Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2015-851

• Record #: R2015-851
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 10/28/2015
• Final action: 10/28/2015
• Title: Congratulations extended to Bazazian Branch of Chicago Public Library on first annual Harold A. Bezazian Lecture
• Sponsors: Cappleman, James

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/28/2015		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
10/28/2015	13049	City Council	Adopted	Pass

A Resolution Honoring The First Annual Harold A. Bezazian Lecture

WHEREAS, The Bazazian Branch of the Chicago Public Library was named after Harold A. Bezazian, born November 9,1911, died March 11,1945 in the Battle of Luzon during World War Two and was an aspiring writer; and

WHEREAS, Bezazian branch library has been successfully serving the North Uptown community since its opening in 1957; and

WHEREAS, Bezazian has employed dozens of Chicagoans in its 58 years and served hundreds of thousands; and

WHEREAS, Bezazian houses an historic collection of photos of Uptown in the 1970s; and

WHEREAS, Bezazian has always been one of the busiest branches in the Chicago Library system; and

WHEREAS, Bezazian serves one of the most culturally and economically diverse communities in Chicago; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of City Council ofthe City of Chicago, assembled this twenty-eighth day of November, 2015 do hereby join with Our Friends of Bezazian to recognize Bazazian Library as a treasure in the Uptown neighborhood; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, We recognize the first annual Harold Bezazian Lecture on November 7, 2015; and '

JAMES CAPPLEMAN Alderman - 46th Ward

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy ofthis resolution be prepared and presented to Our Friends of Bezazian on November 7, 2015.

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