Full Text of HR0459 096th General Assembly
HR0459 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Susan J. Kaufman, | 4 |
| Ph.D., on her upcoming retirement as
President of the | 5 |
| University Professionals of Illinois, Local 4100 | 6 |
| IFT-AFT/AFL-CIO and
Professor Emerita of the Journalism | 7 |
| Department at Eastern Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, Sue Kaufman was born and grew up in Michigan's | 9 |
| Upper Peninsula, the daughter of a union activist in the | 10 |
| Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and a | 11 |
| housewife; and granddaughter of two county Democrat chairs, one | 12 |
| of whom was a suffragist; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 1970s and 1980s, she distinguished | 14 |
| herself as a journalist in newspapers, radio, and television | 15 |
| and as an advertising and public relations practitioner; in the | 16 |
| Upper Midwest she covered the civil rights movement, | 17 |
| government, and education, among other topics; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Kaufman earned a bachelor's degree from | 19 |
| Michigan Technological University, a master's degree from | 20 |
| Indiana State University, and a Ph.D. from Indiana State | 21 |
| University in 1992; her public service is legend, starting with | 22 |
| memberships on a school board and a technical advisory board in |
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| Michigan and continuing through her service as president of | 2 |
| University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100, | 3 |
| IFT-AFT/AFL-CIO; and
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| WHEREAS, An active feminist throughout the 1970s, she | 5 |
| helped to create and to manage a news service to cover the 1985 | 6 |
| UN Decade for Women Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, among other | 7 |
| accomplishments; she has produced documentaries and written | 8 |
| book chapters on topics including a story of a survivor of | 9 |
| Auschwitz who survived infamous Nazi Dr. Joseph Mengele's | 10 |
| experiments with twins, theories of communication, and | 11 |
| feminism; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Kaufman was hired to teach broadcast | 13 |
| journalism at Eastern Illinois University in 1986, where she | 14 |
| distinguished herself as news director of the television | 15 |
| station, earning Women of Achievement and Distinguished | 16 |
| Faculty awards and the love and admiration of her students; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, She became active in union leadership in 2000, | 18 |
| only after another broadcaster (one of her former students) was | 19 |
| hired as news director for the student television station and | 20 |
| she no longer saw a conflict of interest; she was elected | 21 |
| president of EIU's chapter of University Professionals of | 22 |
| Illinois in the 1990s, and secretary-treasurer of Local 4100 in | 23 |
| 2000; in 2002, Dr. Kaufman was appointed president of the |
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| Local, leading nearly 3,000 university faculty and staff at | 2 |
| seven public universities; she was elected to two more | 3 |
| three-year terms as Local president; and
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| WHEREAS, She served as a vice president of the Illinois | 5 |
| Federation of Teachers and a member of American Federation of | 6 |
| Teachers Higher Education Program and Policy Council; and as a | 7 |
| member of the policy council of Citizen Action Illinois and | 8 |
| vice president of the Public Action Foundation Board; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Kaufman's seven-year tenure as Local 4100 | 10 |
| president has been marked by inclusion, cooperation, and | 11 |
| strengthening of the Local/Chapter relationship; she
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| the role of the membership and governing boards, created | 13 |
| transparency of the finances and administration, developed the | 14 |
| concept of strategic budgeting, oversaw an increase in | 15 |
| membership each year under her tenure due to a strong emphasis | 16 |
| on internal organizing, helped to create the Higher Education | 17 |
| Legislative Coalition, which has become a strong voice for the | 18 |
| needs of higher education in Illinois, and strengthened | 19 |
| alliances with the Illinois Federation of Teachers and with the | 20 |
| American Federation of Teachers; and
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| WHEREAS, She and her partner of more than 30 years have | 22 |
| raised five children and now care for her nonagenarian mother; | 23 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Dr. Sue Kaufman on her retirement and wish her | 4 |
| continued success in all her future endeavors; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Dr. Sue Kaufman as a symbol of our respect.
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