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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE MAXINE LANGE AND DR. CHARLES F. LANGE
WHEREAS, Maxine Lange, longtime community leader, activist and former Evanston Alderman from the 9th ward, died on October 8, 2013 at the age of 81, her devoted husband Dr. Charles F. Lange died six days later on October 14; and
WHEREAS, Maxine and Charles met when they were attending Roosevelt University in Chicago. From that moment forward the two were rarely apart. They married in 1953, and a year later moved to New Jersey, where Charles was stationed after being drafted into the Army. Afterward the couple settled in Evanston where they raised their children, Beth Lange, Amy (Jane Newman) Lange and Robert (Marcy) Lange; and became the proud grandparents of Noam, Rueben, Tatiana, Alexander and Eleanor; and
WHEREAS, Maxine and Charles Lange were staunch and hardworking advocates of fair housing and school integration. It was commitment to those and other values that inspired Maxine to run for the 9th ward aldermanic post in Evanston in the early 1970s, Charles was her strongest and most ardent campaign supporter; and
WHEREAS, Maxine Lange was elected and served on the Evanston City Council from 1971 to 1979 as Alderman from the 9th Ward where she was instrumental in making Evanston the "Dining Capital of the North Shore" by promoting an amendment to serve liquor in restaurants and hotels, a notable achievement in a once-dry town that was the headquarters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and didn't allow a liquor store until 1984; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lange was professor emeritus of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Loyola University of Chicago where he spent 25 years educating thousands of students and was a beloved member of the Loyola Community; and
WHEREAS, During his tenure at Loyola, Dr. Lange also taught, conducted research and provided laboratory services at Hines Veterans Hospital in Maywood. For many years, he also served as...
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