Full Text of HR0611 94th General Assembly
HR0611 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives join "Mostly Music at Northeastern Illinois | 4 |
| University" as they proudly recognize Eileen R. Mackevich, | 5 |
| co-founder and president of the Chicago Humanities Festival | 6 |
| from 1989 to 2005, and Northeastern Illinois University (NIU) | 7 |
| alumna; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Mackevich is leaving the Festival after | 9 |
| fifteen years, and on September 23, 2005, NIU will honor Eileen | 10 |
| Mackevich for her immense contribution to the cultural life of | 11 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, What began as a modest one-day festival at the | 13 |
| Illinois Humanities Council, inspired by its chairman and | 14 |
| supported by four of Chicago's leading institutions: the | 15 |
| University of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Art | 16 |
| Institute of Chicago, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, grew | 17 |
| under the leadership of its director, Eileen Mackevich, into a | 18 |
| three-week annual Festival drawing thousands to a veritable | 19 |
| feast of lectures and performances from around the world; and
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| WHEREAS, The fifteen festivals under her direction brought | 21 |
| together novelists, scholars, musicians, archaeologists, | 22 |
| historians, artists, playwrights, theologians, poets, | 23 |
| architects, policy makers, and others to offer presentations | 24 |
| around a theme of universal interest, such as
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| Freedom", "Birth & Death", "Words & Pictures", and "Saving + | 26 |
| Spending"; and
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| WHEREAS, In seeking out ever more exciting programs, Eileen | 28 |
| Mackevich "toured" the world from her desk at the Chicago | 29 |
| Humanities Festival to meet and invite authors, poets, | 30 |
| performing artists, statesmen, and politicians to Chicago to | 31 |
| participate in Festival programs; many have been touched by the |
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| vision and enthusiasm that for the past fifteen years Eileen | 2 |
| Mackevich brought to her leadership of the Chicago Humanities | 3 |
| Festival; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we join "Mostly Music at Northeastern Illinois University" in | 7 |
| recognizing Eileen Mackevich's leadership, great energy, | 8 |
| enthusiasm, and vision, and we commend her for her contribution | 9 |
| to the field of the humanities; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Eileen Mackevich as an expression of our | 12 |
| admiration and esteem and best wishes for continued success in | 13 |
| all of her future endeavors.
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