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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Mary Ann MacLean, who passed away on 
4August 18, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was born in October of 1942 in 
6Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Hinsdale; after 
7graduating from Hinsdale Central High School, she studied for a 
8time at colleges in Pennsylvania and in Lausanne, Switzerland; 
9and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was an assistant to a trader at 
11Merrill Lynch, where she met her future husband, Barry; she 
12became vocal at local school board meetings when her children 
13were little, seeking to expand foreign language education in 
14early grades; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean served on the Illinois State 
16Museum board for 32 years and served as director; in 2011, the 
17Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum, which teaches children to learn 
18through play what it is like to work at a museum, opened at the 
19Illinois State Museum site in  Springfield; she served on the 
20Illinois State Board of Education and as a trustee at the 
21Chicago Zoological Society, the Chicago Botanic Garden, the 
22MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of 
 
 
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1Chicago Medicine, the Rassias Center at Dartmouth College, and 
2at Union College; she also supported education and outreach 
3activities at Brookfield Zoo; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, In 2013, the Chicago Zoological Society, which 
5manages Brookfield Zoo, dedicated its new home for education, 
6conservation, and outreach efforts as the Mary Ann MacLean 
7Conservation Leadership Center; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean is survived by her husband, 
9Barry; her children, Adrian Jay, Gillian Growdon, and Duncan 
10MacLean; her stepdaughters, Elizabeth Larned and Margaret 
11MacLean; her sister, Libby Lucas; and 12 grandchildren; 
12therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
15family and friends, mourn the passing of Mary Ann MacLean; and 
16be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Mary Ann MacLean as an expression of 
19our sympathy.