Full Text of HR0122 095th General Assembly
HR0122 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Willye B. | 4 |
| White of Chicago, the first American to compete in five | 5 |
| Olympics, who passed away on February 6, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS,
Willye White was born December 31, 1939, in Money, | 7 |
| Mississippi, and was raised by her grandparents; she picked | 8 |
| cotton to help her family earn money, while at the same time | 9 |
| competing in sports; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Willye B. White competed in
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| Olympics from 1956 to 1972; in 1956 she was a 16-year old high | 12 |
| school sophomore at her first Olympics in Melbourne, Australia | 13 |
| when she won a silver medal in
the long jump; it marked the | 14 |
| first time a woman from the United States won a medal in that | 15 |
| event; she won another silver medal as part of the team in the | 16 |
| 4 X 100 meter relay in 1964 in Tokyo; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of more than 30 international | 18 |
| track and field teams and won a dozen Amateur Athletic Union | 19 |
| long jump titles in her career; and
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| WHEREAS, She founded the Willye White Foundation to help | 21 |
| children and helped raise money for the underprivileged; she |
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| was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame, in | 2 |
| addition to ten other hall of fame inductions; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Willye White coached, lectured, and served as | 4 |
| president of the Midwest chapter of the U.S. Olympians for 12 | 5 |
| years after her athletic career ended; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Willye White is survived by her brother and her | 7 |
| sister; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Willye | 11 |
| B. White; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Willye B. White as a symbol of our | 14 |
| respect and sympathy.
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