RICHARD M. DALEY
MAYOR
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
May 4, 201
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Shiller.
transmit herewith a resolution regarding our departing friend and colleague, Alderman
Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Our friend and colleague, Alderman Helen Shiller, will be retiring after 24 years of dedicated service to the people of the 46th Ward and the City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Throughout her career as Alderman, Helen Shiller has struggled to improve the quality of life for her constituents and for all City residents, by fighting to improve the availability of affordable housing and by strongly supporting passage of the City's Human Rights Ordinance, by supporting and improving City recycling programs, by co-sponsoring the domestic partners ordinance which extends benefits for unmarried couples, and by playing an important leadership role in addressing many other issues of great concern to her constituents; and
WHEREAS, Alderman Shiller grew up on Long Island, New York, and received her high school diploma from Woodstock Country School in Vermont in 1965; and
WHEREAS, Helen Shiller received a Bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1969 and, much later in her career, she graduated in 2005 from DePaul University's School for New Learning's Master's Program, where her focus was on public policy; and
WHEREAS, After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Helen Shiller spent three years as a community activist in Racine, Wisconsin, and then moved to Chicago's Uptown neighborhood in 1976, where she first worked as a waitress, and as a freelance photographer and editor-reporter for several local publications; and
WHEREAS, As she continued to engage in community activism, Helen Shiller was President and CEO of Justice Graphics, Inc. from 1981 to 1987; in addition, from 1979 to 1981, she ...
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