Bill Text: IL SR0833 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Maria Martha Perez Laubhan of Highland Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0833 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0833-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Maria Martha Perez Laubhan of Highland | ||||||
4 | Park, who passed away on June 12, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Maria Laubhan was born in Mexico; at the age of | ||||||
6 | 12, her family joined her father in the United States and | ||||||
7 | settled in Chicago; she attended St. Francis Xavier School and | ||||||
8 | graduated from Schurz High School in 1983, where she worked on | ||||||
9 | the school newspaper and was instructed by then-editor of | ||||||
10 | Crain's Chicago Business, Dan Miller; she earned a bachelor's | ||||||
11 | degree in Latin American Studies from DePaul University in | ||||||
12 | 1988, during which time she worked on the news desk at Time | ||||||
13 | magazine's Chicago bureau; she earned a master's degree in | ||||||
14 | government and international relations in 1990 from the | ||||||
15 | University of Notre Dame, where she worked as a research | ||||||
16 | assistant; and
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17 | WHEREAS, From 1991 until 1995, Maria Laubhan held several | ||||||
18 | positions at the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, now known | ||||||
19 | as Prospanica, including working as a Chicago-based field | ||||||
20 | manager for its summer enrichment program for high school | ||||||
21 | students and as an education programs consultant; she then | ||||||
22 | worked for two years at Barat College in Lake Forest as its | ||||||
23 | Director of Career Planning; in 1998, she joined the staff of |
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1 | Northwestern University as the coordinator of its | ||||||
2 | Hispanic/Latino student outreach; she left the university the | ||||||
3 | following year to take a tenure-track teaching position at the | ||||||
4 | College of Lake County, where she later earned tenure; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Maria Laubhan is survived by her husband, Dan | ||||||
6 | Laubhan; her son, Daniel; her brothers, Horacio, Miguel, Jose, | ||||||
7 | David, and Baltazar; her sisters, Reyna and Aurora; and her | ||||||
8 | father, Miguel; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
11 | Maria Martha Perez Laubhan, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
12 | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | ||||||
13 | it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Maria Laubhan as an expression of | ||||||
16 | our deepest sympathy.
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