Full Text of SR1032 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Judy Gay Stevenson of Oak Brook, formerly | 4 | | of Naperville, who passed away on June 28, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was born on December 6, 1937, in | 6 | | New York; she devoted herself to the clarinet, cello, chorus, | 7 | | band, and orchestra while attending Naperville Community High | 8 | | School; after moving on to North Central College, her areas of | 9 | | study were voice and piano; she sang for 2 years with the | 10 | | Robert Shaw Corale and performed with the Chicago Lyric Opera; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was Chairman of the Board of | 13 | | Magnetrol International Incorporated, a global provider of | 14 | | process instrumentation, at the time of her passing; she joined | 15 | | Magnetrol (then Schaub Engineering Company) in 1964 as a | 16 | | part-time bookkeeper; in her first year of employment, she rose | 17 | | to accounting supervisor and then to accounting manager a year | 18 | | later; in 1967, she was elected to serve as treasurer and | 19 | | administrative vice president; in 1975, she became president of | 20 | | the company and, in 1978, bought the company; under her | 21 | | leadership, Magnetrol has prospered due to an aggressive | 22 | | commitment to research and development, new products, new | 23 | | technologies, training, and progressive and creative thinking; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was well known among her peers for | 3 | | her involvement and devotion to business, industry, and her | 4 | | community; at North Central College, she established the Harold | 5 | | E. Meiley Scholarship Fund, the Judy G. Stevenson Scholarship | 6 | | Fund, and the African Scholarship Fund; at the College of | 7 | | DuPage, she established the Judy G. Stevenson Scholarship and | 8 | | the Magnetrol Manufacturing Scholarship; she financed 6 annual | 9 | | scholarships to children of Magnetrol Associates and | 10 | | Representatives; she also supported the Naperville Heritage | 11 | | Society, Edward Hospital, the Naperville Riverwalk, the | 12 | | Millennium Carillon Foundation, Good Samaritan Hospital, and | 13 | | the DuPage Intergenerational Village; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson served on the Board of Trustees at | 15 | | North Central College and was a member of the Chief Executive | 16 | | Officers Club, the National Association of Women Business | 17 | | Owners, the National Association of Female Executives, and | 18 | | Eastern Star; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was the recipient of numerous | 20 | | honors for her work in the community; she was named the YWCA | 21 | | Businesswoman of the Year for DuPage County in 1985, the YWCA | 22 | | Outstanding Woman Leader of DuPage County in 1997, and was | 23 | | recognized as one of The Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses in the |
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| 1 | | country in 1998; in April of 1999, she was honored by | 2 | | Naperville Central High School when she received the Alumni | 3 | | Recognition Award for Achievements in Business and Community | 4 | | Service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson was preceded in death by her | 6 | | parents, Harold and Claudia Meiley; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Judy Stevenson is survived by her loving daughter, | 8 | | Laurie Jane Swallow; her loving son, Jeffrey (Madeleine) | 9 | | Swallow; her three beautiful grandchildren, Emily, Heston, and | 10 | | Connor; her dear sister, Claudia Jeanne (Robert) Patterson; and | 11 | | her dear brothers, Charles Meiley and Emery "Duke" (Judy) | 12 | | Meiley; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | her family and friends, the passing of Judy Gay Stevenson; and | 16 | | be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Judy Gay Stevenson as an expression | 19 | | of our sympathy.
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