Full Text of HR1207 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor Sister Ellen Marie Ryan | 4 | | for her career accomplishments and for the scholarship created | 5 | | in her name; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sister Ellen Ryan has served as a music teacher at | 7 | | Mother McAuley High School for 28 years, during which she | 8 | | taught a wide variety of music classes, ranging from general | 9 | | music to chorus and a cappella to strings; during her tenure at | 10 | | Mother McAuley, she taught thousands of students, directed | 11 | | hundreds of concerts, and chaperoned dozens of trips across the | 12 | | country, from nursing home performances and theatrical | 13 | | productions to trips visiting those feeling sick or depressed | 14 | | to sing them a song on Valentine's Day; she also organized | 15 | | madrigal dinners and taught herself to play numerous | 16 | | instruments, such as the violin, French horn, cello, bassoon, | 17 | | and oboe, so that she could better teach her students who | 18 | | wanted to learn those instruments; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Under Sister Ellen Ryan's leadership, the Mother | 20 | | McAuley music department multiplied from one full-time teacher | 21 | | to 4, with 2 of her former students as current teachers; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Sister Ellen Ryan has remained active in the |
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| 1 | | McAuley community; she currently volunteers a few days each | 2 | | week in the McAuley Office of Institutional Advancement and | 3 | | also coordinates the McAuley alumnae chorus; she plans | 4 | | liturgies for the Sisters of Mercy, sings in the choir at St. | 5 | | Barnabas Church, and teaches piano lessons at Mercy Housing at | 6 | | Wentworth Commons; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On June 14, 2012, various members of the Mother | 8 | | McAuley community, including alumnae, faculty, staff, donors, | 9 | | and other guests, hosted "Music & Memories with Sr. Ellen", a | 10 | | musical tribute to their legendary music teacher and choir | 11 | | director; held in the Mother McAuley Auditorium, more than 200 | 12 | | people attended the evening, which featured a performance by | 13 | | the McAuley Alumnae Choir and others who returned to campus to | 14 | | lend their voices in homage of Sister Ellen, while more than | 15 | | 170 members of a Facebook group signed up for a page devoted to | 16 | | Sister Ellen; the event raised more than $10,000, enough to | 17 | | endow a scholarship in Sr. Ellen's name; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Sister Ellen Ryan serves as a model of hard work, | 19 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 20 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 | | we honor Sister Ellen Marie Ryan for her accomplishments and |
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| 1 | | wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Sister Ellen Ryan as a symbol of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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