Full Text of HR0590 96th General Assembly
HR0590 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Eunice | 4 |
| Kennedy Shriver, who passed away on August 11, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on July 10, 1921 in Brookline, | 6 |
| Massachusetts, to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald | 7 |
| Kennedy; she was the fifth of nine children; in 1943, Eunice | 8 |
| Kennedy Shriver received her Bachelor of Arts degree in | 9 |
| sociology from Stanford University; and
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| WHEREAS, Compelled by a love for her intellectually | 11 |
| challenged sister, the late Rosemary Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy | 12 |
| Shriver was devoted to improving the lives of people with | 13 |
| mental disabilities; she has shown us how, with enough | 14 |
| compassion and ambition, one woman can change the world; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1961, Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw her first | 16 |
| major success as an advocate for people suffering from mental | 17 |
| disabilities when the President's Committee on Mental | 18 |
| Retardation was established; she continued her campaign to | 19 |
| research preventative measures against mental retardation and | 20 |
| to improve society's treatment of people with mental | 21 |
| disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Eunice Kennedy Shriver collaborated with Anne | 2 |
| McGlone Burke to host the world's first Special Olympics at | 3 |
| Chicago's Soldier Field in 1968; over the past 41 years, Eunice | 4 |
| Kennedy Shriver's legacy, the Special Olympics, has developed | 5 |
| into a powerful and successful movement worldwide; to date, | 6 |
| over three million intellectually challenged athletes from | 7 |
| more than 180 countries compete in the Special Olympics; her | 8 |
| work as a champion for people with mental disabilities has | 9 |
| fundamentally changed the way that intellectually challenged | 10 |
| people are treated; and
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| WHEREAS, Eunice Kennedy Shriver's efforts have been | 12 |
| recognized and appreciated across the globe; in 1984, President | 13 |
| Ronald Reagan presented her with the Presidential Medal of | 14 |
| Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor; President George | 15 |
| H.W. Bush recognized her as a part of the Extra Mile National | 16 |
| Volunteer Pathway; Prince Albert of Monaco awarded her the | 17 |
| Laureus Sport for Good Award; she also received The Priz de la | 18 |
| Couronne Francaise, the Legion of Honor, the AAMD Humanitarian | 19 |
| Award, and many more honors and awards; and
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| WHEREAS, Many prestigious colleges and universities | 21 |
| throughout the United States also recognized Eunice Kennedy | 22 |
| Shriver's efforts by awarding her with honorary degrees; Yale | 23 |
| University, Princeton University, and Loyola College are three | 24 |
| of the institutes of higher education that honored her in this |
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| way; and
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| WHEREAS, As a result of her tireless efforts, the world | 3 |
| that Eunice Kennedy Shriver has departed from is a better, more | 4 |
| hopeful, and understanding place than the world that she was | 5 |
| born into 88 years ago; and
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| WHEREAS, Eunice Kennedy Shriver is survived by her husband, | 7 |
| Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.; her five children, Robert Sargent | 8 |
| Shriver III, Maria Shriver, Timothy Perry Shriver, Mark Kennedy | 9 |
| Shriver, and Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver; and her 19 | 10 |
| grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Her son, Timothy Perry Shriver, continues the work | 12 |
| of his mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and is the current | 13 |
| chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| commend the Shriver family for their continuing role in the | 17 |
| Special Olympics; and that we mourn, along with her family, | 18 |
| friends, and all those whose lives have been blessed by her | 19 |
| presence, the passing of Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver as a | 2 |
| symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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