Full Text of HR0515 94th General Assembly
HR0515 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Sherry | 4 |
| Goodman of Chicago on Monday, May 16, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, A public broadcasting pioneer and community | 6 |
| servant, Sherry Goodman had a passion for public service that | 7 |
| was evident in whatever project she tackled, from championing | 8 |
| civil rights to pulling off the seemingly impossible in the | 9 |
| not-for-profit world; and
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| WHEREAS, Born in Louisville, she attended Bryn Mawr College | 11 |
| in Pennsylvania before receiving a master's degree in English | 12 |
| from the University of Chicago in 1950; before attending the | 13 |
| University of Chicago, she moved with her first husband, Gordon | 14 |
| Goodman, from Pennsylvania to Chicago; he preceded her in death | 15 |
| in 1966; and
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| WHEREAS, While married to Gordon Goodman, Ms. Goodman had | 17 |
| two sons and began work at the National Conference of | 18 |
| Christians and Jews; in 1968, she began working for the Welfare | 19 |
| Council of Metropolitan Chicago; she married Richard Watt in | 20 |
| 1972; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 1960s, Ms. Goodman also was a freelance | 22 |
| producer for WTTW-Channel 11 and helped produce a series on | 23 |
| race relations and children; she eventually was promoted to | 24 |
| director of special audience services before leaving the | 25 |
| station to work on the Museum of Science and Industry's 50th | 26 |
| anniversary celebration in 1983; and
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| WHEREAS, While on the museum staff, she helped organize the | 28 |
| Information Technology Resource Center, which provides | 29 |
| technological assistance to non-profit groups, and became its | 30 |
| first executive director; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1985, she became the founding president and | 2 |
| chief executive of Chicago Access Corp., an organization that | 3 |
| administered public-access television channels in the city; | 4 |
| she retired in 1990, but continued her role in several | 5 |
| community organizations, including Business and Professional | 6 |
| People for the Public Interest and the Chicago Headline Club; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Sherry was a woman of boundless enthusiasm and | 9 |
| energy - a multi-tasker before we knew the word; she had a | 10 |
| special talent for friendship; and
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| WHEREAS, Sherry is remembered as brilliant and | 12 |
| level-headed; her passing has been deeply felt by many, | 13 |
| especially her husband, Richard Watt; her sons, Blair and Thom | 14 |
| Goodman; her stepsons, Douglas and Alan Watt; and her nine | 15 |
| grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| we mourn he passing of Sherry Goodman, and we extend our | 19 |
| sincerest condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 20 |
| and loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 23 |
| sympathy.
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