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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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