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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Evanston History Center has announced the 
3launch of the "Year of Dawes", a yearlong series of programs, 
4publications, and events held in honor of the 150th birthday of 
5Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951); and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Charles Dawes was an accomplished politician, 
7serving as Vice-President under Calvin Coolidge, a Nobel 
8laureate, a philanthropist, a family man, and one of Evanston's 
9most famous citizens; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The year of special programming is designed to 
11re-examine Charles Dawes' career and biography and to explore 
12the larger context of an early-20th century world - Dawes's 
13"heyday" - that has all but vanished; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, The "Year of Dawes" will include a variety of 
15programing, a special exhibit focused on Charles Dawes' life 
16and career, and 2 publications: a new edition of Dawes' 1921 'A 
17Journal of the Great War' and a biography of Dawes by 
18award-winning author, Annette Dunlap, to be published by 
19Northwestern University Press; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, A series of lectures will also be offered, which 
21will include biographical talks about the Dawes' family in 
 
 
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1Evanston, an exploration of the landscape of the Dawes House, 
2and talks on themes related to Charles Dawes' career and life, 
3including finance, genealogy, adoption, and others; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, The "Year of Dawes" officially kicks off on 
5Charles Dawes' 150th birthday, August 27, 2015 at the Dawes 
6House with a starlight party featuring live music, appetizers, 
7cocktails, and a momentous announcement about the future of the 
8Dawes House; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, The "Year of Dawes" runs from August of 2015 
10through August of 2016; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
12NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
13recognize and congratulate the Evanston History Center on the 
14launch of its exciting programmatic year in commemoration of 
15the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Gates Dawes; and 
16be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the leadership of the Evanston History Center as 
19an expression of our esteem and respect.