OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
May 28, 2014
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith, together with Alderman Thomas, a congratulatory resolution concerning the Gates Millennium Scholars.
Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
i\ resolution
adopted by TltE Qltlj QoUHcil
of the Qity of Qhicago, Illinois
ALDERMAN LATASHA R. THOMAS
^Presented by MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL m MAY 28, 2014
^QheteClS > Established in 1999 with a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program helps provide educational opportunities to outstanding minority students with significant financial need; and
WHEREAS, The Gates Millennium Scholars Program provides scholarships for college through graduate school, as well as leadership development programs to encourage personal, academic, and professional growth; and
WHEREAS, Since its inception, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program has done much to allay the underrepresentation of minority groups in numerous academic disciplines, thereby helping to diversify the future leadership of America; and
WHEREAS, Forty-four of this year's 1,000 Gates Millennium Scholars are graduating from high schools in the City of Chicago's public school system; and
WHEREAS, This year's class set a district record, and marked the fifth time in the last six years that CPS has more Millennium Scholars than any other school district in the nation; and
WHEREAS, All of Chicago is tremendously proud of the hard work and dedication of its Millennium Scholars; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this twenty-eighth day of May, 2014, do hereby congratulate the Chicago Public School students named Gates Millennium Scholars, and wish them continued success in their future academic and other pursuits...
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