Full Text of HR0643 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Allison | 4 | | Cate Hartman of Chicago, who passed away on November 13, 2019; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Allison Hartman was born to James Lea and Frances | 7 | | Cohn Cate in 1931; she attended the University of Chicago | 8 | | Laboratory Schools and graduated from the University of Chicago | 9 | | in 1951; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Allison Hartman had an immense interest in | 11 | | automotive mechanics and sports car racing; she built a Formula | 12 | | Junior-class race car with her first husband, George Clowes; | 13 | | her immersion into the racing community was ironic, considering | 14 | | her aversion to driving and that she did not have a license for | 15 | | the last 60 years of her life; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1964, Allison Hartman and her second husband, | 17 | | James Hartman, opened Hyde Park Auto Service, which she ran | 18 | | until 1996, one of the first women in Chicago to operate an | 19 | | automobile repair shop; she and James competed on the Sports | 20 | | Car Club of America circuit; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In the 1970s and 1980s, Alison Hartman shifted to |
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| 1 | | motorcycle racing and participated in dirt-track competitions | 2 | | around the country with her partner John Millington, who | 3 | | survives her; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Allison Hartman was a strong advocate for | 5 | | self-defense, earning a Hakkoryu Jujutsu black belt in 1988; | 6 | | she co-founded a self-defense training program, Power for | 7 | | Women; she was an accomplished bench rest target rifle-shooter | 8 | | and won competitions well into her 80s; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, After closing Hyde Park Auto Service, Allison | 10 | | Hartman earned a criminal justice degree from Chicago State | 11 | | University and two post-graduate degrees from John Marshall Law | 12 | | School; she was reportedly one of the oldest people in Illinois | 13 | | history to pass the bar in 2006 at age 75, after which she | 14 | | practiced elder and real estate law; she also rehabilitated and | 15 | | restored several South Side buildings with her son, James; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Allison Hartman was president of the board for | 17 | | Disabled Adult Residential Enterprises; she was a founding | 18 | | member of Chicago Hyde Park Village, an organization that helps | 19 | | its members to remain in their homes and engaged in the | 20 | | community as they grow older; she was president of the Older | 21 | | Women's League and a founder of the Coalition for Equitable | 22 | | Community Development; she was a long-term board member of the | 23 | | Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Allison Hartman was preceded in death by her son, | 2 | | James Russel Clowes; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Allison Hartman is also survived by her son, | 4 | | Daniel Clowes; her daughter-in-law, Erika Clowes; her | 5 | | grandson, Charles Clowes; her brother, James L. Cate Jr.; and | 6 | | her students and "adopted" children, Julie Orlinsky-Morgan and | 7 | | Jesse Sensibar; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we mourn the passing of Allison Cate Hartman and extend our | 11 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 12 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Allison Hartman as an expression of | 15 | | our deepest sympathy.
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