Bill Text: IL SR1323 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Liana Hamm of Houston, Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-12-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR1323 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1323-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 Liana Hamm of Houston, Texas, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on October 19, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Liana Hamm was born in Guangxi, China on December | ||||||
| 6 | 19, 1998 and adopted by Janet Hamm of Jacksonville; she | ||||||
| 7 | attended schools in Austin, Texas and Jacksonville and | ||||||
| 8 | graduated from the K12 International Academy in 2017; she was | ||||||
| 9 | awarded the National Merit Scholarship; she received her | ||||||
| 10 | Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rice University, graduating | ||||||
| 11 | summa cum laude in 2020, and her Master of Accounting, also | ||||||
| 12 | from Rice, in 2021; she sat for the CPA exam and passed all | ||||||
| 13 | parts on the first try; she received the Elijah Watt Sells | ||||||
| 14 | award for her high scores; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Liana Hamm had several internships, including in | ||||||
| 16 | 2018 with OpenStax at Rice University, in 2019 at the Federal | ||||||
| 17 | Reserve Bank of Dallas, and in 2020 at PricewaterhouseCoopers; | ||||||
| 18 | she was also a teaching assistant in Financial Accounting at | ||||||
| 19 | Rice University during 2020; in September of 2021, she began | ||||||
| 20 | full-time employment with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an | ||||||
| 21 | assurance associate; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Liana Hamm had many interests outside of school | ||||||
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| 1 | and employment; she was an accomplished pianist, a member of | ||||||
| 2 | the Anchor Club, a volunteer at Passavant Area Hospital, and | ||||||
| 3 | the secretary for the Republican Women's Club; she | ||||||
| 4 | participated in many extracurricular activities during her | ||||||
| 5 | time at Rice University; she was a lovely and caring young | ||||||
| 6 | woman with a wonderful sense of humor; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Liana Hamm was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 8 | grandparents, Bob and Betty Hamm; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Liana Hamm is survived by her mother; her aunts, | ||||||
| 10 | Barbara (Dan) Lenihan and Nancy (Mike) Miner; and her cousins, | ||||||
| 11 | Brendan, Aaron, Emily, and Walker; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Liana Hamm and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | ||||||
| 15 | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Liana Hamm as an expression of our | ||||||
| 18 | deepest sympathy.
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