3 | | community for over 2 decades until the assumption of this role |
| 4 | | by municipal agencies; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan worked to educate local school |
| 6 | | children and adults about the importance of recycling; she led |
| 7 | | these efforts as the first Director of the Ecology Action |
| 8 | | Center, the non-profit environmental agency that evolved from |
| 9 | | Operation Recycle; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan demonstrated passion, dedication, |
| 11 | | and leadership in McLean County by inspiring generations of |
| 12 | | McLean County residents to act as proper stewards of our |
| 13 | | environment and our natural resources; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 15 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 16 | | mourn the passing of Anne Weston McGowan, recognize her |
| 17 | | remarkable career and significant efforts to improve her local |
| 18 | | environment, and express our eternal appreciation for her |
| 19 | | dedication in service to the McLean County community; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Anne McGowan as an expression of our |