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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Marian "Cindy" Pritzker 
4on the occasion of her 100th birthday in December 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Cindy Pritzker was born to Judge Hugo Friend and 
6Sadie (Cohn) Friend in Chicago in December 1923; she graduated 
7from Hyde Park High School in 1943 and attended Grinnell 
8College in Iowa from 1943 to 1945; she married Jay A. Pritzker 
9in 1947, and together they had five children, the late Nancy, 
10Thomas, John, Daniel, and Gigi; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Cindy Pritzker served on the Board of Trustees 
12for Grinnell College from 1971 to 1978, as chairwoman of the 
13President's Council for the Museum of Science and Industry in 
14Chicago from 1982 to 1983, as president of the Chicago Public 
15Library from 1989 to 1997, and as a member of the Board of 
16Directors for the Chicago Public Library from 1984 to 1997; 
17and
 
18    WHEREAS, Cindy Pritzker is the past president of the 
19Chicago Public Library Foundation and has been a member of the 
20Board of Directors of the Art Institute of Chicago, the 
21Medical Research Institute Council of Michael Reese Hospital, 
22the Emergency Fund for Needy People, the Women's Board of 
 
 
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1Northwestern University, the Board of Directors at the Museum 
2of Science and Industry, the Women's Board of the Lyric Opera 
3of Chicago, and the Friends of Psychiatry Committee at 
4Stanford University, where she has also been active in its 
5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Cindy Pritzker currently serves as a board member 
7for the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an international prize 
8established by her and her husband through the Hyatt 
9Foundation in 1979, which is awarded each year to a living 
10architect or architects for significant achievement; 
11therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
13HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
14we congratulate Marian "Cindy" Pritzker on her 100th birthday 
15in December 2023; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to Cindy Pritzker as an expression of our esteem and 
18respect.