Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 24-5880

• File #: 24-5880
• Version: 1
• Name: ETHEL KENNEDY, IN MEMORIAM
• Type: Consent Calendar Resolution
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/17/2024
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 10/24/2024
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION ETHEL KENNEDY, IN MEMORIAM WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has called Ethel Kennedy from our midst; and WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was the loving and adored wife of the late U. S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy; and WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was the loving mother of Kathleen, Joseph, Robert Jr., the late David, Courtney, the late Michael, Kerry, Christopher, Maxwell, Douglas, and Rory; and WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was the dear grandmother of 34 grandchildren; and WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was born in Chicago on April 11, 1928 to George Skakel and Ann Brannack; and WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy married Robert F. Kennedy on June 17, 1950; and WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy tragically lost her husband Robert on June 5, 1968 by assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles while pregnant with their youngest child Rory; and WHEREAS, In 1968 Ethel Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Right to carry on the late senator's unfinished work of crea...
• Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, MONICA GORDON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, MICHAEL SCOTT JR., TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

ETHEL KENNEDY, IN MEMORIAM

WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has called Ethel Kennedy from our midst; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was the loving and adored wife of the late U. S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was the loving mother of Kathleen, Joseph, Robert Jr., the late David, Courtney, the late Michael, Kerry, Christopher, Maxwell, Douglas, and Rory; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was the dear grandmother of 34 grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was born in Chicago on April 11, 1928 to George Skakel and Ann Brannack; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy married Robert F. Kennedy on June 17, 1950; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy tragically lost her husband Robert on June 5, 1968 by assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles while pregnant with their youngest child Rory; and

WHEREAS, In 1968 Ethel Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Right to carry on the late senator's unfinished work of creating a more just and peaceful world; and

WHEREAS, in 1981, President Ronald Reagan presented and honored Ethel Kennedy with the Robert F. Kennedy medal which Congress authorized in recognition of the distinguished and dedicated service which Robert Kennedy gave to the government and to the people of the United States; and

WHEREAS, In 2014, in recognition of her environmental advocacy, a bridge over the Anacostia River in Washington, D. C., was renamed the Ethel Kennedy Bridge; and

WHEREAS, Ethel Kennedy was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2014 in recognition of her advocacy to the causes "of social justice, human rights, environmental protection, and poverty reduction by creating countless ripples of hope to effect change around the world"; and

WHEREAS, all who knew her will attest that Ethel Kennedy was a kind and compassionate woman, virtuous of character and gentle in spirit, admired and respected by her many friends and neighbors, and dearl...