Full Text of HR0788 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The London Towne Houses Cooperative recently | 3 | | renamed Community Building #2 at 901 East 100th Place as the | 4 | | "Ida Curtis Fisher Community Building"; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ida Fisher passed away on February 11, 2013; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Ida Fisher was an African-American woman, born in | 7 | | Cincinnati, Ohio in 1931; she grew up in a time when society | 8 | | repressed both women and African-Americans; she strongly | 9 | | valued education and work, becoming the first woman to pass the | 10 | | Cincinnati police officer exam; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ida Fisher worked as a secretary for the | 12 | | Foundation for Cooperative Housing; she eventually began | 13 | | managing the Kansas City, Missouri location and, due to her | 14 | | accomplishments there, was soon asked to travel the country to | 15 | | duplicate her success; she created thousands of cooperative | 16 | | housing units, eventually landing in Chicago, where she broke | 17 | | ground for the 800-unit London Towne Houses Cooperative; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Ida Fisher worked as a Vice-President of the First | 19 | | Pennsylvania Bank, where she opened and managed its subsidiary | 20 | | in Chicago, Midwest Mortgage Company, and became the bank's top | 21 | | money maker in the country; she was inspired to open her own |
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| 1 | | company, ICF Development; she was also the director of the | 2 | | National Cooperative Bank, the Independence Bank of Chicago, | 3 | | Indecorp (Independence and the Drexel National Bank), the | 4 | | National Association of Housing Cooperatives, the Midwest | 5 | | Association of Housing Cooperatives, Chicago's Museum of | 6 | | Contemporary Art, and the Joseph Holmes Dance Group; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ida Fisher was the recipient of the Chicago Rising | 8 | | Women in Business award, the Most Success Business Women in | 9 | | Chicago
award, and the coveted Jerry Voorhis Award from the | 10 | | National Association of Housing Cooperatives; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ida Fisher was the wife of Herbert Fisher and the | 12 | | mother of 2 daughters; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | recognize the extraordinary life of Ida Curtis Fisher and | 16 | | support the London Towne Houses Cooperative's decision to name | 17 | | a building in her honor; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the London Towne Houses Cooperative and the family | 20 | | of Ida Fisher.
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