Full Text of SR0453 96th General Assembly
SR0453 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Mildred "Mim" D. Sullivan, who passed | 4 |
| away on August 4, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was born in Chicago in 1921; her | 6 |
| parents were Dan and Mildred Donovan; she married Cornelius | 7 |
| (Neil) Sullivan in 1942; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was raised in the South Shore | 9 |
| community of Chicago and attended Saint Philip Neri School and | 10 |
| Saint Xavier High School; she went on to graduate with honors | 11 |
| from Wellesley College in June of 1942; and
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| WHEREAS, Following the unfortunate passing of her husband | 13 |
| in 1964, Mildred Sullivan went to work to support her 7 | 14 |
| children; she began her career as a grammar school teacher in | 15 |
| Evanston, then moved on to Sacred Heart School in Winnetka; in | 16 |
| 1967, she moved to Loyola Academy, starting as an | 17 |
| Administrative Assistant to the Rev. John Bell, S.J., the | 18 |
| academy's principal; in 1969, she earned her Master of | 19 |
| Education degree with a concentration in guidance and | 20 |
| counseling from Loyola University; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was a pioneer in the field of |
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| guidance and college counseling for high school students; in | 2 |
| 1969, she was named Director of the Guidance Program at Loyola | 3 |
| Academy in Wilmette, serving in that capacity until her | 4 |
| retirement in 1994; her innovative ideas, which included the | 5 |
| development of the Academy's O'Shaughnessy program for | 6 |
| learning development, served as models for many Jesuit high | 7 |
| schools throughout the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was a member of numerous academic | 9 |
| organizations; she was an Illinois delegate to the National | 10 |
| Association of College Admission Counselors; she served a | 11 |
| 3-year term as a board member on the Midwest Regional Assembly | 12 |
| of the College Board; she was a member of the Illinois | 13 |
| Association of College Admission Counselors and served as its | 14 |
| president for 2 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan served as Secretary and | 16 |
| President of the St. Francis Xavier School Board; she was a | 17 |
| member of the St. Francis Xavier Ministry of Care; she also | 18 |
| participated on the advisory board of Parents Against Drug and | 19 |
| Alcohol Abuse (PADAA); and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan enjoyed reading and playing | 21 |
| bridge; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan was preceded in death by her |
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| parents and her husband; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred Sullivan is survived by her brother, Dr. | 3 |
| William Donovan; her children, Cornelius, Jr. (Susan), Dr. | 4 |
| Daniel (Nancy), Kenneth (Mary), Anne (Paul White), John | 5 |
| (Cindy), William (Suzanne), and Jane (Luc Tabourot); 21 | 6 |
| grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and | 7 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Mildred "Mim" D. | 11 |
| Sullivan; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Mildred Sullivan as an expression of | 14 |
| our sympathy.
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