Full Text of HR0330 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Christopher Sverre | 4 | | Norborg and Susan Jacobson Norborg on the occasion of their | 5 | | 50th wedding anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Susan Norborg grew up in Chicago on Sawyer Avenue | 7 | | just north of Foster; she is the eldest child of Alice and | 8 | | Roland "Jake" Jacobson and the big sister to Sally and Richard; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Chris Norborg grew up with his parents, Sverre and | 11 | | Erna Norborg, and his older brother, Tony, in Chicago's Logan | 12 | | Square next door to the Norwegian Lutheran Church Minnekirken, | 13 | | where Sverre served as pastor; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Chris and Susan Norborg met in 1954 as high school | 15 | | freshman at North Park Academy on the grounds of North Park | 16 | | University; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Susan Norborg excelled at North Park, graduating | 18 | | in the top 10% of her class and leading the cheerleading squad; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Chris Norborg's athletic exploits in high school |
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| 1 | | are legendary, particularly in basketball, where he earned the | 2 | | nickname "No Shot Norborg" in recognition of the fact that | 3 | | there was no shot he could not make; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, After being named "Ideal North Park Boy and Girl" | 5 | | as seniors in 1958, Chris Norborg went on to Northwestern | 6 | | University and Susan Norborg went to Lake Forest College; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The couple graduated from college in 1962 and | 8 | | married on July 6, 1963; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Susan Norborg subsequently began a career as an | 10 | | elementary school teacher and Chris Norborg entered medical | 11 | | school at the University of Illinois in Chicago; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Upon graduation from medical school, Chris | 13 | | Norborg completed his residency at Cook County Hospital | 14 | | providing care to countless Chicagoans; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Chris Norborg retired in 2009 after 38 years as an | 16 | | obstetrician/gynecologist, having delivered more than 8,000 | 17 | | babies; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Chris and Susan Norborg are the proud parents of 3 | 19 | | children, Jennifer, Chris, and Heather Norborg, and the | 20 | | delighted grandparents of 6 grandchildren, Freya and Theo |
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| 1 | | Trefonides, Domingo and Amalia Norborg, and Lucy and Ingrid | 2 | | Kennedy; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Susan and Chris Norborg now devote their days | 4 | | enjoying their family, traveling, singing in a symphonic choir, | 5 | | playing golf, and - as true North Siders - rooting for the | 6 | | Cubs; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate Chris and Susan Norborg on their 50th wedding | 10 | | anniversary and wish them many more happy years together; and | 11 | | be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Christopher Sverre Norborg and Susan Jacobson | 14 | | Norborg as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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