Bill Text: IL HR0051 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes University of Illinois Chicago Law School Professor Ann M. Lousin on her 50 years of full-time teaching and lifetime of legal scholarship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0051 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR0051-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to recognize University of Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago Law School Professor Ann M. Lousin on her 50 years of | ||||||
| 5 | full-time teaching; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Professor Lousin was born and raised in Chicago; | ||||||
| 7 | she earned a Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College in 1964 and | ||||||
| 8 | graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1968; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Professor Lousin started her legal career as the | ||||||
| 11 | research assistant to the Sixth Illinois Constitutional | ||||||
| 12 | Convention, which ran from December 8, 1969 to September 3, | ||||||
| 13 | 1970 with the intention of rewriting the 1870 Illinois | ||||||
| 14 | Constitution; she provided legal guidance to the delegates and | ||||||
| 15 | staff and helped write the constitution, which sparked a | ||||||
| 16 | lifelong interest and devotion to the Illinois constitution; | ||||||
| 17 | she then served as staff assistant to the Speaker of the | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois House Representatives from 1971 to 1973 and as | ||||||
| 19 | parliamentarian of the Illinois State House of Representatives | ||||||
| 20 | from 1973 to 1975; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Professor Lousin began teaching at The John | ||||||
| 22 | Marshall Law School in 1975 (UIC Law) with courses in | ||||||
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| 1 | commercial law and constitutional law; she has continued | ||||||
| 2 | full-time teaching for 50 years and currently teaches sales | ||||||
| 3 | transactions, contracts, and Illinois constitutional law; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Professor Lousin has served in several | ||||||
| 5 | governmental positions, notable as chairman of the Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | State Civil Service Commission; within the legal community, | ||||||
| 7 | she has been the chairperson of the Armenian Bar Association, | ||||||
| 8 | of which she is a founding member; she is especially active in | ||||||
| 9 | the Chicago Bar Association, which she has served for fifty | ||||||
| 10 | years, including three terms as chair of the Constitutional | ||||||
| 11 | Law Committee; she was elected to the American Law Institute | ||||||
| 12 | in 2009; in addition, she has served on charitable boards and | ||||||
| 13 | lectured abroad; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Professor Lousin is acknowledged as an expert on | ||||||
| 15 | the Illinois Constitution and has diligently maintained | ||||||
| 16 | voluminous files since 1970, containing court decisions, news | ||||||
| 17 | clippings, and scholarly articles on the state constitution, | ||||||
| 18 | which have been an invaluable resource for scholars and | ||||||
| 19 | historians; she writes columns for the Chicago Daily Law | ||||||
| 20 | Bulletin and has authored several books, including The | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois State Constitution: a Reference Guide (2009), which | ||||||
| 22 | has been cited by several Illinois courts as a reference point | ||||||
| 23 | on the Illinois State Constitution; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we recognize University of Illinois Chicago Law School | ||||||
| 4 | Professor Ann M. Lousin on her 50 years of full-time teaching, | ||||||
| 5 | as well as her lifetime of legal scholarship; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Professor Lousin as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 8 | esteem. | ||||||