Full Text of HR0367 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 Dr. Frankie | 4 | | Sutherland on her retirement from General George S. Patton | 5 | | School District 133; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland has spent 29 years in the | 7 | | field of education; the last 17 of those years in District 133, | 8 | | with 7 of them as principal and 10 as superintendent; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland graduated from Tougaloo | 10 | | College in Mississippi in 1972 and began teaching at Malcolm X | 11 | | College in Chicago; in 1984, she moved to the Chicago Public | 12 | | School system at Medill Primary School and in 1996 she joined | 13 | | General George S. Patton School District 133 in Riverdale to | 14 | | serve as principal, then assistant superintendent, and | 15 | | eventually superintendent; during this time, she received 2 | 16 | | masters degrees from Chicago State University, one in school | 17 | | guidance and counseling and the other in educational | 18 | | administration; she received her doctorate from Loyola | 19 | | University in Chicago in educational leadership; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland volunteered with the Ebony | 21 | | Fashion Fair from 1996 to 2001, serving as general chairperson | 22 | | in 1999 and 2000 to raise money for the United Negro College |
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| 1 | | Fund (UNCF); she is active in the Chicago Inter Alumni Council, | 2 | | which is made up of historically black colleges and assists | 3 | | with several fundraisers throughout the year sponsored by the | 4 | | council where the proceeds go to the UNCF; she sponsors | 5 | | students in her school district for the week-long annual Young | 6 | | Leadership Program in Washington, D.C., and she sponsors a | 7 | | student in her school district for a summer internship in the | 8 | | business department at Stanford University in California; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland is a member of the American | 10 | | Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Association | 11 | | of School Administrators, the NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law | 12 | | Center, and many other non-profit organizations; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland has one son, Steven Craig | 14 | | Sutherland and one grandson, Steven Jr.; she enjoys attending | 15 | | Steven Jr.'s sporting events, gardening, and traveling; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland's retirement will become | 17 | | official on June 30, 2013; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Dr. Frankie Sutherland on her retirement, thank | 21 | | her for her commitment to education, and wish her all the best | 22 | | in her future endeavours; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Dr. Frankie Sutherland as an expression of our | 3 | | esteem and respect.
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