Full Text of SR0843 98th 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 Lexie Kamerman of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on January 17, 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lexie Kamerman was a 2008 graduate of Knox College | 6 | | in Galesburg, where she was an active and engaged student, with | 7 | | majors in Anthropology, Sociology, and Environmental Studies; | 8 | | she served as a leader in the Pi Beta Phi sorority and on the | 9 | | college's water polo team, carrying the team to the Collegiate | 10 | | Water Polo Association's Women's National Club championship; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lexie Kamerman was a global citizen and went to | 13 | | Afghanistan following her graduation to help build the student | 14 | | development program at the American University; she trained | 15 | | women as resident assistants to help educate them to be the | 16 | | Afghan leaders of the future; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Lexie Kamerman was a deep thinker and a fearless | 18 | | advocate for a better world; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lexie Kamerman was the beloved daughter of Alison | 20 | | Pohn and Jack McCarthy; the cherished niece of Jeff Pohn (Possy | 21 | | Holmes), Lisa (Jonathan) Levy, Julie (Adam) Pfeffer, Susan |
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| 1 | | (Edward) Ocasek-Clayton; and the loving cousin of Gigi | 2 | | Braybrooks, Danny, Simon, Joey, and Henry Levy, and Ben, Will, | 3 | | and Molly Pfeffer; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Lexie Kamerman, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 7 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Lexie Kamerman as an expression of | 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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