Bill Text: IL SR0767 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Shwuyi Leu, Ph.D. of Oak Park.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-02-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0767 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0767-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Shwuyi Leu, Ph.D. of Oak Park, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on July 23, 2021 at the age of 59; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Leu was born in Taipei, Taiwan on February 4, | ||||||
| 6 | 1962; she was the second daughter of Mau-Chi Leu and Mei-Yu Lee | ||||||
| 7 | Leu; she obtained her degree in English and Literature from | ||||||
| 8 | Tamkang University in 1980, and she worked in the business | ||||||
| 9 | sector in Taiwan upon graduation; she moved to the United | ||||||
| 10 | States after several years; she earned her Master of Arts, | ||||||
| 11 | Master of Education, and Ph.D. in Education from the | ||||||
| 12 | University of Illinois; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. Leu taught reading and literacy development | ||||||
| 14 | at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the | ||||||
| 15 | Department of Education at Saint Xavier University in Chicago; | ||||||
| 16 | she later taught at North Central College in Naperville; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dr. Leu had a lifelong interest in reading; her | ||||||
| 18 | curiosity about things unfamiliar brought her from East to | ||||||
| 19 | West and sustained her ongoing learning in many areas; her | ||||||
| 20 | curiosity and passion for literature made her a respected | ||||||
| 21 | teacher for many enthusiastic students to whom she taught the | ||||||
| 22 | Chinese language, the English language, and reading; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Leu is survived by her husband, Ralph R. | ||||||
| 2 | Kazer; her three sisters; her brother; her stepchildren, | ||||||
| 3 | Auben, Lena, and Max; and her step-grandchildren, James and | ||||||
| 4 | Lily; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 7 | Shwuyi Leu, Ph.D. and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 8 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Dr. Leu as an expression of our | ||||||
| 12 | deepest sympathy.
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