Bill Text: IL SR2239 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Helen Levin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2239 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2239-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 Helen Levin, who passed away on August | ||||||
| 4 | 19, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Helen Levin was born in 1913 in Chicago; her | ||||||
| 6 | parents were Isadore Pearlman and Sonya Garber; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Helen Levin spent the first years of her adult | ||||||
| 8 | life as a publicist in Hollywood; she later returned to Chicago | ||||||
| 9 | to work as a writer for a radio station; after marrying Dr. | ||||||
| 10 | Ezra Levin in 1940, they moved to Champaign and raised three | ||||||
| 11 | daughters; she then began to participate in a wide range of | ||||||
| 12 | community organizations, including the League of Women Voters | ||||||
| 13 | (local and State president, national treasurer), the Community | ||||||
| 14 | Foundation (founder and vice president), the United Way (a | ||||||
| 15 | founder and member of the board of directors), the | ||||||
| 16 | Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation (president), Sinai Temple | ||||||
| 17 | (vice president), the North Central Association of Colleges and | ||||||
| 18 | Schools (board of directors), the Parkland College Foundation | ||||||
| 19 | (founding member), the Krannert Art Museum Council | ||||||
| 20 | (president), and Blackburn College (member of the Board of | ||||||
| 21 | Trustees); and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Helen Levin was the first recipient of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Champaign Chamber of Commerce's Most Valuable Citizen Award in | ||||||
| 2 | 1992; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, In addition to her organizational skills and deep | ||||||
| 4 | devotion to her family, Helen Levin was also a fine artist in | ||||||
| 5 | painting and stitchery; her art decorated the spacious family | ||||||
| 6 | home, which she helped design with the prominent Chicago | ||||||
| 7 | architect, George Frederick Keck, and where she resided from | ||||||
| 8 | 1950 until her passing; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Helen Levin was preceded in death by her daughter, | ||||||
| 10 | Judy Levin; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Helen Levin is survived by her daughters, Dr. | ||||||
| 12 | Susan Levin Dillbeck and Dr. Emily Levin; 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 Helen Levin; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Helen Levin as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | sympathy.
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