Full Text of HR1054 093rd General Assembly
HR1054 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Lillian Lipsey on her | 4 |
| 100th birthday on June 9, 2004, and for her lifelong | 5 |
| contributions to the betterment of mankind and her strong | 6 |
| support of the State of Israel and world Jewry; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, She and her husband, Maurice, made their first | 8 |
| gift of $25 to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago in | 9 |
| 1935; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Lipsey has been giving every year since then, | 11 |
| resulting in her being inducted as a member of the Silver | 12 |
| Circle for 25 years of consecutive giving and then a Gold Giver | 13 |
| for 50 years of consecutive giving; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Lispey is a member of the King David Society; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, She has attended the annual Standard Club and | 17 |
| Advance and Major Gifts events annually for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, She has participated in the Women's Division for | 19 |
| many decades, attending events throughout her adult life; and
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| WHEREAS, She is a member of the Women's Division's Lion of | 21 |
| Judah society; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Lipsey also led and participated in | 23 |
| fundraising efforts at Bryn Mawr Country Club and Anshe Emet | 24 |
| Synagogue; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, She is a strong supporter of the State of Israel, | 26 |
| having supported special fundraising efforts on behalf of the | 27 |
| Jewish State since its founding in 1948, including the recent |
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| Israel Emergency Campaign; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, She is a strong supporter of world Jewry, having | 3 |
| been among the first to contribute generously to Operation | 4 |
| Exodus as that program airlifted Ethiopian Jews to Israel; | 5 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| congratulate Lillian Lipsey on this milestone birthday and for | 9 |
| her lifelong devotion to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan | 10 |
| Chicago, the cause of world Jewry, and other philanthropic | 11 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to Lillian Lipsey as an expression of our esteem.
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