RESOLUTION NO. 120420
Celebrating Dr.
Marjorie Williams’ lifetime of serving, inspiring and loving our community’s
children.
WHEREAS, Dr.
Marjorie Williams is retiring as Superintendent of Schools for the Hickman
Mills School District; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Williams
is the first African American female to be appointed to the highest
administrative post in the 110-year history of the Hickman Mills C-1 School
District; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Williams
received her initial education in the Kansas City, Missouri School district,
graduated from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri and received her
Master’s Degree in Urban Education and her Doctorate Degree in Curriculum and
Instruction from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Williams
worked in the Columbia, Ferguson-Florissant and Kansas City School Districts
before coming to Hickman Mills and served as an adjunct professor at Baker,
Ottawa and Kansas State universities; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Williams
is an extremely active community leader, serving on numerous boards, who has
received an array of awards from throughout the greater Kansas City area; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Williams
has been selected as one of the 100 Most Influential African-Americans in
Kansas City, and has received the Family Advocate Award from Cornerstones of
Care, the “Shero” Award from Metropolitan Community College (Penn Valley
Campus), the Harold Holliday Award from the Missouri Black Caucus, the Honorary
Kentucky Colonel Award from the Governor of Kentucky and the Outstanding Local
Educator Award from the national Council on Educating Black Children; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the Mayor and
Council hereby celebrate Dr. Williams’ lifetime of serving, inspiring and
loving our community’s children; and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in
testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Dr. Marjorie Williams
with the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for her four decades of
dedicated work as an educator.
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