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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Dr. John Phair, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | February 19, 2024 at the age of 89; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair was born in Paris, France on July 17, | ||||||
| 6 | 1934; he attended Yale University and received his medical | ||||||
| 7 | degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1960; he later | ||||||
| 8 | returned to Yale to train in internal medicine and infectious | ||||||
| 9 | diseases; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, During the 1960s, Dr. Phair studied the impact of | ||||||
| 11 | radiation on atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima, Japan for the | ||||||
| 12 | Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Amid the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Phair | ||||||
| 14 | defended patients against discrimination and advocated for | ||||||
| 15 | children who were affected by the disease; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair embraced the opportunity to investigate | ||||||
| 17 | HIV and AIDS in the early days of the crisis; from 1987 to | ||||||
| 18 | 2012, he served as chairman of the executive committee for the | ||||||
| 19 | groundbreaking Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, a National | ||||||
| 20 | Institutes of Health-supported investigation of the history of | ||||||
| 21 | HIV; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair helped establish the Chicago AIDS | ||||||
| 2 | Clinical Trials Unit, which was part of the AIDS Clinical | ||||||
| 3 | Trial Group of medical centers studying the treatment of HIV | ||||||
| 4 | and its complications; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair chaired the AIDS Research and Advisory | ||||||
| 6 | Committee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious | ||||||
| 7 | Diseases from 2000 to 2002; he also authored more than 365 | ||||||
| 8 | research papers and 45 chapters in medical texts; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair received several awards for his | ||||||
| 10 | contributions, including the John Philips Memorial Award from | ||||||
| 11 | the American College of Physicians in 2005 and the | ||||||
| 12 | International AIDS Society USA Lifetime Leadership Award in | ||||||
| 13 | 2010; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Outside of his professional activities, Dr. Phair | ||||||
| 15 | was fond of dancing and swimming; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair is survived by his wife, Nancy; his | ||||||
| 17 | daughter, Liz Phair; his son, Phillip Phair; and three | ||||||
| 18 | grandchildren; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
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| 1 | Dr. John Phair and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 2 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 3 | further | ||||||
| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the family of Dr. Phair as an expression of our | ||||||
| 6 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||