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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Lannie 
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LeGear of Chicago, who passed away on March 7, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear earned her doctorate in educational 
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psychology and special education from the University of 
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Southern California and completed the family therapy training 
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program at Northwestern University's Family Institute; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear was originally from St. Louis, 
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Missouri; she taught at Purdue University for three years 
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before coming to Chicago in the 1970s; after arriving in 
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Chicago, she taught at St. Xavier and Roosevelt Universities; 
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she served as clinical director at The Cove School for children 
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with learning disabilities in the early 1980s; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After her stint at The Cove School, Lannie LeGear 
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went into private practice; from her home office, she worked 
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with kids suffering from attention-deficit disorder, learning 
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disabilities, and developmental disorders; she was a stalwart 
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advocate for the children she assessed and backed parents who 
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often were rebuffed in their efforts to get help; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear was the board chair of the Community 
 


 






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Counseling Centers of Chicago since 1998; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear and her partner, Dorothy O'Byrne, 
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sponsored a refugee Laotian family of eight in 1979 and took in 
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the family's two youngest members, a girl and a boy who were 
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then 10 and 14 years old; Dr. LeGear and O'Byrne came to 
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consider themselves members of the family; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lannie LeGear is survived by her partner; her 
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stepmother, Jean LeGear Flocks; and her brothers, Dan and 
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Scott; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Lannie 
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LeGear; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Lannie LeGear as an expression of 
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our sympathy.