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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
YVONNE N. DAVIS, IN MEMORIAM
WHEREAS, Yvonne Davis Arelia Nicholas Davis was born to Harry Nicholas and Irma Catherine Shane on January 11, 1937 in Evansville, Indiana and sadly passed away March 13, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Yvonne Davis was an educator and a guide in academics and life; and
WHEREAS, Yvonne Davis regularly shared with pride that she received her education at schools designated for people of color, including the all-Black Lincoln High School (1954), and her beloved Fisk University (1958) where she earned a BA Speech and Dramatics; and
WHEREAS, Yvonne became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Alpha Beta Chapter while attending Fisk. After graduating from Fisk, Yvonne moved to Evanston, Illinois where she met her husband of 54 years, Carl Edwin Davis; and
WHEREAS, Yvonne later earned a Master's Degree in Education Administration at Northwestern University, as well as a Reading Specialist Certification from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; and
WHEREAS, Yvonne began her career as an educator at Jenner School, in Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood, where she had as many as forty students in her first-grade classroom. As a testament to her commitment, Yvonne made it a point to make sure every child in her first-grade classroom learned how to read by the time they completed the school year; and
WHEREAS, Yvonne brought her talents to Evanston/Skokie School District 65. During this time she served on and led a number of boards, committees, and initiatives, including Director of Title VI, a district-wide multicultural awareness initiative partnership with A World of Difference; and
WHEREAS, Upon Yvonne's retirement from District 65, she led the successful efforts to rename Timber Ridge School to Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School (a tech and innovation centric school at the time), in honor of the school's principal and Yvonne's friend and colleague; and
WHEREAS, Yvonne served as Second Baptist Church's chairman ...
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