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IL SR2275
Resolution
Status
Passed
11/16/2016
Primary Sponsor
Toi Hutchinson
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AI Summary
- Illinois Senate mourns the death of Hester Barbara Nelson Suggs, born April 30, 1928, in Champaign to Cecil and Carrie Nelson
- Suggs was a lifelong educator who taught kindergarten in the late 1940s, earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1963, and her master's degree in 1965 from the University of Illinois
- Served as principal of Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Champaign Unit 4 for 22 years from 1971 to 1993 and secured a federal grant in 1980 for arts and humanities programs
- Received multiple awards including the 1988 Service Recognition Award for Administrators from the Illinois Alliance for Arts in Education and 2012 "A Living Legend" award from the National Council of Negro Women
- Senate extends condolences to her family and directs that a copy of this resolution be presented to her family
Legislative Description
MEMORIAL - HESTER B. SUGGS
Last Action
Resolution Adopted
11/16/2016
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