Full Text of HR1164 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Erma Brooks | 4 | | Williams on her retirement as Associate to the President for | 5 | | the Board of Trustees and Governmental Affairs at Chicago State | 6 | | University; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, She earned her doctorate from Roosevelt | 8 | | University, her Bachelor's degree from the University of | 9 | | Illinois at Springfield, and an Associate of Arts degree in | 10 | | Journalism from Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, | 11 | | where she graduated with honors; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, She has served in numerous administrative | 13 | | capacities at Chicago State, including: successfully lobbying | 14 | | for the restoration of $225 million in MAP funding; | 15 | | establishing partnerships among legislators and high schools | 16 | | to recruit students from their respective legislative | 17 | | districts; establishing collaborations between the University | 18 | | and Chicago Public Schools to recruit more students from | 19 | | Chicago Public Schools; lobbying and working with the Illinois | 20 | | Legislative Black Caucus and the Illinois General Assembly to | 21 | | secure funding; as well as many other achievements; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Prior to joining the University, she served in |
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| 1 | | various executive-level positions in the Chancellor's Office | 2 | | at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC); Dr. Williams | 3 | | served as Special Assistant for Education to the late | 4 | | Congressmen Harold Washington and Congressman Charles Hayes; | 5 | | she also served as a Budget Analyst for Illinois House Speaker | 6 | | Michael J. Madigan; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, As a member of the Illinois Senate staff, she was | 8 | | the first African-American female to serve as Supervisor of the | 9 | | Senate Democratic Pages; Dr. Williams has written for various | 10 | | community newspapers and has appeared on local radio stations | 11 | | speaking on education issues; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Former Illinois State Senate President Emil | 13 | | Jones, Jr. appointed her to serve on the Advisory Council of | 14 | | the Illinois Commission on Brown v. Board of Education; she | 15 | | also serves on the Presidential Lincoln Library and Museum | 16 | | State Craft Advisory Commission; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Williams served on the local school council at | 18 | | Morgan Park High School; she secured the archives of the late | 19 | | Senators Fred Smith and his deceased wife, Senator Margaret | 20 | | Smith, the earlier archives of the Illinois Legislative Black | 21 | | Caucus and other distinguished members of the Caucus; she also | 22 | | secured the archives of an 1881 graduate of Chicago State | 23 | | University, which included the documents of John Wentworth; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and | 2 | | Museum requested Dr. Williams to conduct President Emil Jones | 3 | | oral history in 2008; she is the author of Political | 4 | | Empowerment of Illinois African American Lawmakers from 1877 to | 5 | | 2005 ; she is married to Attorney Paul L. Williams, a former | 6 | | member of the Illinois General Assembly and sole proprietor of | 7 | | his lobbying and law firm; they have 2 daughters, Courtney | 8 | | Rachel and LaTisha Sarah; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate Dr. Erma Brooks Williams on her retirement and | 12 | | wish her continued success in her future endeavors; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Dr. Erma Brooks Williams as a symbol of our | 16 | | respect and esteem.
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