Bill Text: IL HR1207 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Sister Ellen Marie Ryan for her accomplishments during her career and for the scholarship created in her name.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR1207 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1207-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 honor Sister Ellen Marie Ryan | ||||||
4 | for her career accomplishments and for the scholarship created | ||||||
5 | in her name; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Sister Ellen Ryan has served as a music teacher at | ||||||
7 | Mother McAuley High School for 28 years, during which she | ||||||
8 | taught a wide variety of music classes, ranging from general | ||||||
9 | music to chorus and a cappella to strings; during her tenure at | ||||||
10 | Mother McAuley, she taught thousands of students, directed | ||||||
11 | hundreds of concerts, and chaperoned dozens of trips across the | ||||||
12 | country, from nursing home performances and theatrical | ||||||
13 | productions to trips visiting those feeling sick or depressed | ||||||
14 | to sing them a song on Valentine's Day; she also organized | ||||||
15 | madrigal dinners and taught herself to play numerous | ||||||
16 | instruments, such as the violin, French horn, cello, bassoon, | ||||||
17 | and oboe, so that she could better teach her students who | ||||||
18 | wanted to learn those instruments; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Under Sister Ellen Ryan's leadership, the Mother | ||||||
20 | McAuley music department multiplied from one full-time teacher | ||||||
21 | to 4, with 2 of her former students as current teachers; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Sister Ellen Ryan has remained active in the |
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1 | McAuley community; she currently volunteers a few days each | ||||||
2 | week in the McAuley Office of Institutional Advancement and | ||||||
3 | also coordinates the McAuley alumnae chorus; she plans | ||||||
4 | liturgies for the Sisters of Mercy, sings in the choir at St. | ||||||
5 | Barnabas Church, and teaches piano lessons at Mercy Housing at | ||||||
6 | Wentworth Commons; and
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7 | WHEREAS, On June 14, 2012, various members of the Mother | ||||||
8 | McAuley community, including alumnae, faculty, staff, donors, | ||||||
9 | and other guests, hosted "Music & Memories with Sr. Ellen", a | ||||||
10 | musical tribute to their legendary music teacher and choir | ||||||
11 | director; held in the Mother McAuley Auditorium, more than 200 | ||||||
12 | people attended the evening, which featured a performance by | ||||||
13 | the McAuley Alumnae Choir and others who returned to campus to | ||||||
14 | lend their voices in homage of Sister Ellen, while more than | ||||||
15 | 170 members of a Facebook group signed up for a page devoted to | ||||||
16 | Sister Ellen; the event raised more than $10,000, enough to | ||||||
17 | endow a scholarship in Sr. Ellen's name; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Sister Ellen Ryan serves as a model of hard work, | ||||||
19 | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
20 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
22 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
23 | we honor Sister Ellen Marie Ryan for her accomplishments and |
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1 | wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and be | ||||||
2 | it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to Sister Ellen Ryan as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
5 | respect.
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