City of Philadelphia - File #: 110125

• File #: 110125
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 2/17/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/3/2011
• Title: Recognizing and Congratulating Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan on the occasion of her 100th Birthday.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Council President Verna, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Miller

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/3/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
2/17/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

Title

Recognizing and Congratulating Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan on the occasion of her 100^th Birthday.

Body

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan was born on March 16, 1911, in Manassas, Virginia; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan is the second daughter of Dr. Leslie Pinckney Hill, the renowned educator, author, poet, dramatist, community leader and first President of Cheyney State University, and Jane Ethel Clark, teacher and counselor at Tuskegee Institute with Booker T. Washington; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan had five sisters, all who preceded her in death, except her older sister, Eleanor Valentine, who is 102 years old; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan graduated from West Chester High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Cheyney State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and Columbia University with Masters of Arts degree in 1929, 1933 and 1939 respectively; and

WHEREAS, In 1933, Mrs. Hill-Logan began teaching home economics at Frederick Douglass Junior High School and worked as the school dietitian for over 39 years; and

WHEREAS, In 1938, Mrs. Hill-Logan married Reverend Thomas W.S. Logan at Saint Simon the Cyrenian Church located in South Philadelphia. The wedding was officiated by Rev. John R. Logan, Jr., brother of the groom; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan is a member of Saint Simon's Episcopal church where she served as the President of the St. Michael's Guild and taught summer school at Camp Hope, a camp for colored youth at Cheyney State College; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan is described in her late father's poem, Melrose at Christmas as “Hermione with the Heart of Gold”; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan has achieved many remarkable accomplishments in her life and Philadelphia has benefited greatly from her and her family's work and legacy; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby recognize and congratulate Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan on the occasion of her 100^th Birthday.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan as evidence of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body.

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