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Record #: R2018-895   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 7/25/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 7/25/2018
Title: Tribute to late Nancy Waller Nadler
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.
Attachments: 1. R2018-895.pdf
RESOLUTION


WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 88; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of her passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler was the loving wife of Charles; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler was the much-adored mother of Charles, Jr., Carrie, and Robert and the grandmother of eight to whom she imparted many of the fine and noble qualities that she possessed in abundance; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler enjoyed a long and highly successful tenure as President of the Women's Board of the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a founding member and President of the Women's Board of the Field Museum; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler was a board member of American Friends of Versailles and Chairman of Light Up Chicago under Mayor Jane Byrne; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler was a founding member of the Joffrey Ballet Women's Board as well as a member of the Chicago Child Care Society, the Guild of the Chicago Historical Society, and the Chicago Public School Art Society; and

WHEREAS, Trained in zoology, Nancy Waller Nadler assisted on research collecting trips to study the chromosomal evolution of arctic and subarctic mammals, including expeditions to Alaska, Canada, and Iran, and six trips to the U.S.S.R. as part of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences Agreement to collect mammals in Siberia; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler has a subspecies of ground squirrel named after her, Spermophilus mollis nancyae; and

WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of Nancy Waller Nadler serve as an example to all; and

WHEREAS, Her love of life and ability to live it to the fullest endeared Nancy Waller Nadler to her family members, friends and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their lives in ways they will never forget; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Waller Nadler was an individual of great integrity and accomplishment who will be dearly missed and fond...

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