Full Text of SR0929 94th General Assembly
SR0929 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 1987 Linda Hawker was appointed Secretary of | 3 |
| the Illinois Senate, the first woman to hold the post in the | 4 |
| Illinois General Assembly; and
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| WHEREAS, As we honor Linda Hawker today, we stand in the | 6 |
| newly renovated and restored Senate Chamber that, as Co-Chair | 7 |
| of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol board, she was | 8 |
| deeply involved in the details of the renovation and | 9 |
| instrumental in seeing this project through to completion; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1971 to 1980, she worked for the Senate | 11 |
| Democrat Leadership staff under former Senate Presidents Cecil | 12 |
| Partee, Thomas Hynes and Philip Rock; and then as a Public | 13 |
| Affairs Associate at Sangamon State University (now the | 14 |
| University of Illinois at Springfield) where she received her | 15 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Political Science; and
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| WHEREAS, She then returned to staff as a special assistant | 17 |
| to former Senate President Philip J. Rock who in 1987 provided | 18 |
| her the opportunity to serve as the first woman in the post of | 19 |
| Secretary of the Illinois Senate; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. further | 21 |
| entrusted her with the responsibility of that position when he | 22 |
| was elected Senate Democratic Leader in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, While Linda Hawker has accomplished many things | 24 |
| during her twenty years serving both as Secretary and as | 25 |
| Assistant Secretary, she has made it her priority to ensure | 26 |
| that the proceedings of the Illinois Senate are fully | 27 |
| transparent and easily accessible to the public, just one | 28 |
| example of her commitment and integrity; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, Linda has worked closely with Senate President |
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| Emil Jones, Jr. on his efforts to make the Senate proceedings | 2 |
| available on the Internet, and with his support worked with | 3 |
| internal technology experts to develop a state of the art | 4 |
| voting system that has improved efficiency as well as being | 5 |
| adaptable to our changing environment; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Secretary Hawker has also coordinated efforts to | 7 |
| automate the Journal Room functions including the integration | 8 |
| of Bill Status, filing of legislative measures, Daily Calendar, | 9 |
| Daily Journal, and committee hearing notices, leading to | 10 |
| greater accuracy; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Linda has ably managed numerous budgets in her job | 12 |
| as Secretary of the Senate and her knowledge and skills in | 13 |
| parliamentary procedure are highly regarded and respected; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, As Secretary of the Illinois Senate, Linda has | 15 |
| also been extremely active in the American Society of | 16 |
| Legislative Clerks and Secretaries, serving as committee chair | 17 |
| and vice chair, as well as submitting articles to the | 18 |
| Legislative Administrator and the Professional Journal , | 19 |
| hosting professional development seminars, and working on the | 20 |
| host committee of the 2000 NCSL annual conference held in | 21 |
| Chicago; for her many efforts she was awarded the National | 22 |
| Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Staff Achievement | 23 |
| Award of 2006; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS Linda Hawker is committed to the Springfield | 25 |
| community where she grew up, serving on numerous boards and | 26 |
| committees, including the Springfield Urban League, the Center | 27 |
| for the Study of Middle-Sized Cities, the Springfield Energy | 28 |
| Project, the Committee to Study the Honesty and Integrity of | 29 |
| Springfield Elections, the Springfield Election Commission, | 30 |
| the UIS Alumni Council, Sister Cities International, and | 31 |
| Illinois Democratic Women; she is a founding member of Illinois | 32 |
| Women in Government and the Illinois Women's Institute for |
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| Leadership; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Linda has been blessed in her professional life | 3 |
| but profoundly blessed in her personal life as mother to | 4 |
| Brittany, mother-by-marriage to Michelle, Tim and Molly and | 5 |
| grandmother to Maureen and Gracie; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, It is with high esteem and great affection that we | 7 |
| wish Linda Hawker the very best that the future has to offer; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Linda | 11 |
| Hawker on her more than 35 years of service to the people of | 12 |
| Illinois and to the Illinois Senate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Linda Hawker as a token of our thanks for her many | 15 |
| efforts on behalf of the members of this body and the citizens | 16 |
| of the State of Illinois.
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