Full Text of HR0148 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor Dr. Irene H. Brodie, mayor | 4 | | of the Village of Robbins, as as retires after 24 years; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Brodie is the current, longest-serving, | 6 | | female, African-American mayor in the nation; her reign as | 7 | | mayor saw improvements in the water and sewer systems, roads | 8 | | and transportation, code enforcement, economic development, | 9 | | grant procurement, land acquisition, residential development, | 10 | | and public safety; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Brodie's 36-year tenure in government | 12 | | consists of 12 years as municipal clerk for the Village of | 13 | | Robbins and 24 years as the mayor; she is a longtime educator | 14 | | and administrator, having taught in school districts 143 1/2 | 15 | | and 218 and achieving the position of dean at Moraine Valley | 16 | | Community College; she spent 32 years of service to Moraine | 17 | | Valley and upon her retirement a section of Building-B was | 18 | | named the "Dr. Irene H. Brodie Academic Skills Center"; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Brodie's most noteworthy accomplishment is | 20 | | her scholarship program; it has funded the tuition costs for | 21 | | hundreds of students throughout the years and her individual | 22 | | efforts have produced teachers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, |
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| 1 | | and educators around the globe; she has hired, financially | 2 | | supported, tutored, counseled, and graduated hundreds of | 3 | | residents from Robbins and the surrounding communities; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Brodie has a history of service in many | 5 | | areas; she was the vice-president of the Illinois Municipal | 6 | | League, executive board member and assistant secretary of the | 7 | | National Conference of Black Mayors, and the chair of the | 8 | | Education Committee and Scholarship Committee for the National | 9 | | Conference of Black Mayors; she has been appointed to numerous | 10 | | gubernatorial transition teams and has been on various State | 11 | | and federal advisory boards; she was a member of the | 12 | | Metropolitan Mayors Caucus under Mayor Richard Daley, served on | 13 | | President Clinton's environmental think-tank group, and was a | 14 | | guest lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of | 15 | | Business; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Brodie is married to J. Edmon Brodie and | 17 | | they have one child, Jeraye E. Brodie; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we honor Mayor Irene Brodie as she retires as mayor of Robbins, | 21 | | thank her for her years of service to the community, and wish | 22 | | her well in all her future endeavours; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Mayor Irene Brodie as an expression of our esteem | 3 | | and respect.
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