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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The London Towne Houses Cooperative recently 
3renamed Community Building #2 at 901 East 100th Place as the 
4"Ida Curtis Fisher Community Building"; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Ida Fisher passed away on February 11, 2013; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Ida Fisher was an African-American woman, born in 
7Cincinnati, Ohio in 1931; she grew up in a time when society 
8repressed both women and African-Americans; she strongly 
9valued education and work, becoming the first woman to pass the 
10Cincinnati police officer exam; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Ida Fisher worked as a secretary for the 
12Foundation for Cooperative Housing; she eventually began 
13managing the Kansas City, Missouri location and, due to her 
14accomplishments there, was soon asked to travel the country to 
15duplicate her success; she created thousands of cooperative 
16housing units, eventually landing in Chicago, where she broke 
17ground for the 800-unit London Towne Houses Cooperative; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Ida Fisher worked as a Vice-President of the First 
19Pennsylvania Bank, where she opened and managed its subsidiary 
20in Chicago, Midwest Mortgage Company, and became the bank's top 
21money maker in the country; she was inspired to open her own 
 
 
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1company, ICF Development; she was also the director of the 
2National Cooperative Bank, the Independence Bank of Chicago,  
3Indecorp (Independence and the Drexel National Bank),  the 
4National Association of Housing Cooperatives,  the Midwest 
5Association of Housing Cooperatives,  Chicago's Museum of 
6Contemporary Art, and  the Joseph Holmes Dance Group; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Ida Fisher was the recipient of the Chicago Rising 
8Women in Business award, the Most Success Business Women in 
9Chicago
award, and the coveted Jerry Voorhis Award from the 
10National Association of Housing Cooperatives; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Ida Fisher was the wife of Herbert Fisher and the 
12mother of 2 daughters; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
14NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
15recognize the extraordinary life of Ida Curtis Fisher and 
16support the London Towne Houses Cooperative's decision to name 
17a building in her honor; and be it further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
19presented to the London Towne Houses Cooperative and the family 
20of Ida Fisher.