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90_SR0044
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of This Body were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Marilyn Komosa of Chicago, Illinois on April
4 2, 1997; and
5 WHEREAS, Marilyn Rozmarek Komosa was a distinguished
6 member of the Chicago community; Marilyn was the first woman
7 of Polish descent to serve as Circuit Court judge within Cook
8 County; Marilyn served on the bench from 1964 to 1996, thus
9 earning her the distinction of holding that seat longer than
10 any other female judge at the trial level in Cook County; and
11 WHEREAS, Marilyn Komosa was the daughter of Charles
12 Rozmarek, who had been president of the Polish National
13 Alliance for 28 years and president of the Polish American
14 Congress for 24 years; from the age of 16, Marilyn attended
15 many Polish National Alliance conventions as a delegate;
16 Marilyn served as a trustee of Alliance College and was vice
17 president of the Illinois Division of the Polish-American
18 Congress; and
19 WHEREAS, Marilyn Komosa was a graduate of Northwestern
20 University; while attending Northwestern she was a member of
21 Phi Beta Kappa; Marilyn went on to graduate cum laude from
22 Loyola University Law School; Marilyn studied Spanish at the
23 University of Mexico and the Polish language at Alliance
24 College; and
25 WHEREAS, Marilyn Komosa worked in private practice and as
26 a public defender before her appointment as a magistrate and
27 her election as a judge; Judge Komosa served on the bench for
28 31 years; and
29 WHEREAS, Marilyn Komosa served as a past president of the
30 Women's Bar Association, as a former director of the National
31 Association of Women Judges, the first female president of
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1 the Advocates Society of Polish American Attorneys, and from
2 1985 to 1994 she served as chairman of the Law Day Reception
3 for New Citizens that was sponsored by several bar
4 associations; and
5 WHEREAS, Marilyn Komosa is survived by her loving
6 children, daughters Cathy Komosa and Marilyn Rogalski, her
7 sons Edward and Charles, her sister Elaine Tovar, and her
8 granddaughter Alexandra; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her
11 family, friends, and associates, the death of Judge Marilyn
12 Komosa of Chicago, Illinois; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to the family of Marilyn Komosa.