Full Text of HR0114 101st General Assembly
HR0114 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| | 2 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka was born to immigrant parents | | 3 | | Lillian Mary Shuss and William D. Baar on January 16,
1944 in | | 4 | | Riverside; after attending public school, she graduated from | | 5 | | Northwestern University's Medill
School of Journalism in 1966; | | 6 | | and
| | 7 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka worked as a reporter, education | | 8 | | editor, feature writer, feature editor, and
photographer and | | 9 | | received honors from the Illinois Women's Press Association, | | 10 | | the Illinois Press
Association, and the Illinois State Medical | | 11 | | Society for her work covering advances in the medical field; | | 12 | | and
| | 13 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka's time covering politics and | | 14 | | local issues as a journalist motivated
her move into politics; | | 15 | | in 1980, she was elected to serve in the Illinois House of | | 16 | | Representatives, before
being elected to the Senate in 1984, | | 17 | | where she served until 1995; and
| | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1994, Judy Baar Topinka achieved the | | 19 | | distinction of being the first woman elected to serve as State
| | 20 | | Treasurer, becoming only the second woman in Illinois history | | 21 | | to hold a State constitutional executive
office; she served | | 22 | | three terms; and
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| | 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Judy Baar Topinka ran for Governor of | | 2 | | Illinois, becoming only the second woman to win a major
party's | | 3 | | nomination for governor in the State; and
| | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, Judy Baar Topinka was elected to serve as | | 5 | | the Illinois State Comptroller, making her the first
woman to | | 6 | | serve in two State constitutional offices in Illinois; and
| | 7 | | WHEREAS, Judy Baar Topinka was a trailblazer and dedicated | | 8 | | to community, honest governance, and human rights; therefore, | | 9 | | be it
| | 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | | 11 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | | 12 | | we urge the owner of the Comptroller building in Springfield to | | 13 | | work with CMS to name the building in honor of Judy Baar | | 14 | | Topinka; and be it further
| | 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | | 16 | | delivered to the owner of the Comptroller building in | | 17 | | Springfield, the Illinois Comptroller, and the Director of CMS.
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