Bill Text: IL SR2184 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mary Ann MacLean.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2184 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2184-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 Mary Ann MacLean, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | August 18, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was born in October of 1942 in | ||||||
6 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Hinsdale; after | ||||||
7 | graduating from Hinsdale Central High School, she studied for a | ||||||
8 | time at colleges in Pennsylvania and in Lausanne, Switzerland; | ||||||
9 | and
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10 | WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean was an assistant to a trader at | ||||||
11 | Merrill Lynch, where she met her future husband, Barry; she | ||||||
12 | became vocal at local school board meetings when her children | ||||||
13 | were little, seeking to expand foreign language education in | ||||||
14 | early grades; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean served on the Illinois State | ||||||
16 | Museum board for 32 years and served as director; in 2011, the | ||||||
17 | Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum, which teaches children to learn | ||||||
18 | through play what it is like to work at a museum, opened at the | ||||||
19 | Illinois State Museum site in Springfield; she served on the | ||||||
20 | Illinois State Board of Education and as a trustee at the | ||||||
21 | Chicago Zoological Society, the Chicago Botanic Garden, the | ||||||
22 | MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of |
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1 | Chicago Medicine, the Rassias Center at Dartmouth College, and | ||||||
2 | at Union College; she also supported education and outreach | ||||||
3 | activities at Brookfield Zoo; and
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4 | WHEREAS, In 2013, the Chicago Zoological Society, which | ||||||
5 | manages Brookfield Zoo, dedicated its new home for education, | ||||||
6 | conservation, and outreach efforts as the Mary Ann MacLean | ||||||
7 | Conservation Leadership Center; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Mary Ann MacLean is survived by her husband, | ||||||
9 | Barry; her children, Adrian Jay, Gillian Growdon, and Duncan | ||||||
10 | MacLean; her stepdaughters, Elizabeth Larned and Margaret | ||||||
11 | MacLean; her sister, Libby Lucas; and 12 grandchildren; | ||||||
12 | therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
15 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Mary Ann MacLean; and | ||||||
16 | be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Mary Ann MacLean as an expression of | ||||||
19 | our sympathy.
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