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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Dr. Dorothy B. Cornish of Peoria, who |
| 4 | | passed away on July 24, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dorothy Cornish was born on November 30, 1930, |
| 6 | | in Charleston, South Carolina; her parents were John, Jr. and |
| 7 | | Etta L. (nee Vanderhorst) Greene; she married Herman L. Cornish |
| 8 | | on April 16, 1960 in Peoria; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dorothy Cornish earned her Bachelor of Arts in |
| 10 | | Physical Education and Social Science from Tuskegee University |
| 11 | | in Alabama in 1952 and her Ph.D. from Illinois State |
| 12 | | University; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dorothy Cornish served with the American Red |
| 14 | | Cross during the Korean Conflict in Seoul, Korea; she later |
| 15 | | taught in Courtland, Alabama before coming to Peoria to serve |
| 16 | | as the director of the girl's and women's programs at the |
| 17 | | Carver Center; she later worked as a teacher and counselor in |
| 18 | | Peoria School District 150 and then taught at Illinois Central |
| 19 | | College in 1970, where she became the first director of the |
| 20 | | Illinois Central College Perley (Downtown) Campus in 1973; she |
| 21 | | retired in 1994 after many years of service; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dorothy Cornish was a member of St. Vincent de |
| 2 | | Paul Catholic Church, the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the |
| 3 | | League of Women Voters, the National Association of University |
| 4 | | Women, and In His Footsteps; she served on various boards, |
| 5 | | including the boards of the Tri-County Urban League, the United |
| 6 | | Way, the Hult Health Center, and Help a Child Scholarship |
| 7 | | Foundation, Inc.; she was also active with Susan G. Komen Race |
| 8 | | for the Cure and founded the Growing Together Program, a joint |
| 9 | | effort between District 150 and Illinois Central College; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dorothy Cornish was preceded in death by her |
| 11 | | husband, Herman; a brother, Robert L. M. "Bobby" Greene; a |
| 12 | | niece; and a nephew; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dorothy Cornish is survived by a son, Kenneth |
| 14 | | (Veara) Cornish; 2 daughters, Janet (George) Davis and Kelly |
| 15 | | (Deron) Robbins; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and |
| 16 | | a great-great-grandson; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her |
| 19 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Dr. Dorothy B. |
| 20 | | Cornish; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Dr. Dorothy Cornish as an expression |