Full Text of HR0496 95th General Assembly
HR0496 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Barbara Whitney | 4 |
| Carr, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago | 5 |
| Botanic Garden, for her many years of service, on the occasion | 6 |
| of her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Whitney Carr has a Bachelor of Arts degree | 8 |
| from Denison University; prior to her tenure at the Chicago | 9 |
| Botanic Garden, she worked at the Lincoln Park Zoological | 10 |
| Society, where she was President from 1990-1994 and Executive | 11 |
| Director from 1975-1989; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Barbara Whitney Carr has been President and CEO of | 13 |
| the Chicago Botanic Garden since 1995; under her direction, | 14 |
| attendance at the garden has increased to 760,000 visitors | 15 |
| annually, and membership has reached 47,000, the largest | 16 |
| membership of any botanic garden in the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Carr led a 10-year master development plan | 18 |
| which called for the construction and renovation of new | 19 |
| gardens, including the Buehler Enabling Garden, Spider Island, | 20 |
| the Esplanade and Waterside Terrace, Gardens of the Great | 21 |
| Basin, and the restoration of more than three miles of | 22 |
| shoreline; other capital projects completed during her tenure |
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| include the Botanic Garden Center, the 1.25 mile Garden Wall, | 2 |
| the Children's Learning Center, the renovation of the | 3 |
| 100,000-square foot Regenstein Center, and the dedication of | 4 |
| the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic | 5 |
| Garden; and
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| WHEREAS, She initiated the creation of an Academic Affairs | 7 |
| program that offers a Master of Science in plant biology and | 8 |
| conservation through a partnership with Northwestern | 9 |
| University, a Master of Landscape Architecture through a | 10 |
| partnership with the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a | 11 |
| bachelor's degree in horticulture from the University of | 12 |
| Illinois-Champaign; she was instrumental in fostering a | 13 |
| partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to preserve | 14 |
| seeds of North American prairie flora and has launched a major | 15 |
| science initiative including collaborations with leading | 16 |
| institutions and the National Science Foundation that will have | 17 |
| global impact; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Carr oversees one of America's preeminent | 19 |
| public gardens that was the winner of Horticulture Magazine's | 20 |
| 2006 Award for Garden Excellence, honoring the public garden | 21 |
| that best exemplifies the highest standards of horticultural | 22 |
| practices and techniques; she is this year's recipient of the | 23 |
| American Public Gardens Association's most prestigious award, | 24 |
| the 2007 Award of Merit, which recognizes an individual who has |
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| performed with distinction in the field of public horticulture; | 2 |
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Carr is a member of the American Association | 4 |
| of Museums, the American Public Gardens Association, The | 5 |
| Chicago Network, The Economic Club of Chicago, The Commercial | 6 |
| Club of Chicago, and the Chicago Region Biodiversity Council; | 7 |
| she is on the Board of Directors of Ox-Bow (the Summer School | 8 |
| of The Art Institute of Chicago), Chicago Wilderness Magazine, | 9 |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association, and Lake Forest College, | 10 |
| and has served on the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission and | 11 |
| The Lincoln Academy of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate Barbara Whitney Carr on her retirement, thank her | 15 |
| for her many years of service to the citizens of Illinois, and | 16 |
| wish her a happy and fulfilling retirement; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Barbara Whitney Carr as an expression of our | 19 |
| respect and esteem.
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