- Julie Cellini
Julie Cellini is a former
reporter and a politicallobbyist inIllinois ,United States .In the 1960s while covering the political news beat, Cellini met then married city councillor
William Cellini .As a result of her interest in state history and in
Abraham Lincoln , the Illinois governor appointed her as a trustee, then chair, of the Illinois State Historical Library and its extensive Lincoln collection in 1981.In 1985, she became chairman of the board for Library's successor organization, the
Illinois State Historic Preservation Agency .Her committee to develop a more suitable home for the collection resulted in the
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM).Cellini was described in a
Slate.com article as the "most powerful lobbyist in Illinois" and whose "perseverance was the one indispensable element in the creation of the ALPLM." [ [http://www.slate.com/id/2169527/ How To Design a Lincoln Museum] , By Andrew Ferguson, Slate.com, July 4, 2007]On February 10, 2006, Cellini was named by President
George W. Bush to theAbraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission . [ [http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/press/news/news02100682.php JULIE CELLINI NAMED TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION] , News Release, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Issued February 10, 2006, Retrieved on July 4, 2007]References
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