Full Text of HR0193 96th General Assembly
HR0193 96TH 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
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| LeGear of Chicago, who passed away on March 7, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear earned her doctorate in educational | 6 |
| psychology and special education from the University of | 7 |
| Southern California and completed the family therapy training | 8 |
| program at Northwestern University's Family Institute; and
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| WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear was originally from St. Louis, | 10 |
| Missouri; she taught at Purdue University for three years | 11 |
| before coming to Chicago in the 1970s; after arriving in | 12 |
| Chicago, she taught at St. Xavier and Roosevelt Universities; | 13 |
| she served as clinical director at The Cove School for children | 14 |
| with learning disabilities in the early 1980s; and
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| WHEREAS, After her stint at The Cove School, Lannie LeGear | 16 |
| went into private practice; from her home office, she worked | 17 |
| with kids suffering from attention-deficit disorder, learning | 18 |
| disabilities, and developmental disorders; she was a stalwart | 19 |
| advocate for the children she assessed and backed parents who | 20 |
| often were rebuffed in their efforts to get help; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear was the board chair of the Community |
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| Counseling Centers of Chicago since 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear and her partner, Dorothy O'Byrne, | 3 |
| sponsored a refugee Laotian family of eight in 1979 and took in | 4 |
| the family's two youngest members, a girl and a boy who were | 5 |
| then 10 and 14 years old; Dr. LeGear and O'Byrne came to | 6 |
| consider themselves members of the family; and
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| WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear is survived by her partner; her | 8 |
| stepmother, Jean LeGear Flocks; and her brothers, Dan and | 9 |
| Scott; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Lannie | 13 |
| LeGear; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Lannie LeGear as an expression of | 16 |
| our sympathy.
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