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91_SR0233
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Darlene L. Paris-Bradley of Chicago on
4 Monday, December 13, 1999; and
5 WHEREAS, She was born on May 26, 1939; she received her
6 Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the
7 University of Iowa School of Business Administration and her
8 Master's Degree in Science, Industrial Relations, from Loyola
9 University Institute of Industrial Relations; and
10 WHEREAS, She was the President and Co-Founder of ASI
11 Personnel Service, Inc., the nation's largest and oldest
12 minority owned and operated full service personnel firm; she
13 founded ASI in 1967 as a telephone answering service; now,
14 ASI is a major provider of temporary and permanent clerical,
15 technical, and managerial personnel; and
16 WHEREAS, She began the 32-year old business venture with
17 members of an investment club in her native Chicago; the
18 multi-million dollar company, which she later purchased,
19 deals with the employment needs of large organizations; and
20 WHEREAS, She has received many awards, including the
21 Employer of the Year of the Lake County Urban League, the
22 Outstanding Black Business Woman of the Year from the Parkway
23 Community House, the Illinois Service Company of the Year,
24 the State of Illinois Minority Vendor of the Year, the Black
25 Woman Hall of Fame, the Chicago Transit Authority Vendor of
26 the Month, the Silver Blackhawk Award from the University of
27 Iowa, and the Cosmopolitan Award for Outstanding Business
28 Women; and
29 WHEREAS, She was affiliated with the Governing Board of
30 Directors of the WBEZ Alliance, the Chicago Crime Commission,
31 the Economic Club of Chicago, the Girl Scouts of Chicago, the
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1 League of Black Women, the Loyola University Institute of
2 Industrial Relations, United Charities, the Lyric Opera, the
3 University of Iowa Alumni Association, the Chicago Regional
4 Purchasing Council, and the National Association of Woman
5 Business Owners; and
6 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
7 and friends, especially her mother, Mrs. Clarice Warren
8 Moore; her sister, Diane Paris Ray; and her brother, William
9 Paris; therefore, be it
10 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
11 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
12 and regret the death of Darlene L. Paris-Bradley and extend
13 our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
14 further
15 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
16 presented to her family.