Full Text of SR0833 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Maria Martha Perez Laubhan of Highland | 4 | | Park, who passed away on June 12, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Maria Laubhan was born in Mexico; at the age of | 6 | | 12, her family joined her father in the United States and | 7 | | settled in Chicago; she attended St. Francis Xavier School and | 8 | | graduated from Schurz High School in 1983, where she worked on | 9 | | the school newspaper and was instructed by then-editor of | 10 | | Crain's Chicago Business, Dan Miller; she earned a bachelor's | 11 | | degree in Latin American Studies from DePaul University in | 12 | | 1988, during which time she worked on the news desk at Time | 13 | | magazine's Chicago bureau; she earned a master's degree in | 14 | | government and international relations in 1990 from the | 15 | | University of Notre Dame, where she worked as a research | 16 | | assistant; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, From 1991 until 1995, Maria Laubhan held several | 18 | | positions at the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, now known | 19 | | as Prospanica, including working as a Chicago-based field | 20 | | manager for its summer enrichment program for high school | 21 | | students and as an education programs consultant; she then | 22 | | worked for two years at Barat College in Lake Forest as its | 23 | | Director of Career Planning; in 1998, she joined the staff of |
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| 1 | | Northwestern University as the coordinator of its | 2 | | Hispanic/Latino student outreach; she left the university the | 3 | | following year to take a tenure-track teaching position at the | 4 | | College of Lake County, where she later earned tenure; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Maria Laubhan is survived by her husband, Dan | 6 | | Laubhan; her son, Daniel; her brothers, Horacio, Miguel, Jose, | 7 | | David, and Baltazar; her sisters, Reyna and Aurora; and her | 8 | | father, Miguel; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Maria Martha Perez Laubhan, and extend our sincere condolences | 12 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 13 | | it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Maria Laubhan as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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