Bill Text: IL HR0785 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Sonya L. Bowen for her many years of service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-01 - Resolution Adopted [HR0785 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0785-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to recognize Sonya L. Bowen for her many | ||||||
| 4 | years of service; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is a native of Chicago and currently | ||||||
| 6 | resides in Richton Park; she earned her Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
| 7 | Computer Information Systems and her Master of Science in | ||||||
| 8 | Management with a dual option in Finance and Accounting from | ||||||
| 9 | Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is a life member and a silver soror of | ||||||
| 11 | Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated (AKA) with 31 years of | ||||||
| 12 | uninterrupted service; she was initiated into Epsilon Rho | ||||||
| 13 | Chapter at Purdue University in 1987; she is a member of the | ||||||
| 14 | Lambda Tau Omega Chapter in Matteson, where she previously | ||||||
| 15 | served as the youngest president, vice president, treasurer, | ||||||
| 16 | assistant financial secretary, and parliamentarian; she also | ||||||
| 17 | served as the protocol chairman of the Central Region from | ||||||
| 18 | 2010 to 2014, general chairman of the 68th Central Regional | ||||||
| 19 | Conference, and a member of the 2014-2018 International | ||||||
| 20 | Protocol Committee; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen currently serves Alpha Kappa Alpha, | ||||||
| 22 | Incorporated as a regional director, a position she has held | ||||||
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| 1 | since her election at the 2018 Central Regional Conference; | ||||||
| 2 | and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is a senior research administrator | ||||||
| 4 | for the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University, | ||||||
| 5 | where she is responsible for the administration of a grant | ||||||
| 6 | portfolio comprised of approximately $15 million; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is an active member of Twenty Pearls | ||||||
| 8 | Foundation, Incorporated, the Bronzeville Children Museum's | ||||||
| 9 | Women Board, the Purdue Alumni Association, and the Purdue | ||||||
| 10 | Black Alumni Association; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Sonya Bowen is deeply committed to her faith and | ||||||
| 12 | is a member of Faith Movers Church; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 14 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we recognizes Sonya L. Bowen for her dedication and service; | ||||||
| 16 | and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to Sonya Bowen as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 19 | respect.
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