Bill Text: IL HR0132 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of former Illinois Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-06 - Resolution Adopted [HR0132 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0132-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives have | ||||||
| 3 | learned with great sadness of the passing of former Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch served with great distinction as | ||||||
| 6 | a delegate in the 1970 Constitutional Convention and in the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois Senate; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch specialized in breaking glass | ||||||
| 9 | ceilings; she will be forever remembered as the first woman to | ||||||
| 10 | win state-wide constitutional office and the gubernatorial | ||||||
| 11 | nomination of a major political party; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch brought a remarkable | ||||||
| 13 | intellectual capacity and "hands-on" leadership to a wide | ||||||
| 14 | breadth of issues, ranging from State finance to environmental | ||||||
| 15 | quality, from voting rights to campaign finance reform; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch graduated magna cum laude from | ||||||
| 17 | Northwestern University Law School; she later served at a | ||||||
| 18 | Washington D.C. law firm, followed by a clerkship for U.S. | ||||||
| 19 | District Court Judge Julius Hoffman; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch's achievements earned her many | ||||||
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| 1 | awards from groups like Common Cause, the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Environmental Council, and the YMCA; in January of 2013, she | ||||||
| 3 | was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from Planned | ||||||
| 4 | Parenthood on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch, through her work as an | ||||||
| 6 | administrative and legal aide to Governor Otto Kerner, helped | ||||||
| 7 | modernize Illinois government; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch taught a wide range of classes | ||||||
| 9 | at Northwestern University Law School; she also co-authored a | ||||||
| 10 | widely used text on state and local government; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, While a native of Ohio by birth, Dawn Clark Netsch | ||||||
| 12 | and her late husband, the internationally known architect, | ||||||
| 13 | Walter Netsch, called Chicago home; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Dawn Clark Netsch was a major fan of the Chicago | ||||||
| 15 | White Sox; her sense of humor was evident in her gubernatorial | ||||||
| 16 | television advertisement that depicted her as a | ||||||
| 17 | straight-shooting pool player; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Even in her final weeks, Dawn Clark Netsch | ||||||
| 19 | continued to work for the people of this State through the | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois Task Force on Campaign Reform and Chicago Mayor Rahm | ||||||
| 21 | Emanuel's Ethics Reform Task Force; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we hail Dawn Clark Netsch for her life of vast accomplishments | ||||||
| 4 | and we recognize her major contributions to improving the lives | ||||||
| 5 | and livelihoods of the people of Illinois.
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