Full Text of HJR0043 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Mary Jo Arndt of Lombard, who | 4 | | passed away on September 24, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was a 1951 graduate of Glenbard West High | 6 | | School and a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a | 7 | | B.S. in Education; she was a former teacher in Villa Park and | 8 | | Urbana; she had been a newspaper columnist; and she was the | 9 | | managing partner and hospital administrator of the Lombard | 10 | | Veterinary Hospital with her husband; together, they | 11 | | established the Lombard Veterinary Hospital in 1959; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, She was an integral part of the York Township | 13 | | Republican Women's Organization for 45 years and served as a | 14 | | former Republican national committeewoman for Illinois; she | 15 | | served as past president of the National Federation of | 16 | | Republican Women; she was a pioneer in efforts to increase | 17 | | opportunities for women in politics, government, and | 18 | | education; in addition, she founded the Illinois Republican | 19 | | Women's Roundtable in 1989, established the Illinois Lincoln | 20 | | Excellence in Public Service Series, conducted many seminars on | 21 | | various facets of political organization and party structure, | 22 | | and lent her skills to campaign efforts in almost every county | 23 | | in Illinois; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, She served as publicity chairperson for the | 2 | | Lombard Minutemen, was a Girl Scout leader, executive secretary | 3 | | for the Lombard Lilac Parade Committee, a Rotary Ann,and was | 4 | | actively involved with the Maple Street Chapel Preservation | 5 | | Society, the YWCA, and the Lombard Chamber of Commerce; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan appointed her to be a | 7 | | member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | 8 | | and she was reappointed by President Bush; she served as a | 9 | | member of the Republican National Committee for Illinois from | 10 | | 1988 to 2008 and was elected to the RNC Executive Committee | 11 | | representing the Midwestern Region from 2005 to 2008; she was | 12 | | the chairman of the Illinois Women for McCain campaign and was | 13 | | a member of the McCain National Hispanic Outreach Team; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, She recently completed 6 years on the board of | 15 | | directors of American Women for International Understanding | 16 | | and was a member and adviser of the Republican National | 17 | | Hispanic Assembly of Illinois; she was a member of the Xilin | 18 | | Asian Association Board of Directors; she was twice elected by | 19 | | the primary voters of the 6th Congressional District as their | 20 | | State central committeeman, in 1982 and 1986; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, she was elected vice chair emeritus of | 22 | | the Illinois Republican State Committee, she was a member of |
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| 1 | | the Illinois Governor's Commission on the Status of Women; she | 2 | | served on the Working Group on Balancing Work and Family; she | 3 | | represented President Bush as an observer of the Romanian | 4 | | elections in May of 1990; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She had a U.S. Senate confirmed appointment to the | 6 | | National Advisory Council on Women's Education Programs during | 7 | | the Reagan Administration, where she served as chairman of the | 8 | | Women's Educational Equity Act Committee; she was a member of | 9 | | the Advisory Committee to the Illinois State Superintendent of | 10 | | Schools; she also served on the Illinois Commission for the | 11 | | Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Today's Chicago Woman twice named Mrs. Arndt a | 13 | | "Power Personality", a woman making a difference in | 14 | | Chicagoland's business and social environment; she served as a | 15 | | member of the U.S. Small Business Administration National | 16 | | Advisory Council from 2001 to 2007 and was selected by the | 17 | | Foundation for Women's Resources as one of 100 women to | 18 | | participate in Leadership America;
she was a member of the | 19 | | National Board of Directors of Leadership America from 2001 to | 20 | | 2006, and was a member of the Advisory Board of Leadership | 21 | | Illinois and of Save the Patient; the Gallup Organization | 22 | | selected her as a "Visionary Leader for the 21st Century" and | 23 | | awarded her a full scholarship to the Gallup Leadership | 24 | | Institute; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mary Jo Arndt is survived by her husband, Dr. Paul | 2 | | W., DVM; her daughters, Dr. Kristi L. Arndt, Ph.D., DVM, Kerri | 3 | | A. (Russell) Roselli, and Dr. Georgianne, DVM (Gregory) Ludwig; | 4 | | her grandchildren, Gregory R. Ludwig, Phillip P. Roselli, | 5 | | Graceanne N. Ludwig, and Kaleigh A. Roselli; her cousin, Betty | 6 | | Bussema; and many other relatives, friends, and pets; | 7 | | therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 10 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn, along with her family | 11 | | and friends, the passing of Mary Jo Arndt; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Mary Jo Arndt as a symbol of our | 14 | | sincere sympathy.
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