Bill Text: IL HR0330 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Christopher Sverre Norborg and Susan Jacobson Norborg on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0330 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0330-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Christopher Sverre | ||||||
| 4 | Norborg and Susan Jacobson Norborg on the occasion of their | ||||||
| 5 | 50th wedding anniversary; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Susan Norborg grew up in Chicago on Sawyer Avenue | ||||||
| 7 | just north of Foster; she is the eldest child of Alice and | ||||||
| 8 | Roland "Jake" Jacobson and the big sister to Sally and Richard; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Chris Norborg grew up with his parents, Sverre and | ||||||
| 11 | Erna Norborg, and his older brother, Tony, in Chicago's Logan | ||||||
| 12 | Square next door to the Norwegian Lutheran Church Minnekirken, | ||||||
| 13 | where Sverre served as pastor; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Chris and Susan Norborg met in 1954 as high school | ||||||
| 15 | freshman at North Park Academy on the grounds of North Park | ||||||
| 16 | University; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Susan Norborg excelled at North Park, graduating | ||||||
| 18 | in the top 10% of her class and leading the cheerleading squad; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Chris Norborg's athletic exploits in high school | ||||||
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| 1 | are legendary, particularly in basketball, where he earned the | ||||||
| 2 | nickname "No Shot Norborg" in recognition of the fact that | ||||||
| 3 | there was no shot he could not make; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, After being named "Ideal North Park Boy and Girl" | ||||||
| 5 | as seniors in 1958, Chris Norborg went on to Northwestern | ||||||
| 6 | University and Susan Norborg went to Lake Forest College; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The couple graduated from college in 1962 and | ||||||
| 8 | married on July 6, 1963; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Susan Norborg subsequently began a career as an | ||||||
| 10 | elementary school teacher and Chris Norborg entered medical | ||||||
| 11 | school at the University of Illinois in Chicago; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Upon graduation from medical school, Chris | ||||||
| 13 | Norborg completed his residency at Cook County Hospital | ||||||
| 14 | providing care to countless Chicagoans; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Chris Norborg retired in 2009 after 38 years as an | ||||||
| 16 | obstetrician/gynecologist, having delivered more than 8,000 | ||||||
| 17 | babies; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Chris and Susan Norborg are the proud parents of 3 | ||||||
| 19 | children, Jennifer, Chris, and Heather Norborg, and the | ||||||
| 20 | delighted grandparents of 6 grandchildren, Freya and Theo | ||||||
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| 1 | Trefonides, Domingo and Amalia Norborg, and Lucy and Ingrid | ||||||
| 2 | Kennedy; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Susan and Chris Norborg now devote their days | ||||||
| 4 | enjoying their family, traveling, singing in a symphonic choir, | ||||||
| 5 | playing golf, and - as true North Siders - rooting for the | ||||||
| 6 | Cubs; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | we congratulate Chris and Susan Norborg on their 50th wedding | ||||||
| 10 | anniversary and wish them many more happy years together; and | ||||||
| 11 | be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to Christopher Sverre Norborg and Susan Jacobson | ||||||
| 14 | Norborg as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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