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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Dr. Chafick "Chad" Nicholas Mansour on |
| 4 | | June 15, 2019 at the age of 94; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on |
| 6 | | January 19, 1925; he served in the U.S. Navy during World War |
| 7 | | II as a Pharmacist's Mate First Class; during the invasion of |
| 8 | | Omaha Beach, his landing ship
tanker hit a mine; he was one of |
| 9 | | only a handful of
survivors and was awarded the Purple Heart; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour earned his undergraduate degree at |
| 12 | | Northwestern University and graduated from Northwestern |
| 13 | | University Medical School in 1950; he completed his medical |
| 14 | | internship at Cook County Hospital and completed his residency |
| 15 | | in general surgery at the Hines, Illinois V.A.
Hospital; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour was one of the founding members of the |
| 17 | | medical staff at Gottlieb
Hospital, where he served as |
| 18 | | president and chairman of the Department of Surgery; he also |
| 19 | | served as
chief of surgery at Westlake Hospital and was a |
| 20 | | professor of surgery at the University of Illinois Medical |
| 21 | | School; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour donated his time as a surgeon to |
| 2 | | Shriners Hospital for Children; he also had a longtime practice |
| 3 | | at Elmwood Park Medical Center, where he was beloved by his |
| 4 | | patients; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour was a fellow at the American College |
| 6 | | of Surgeons and was a member of the Chicago Medical Society, |
| 7 | | the Illinois State Medical Society, the American Medical
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| 8 | | Association, and the Hellenic Medical Society; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour was a longtime resident of Oak Park |
| 10 | | and was a member and benefactor of
Assumption Greek Orthodox |
| 11 | | Church; his happiest times were summers with his family in |
| 12 | | Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour was preceded in death by his loving |
| 14 | | wife of 64 years, Fotini; his
siblings, James, George, Helen, |
| 15 | | Louis, and Alice; and his sister-in-law, Helen (the late Duke) |
| 16 | | Gankas; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansour is survived by his sister, Lorice (the |
| 18 | | late Bill) Sullivan; his brother, Raymond (Vincenza) Mansour; |
| 19 | | his children, Maria (the late Christ) Kamberos, Melina Mansour, |
| 20 | | and Nicholas (Dina) Mansour; his grandchildren, Brittany (Joe) |
| 21 | | Cavallaro, Christ Jr. (Alexandra Haake) Kamberos, Lukas |
| 22 | | Mansour, Ashley Donegan, and Xenia Mansour; his |
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| 1 | | great-grandchildren, Joey Cavallaro and Gabriel Nicholas |
| 2 | | Kamberos; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing |
| 5 | | Dr. Chafick "Chad" Mansour, and extend our sincere condolences |
| 6 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
| 7 | | it further
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 9 | | presented to the family of Dr. Mansour as an expression of
our |
| 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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