RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Dr. Lukasz Adam Koscielski was born in Lodz, Poland, on November 5, 1985. At the age of two, he visited Chicago for the first time, and he lived here until he was four. However, his parents' marriage dissolved, and he would come to live in Chicago again at the age of nine, this time permanently; and,
WHEREAS, Lukasz would spend the rest of his childhood in the same house on West Melrose Street in Chicago, alternating between living with his mother and his grandmother, both of whom would travel back and forth between Chicago and Poland. He would never see his father again; and,
WHEREAS, Despite the many changes in his young life, there was one thing that was always consistent, Lukasz was an extraordinary student. Able to impress his teachers from the time he was very young, Lukasz was not motivated by grades; instead Lukasz loved learning for the sake of learning. When he was not doing homework, he took the time to teach himself more math, science and languages. At the time of his passing, Lukasz was fluent in Polish and English, proficient in Spanish, and had a working knowledge of Chinese and French; and,
WHEREAS, Lukasz's passion for learning was recognized by his teachers. At the conclusion of eighth grade at Scammon Elementary School, Lukasz was chosen as the class valedictorian. He would go on to repeat the same type of academic success at Lane Tech High School, where he graduated as salutatorian in a class of about one thousand students; and,
WHEREAS, When it came time to decide how to focus his studies at the college level, Lukasz had no doubt that chemistry, his truest passion, would become his future. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he continued to excel. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to continue his schooling at Northwestern University, where he was accepted into a Pd.D. program in chemistry where he received his doctorial in June of 2013; and,
WHEREAS, Through all ofthis, Lukasz never...
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