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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Gerald L. Downie died in 2000, having served |
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| as a physician in Kankakee, Ill. for more than 50 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald L. Downie was born in 1903 and was educated |
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| in a one-room schoolhouse in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, later graduating as |
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| the top student at Simpson College; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Downie graduated from Northwestern Medical |
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| School and served his internship at Kankakee State Hospital, |
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| now known as Shapiro Developmental Center; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1932 through 1950 Dr. Downie and his wife, |
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| Maurine, served three times as medical missionaries for the |
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| United Methodist Church in China, leaving for a one-year |
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| furlough in 1937, just as the Japanese invaded, and leaving the |
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| final time after spending nine months under communist rule; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Downie also served as a medical missionary in |
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| India, Africa, Taiwan, and Malaysia before returning to |
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| Kankakee County, where he practiced medicine until he reached |
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| the age of 89; and
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| WHEREAS, The State Route 17 bridge across the Kankakee |
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| River in Kankakee is now known as the Court Street Bridge; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Court Street Bridge in |
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| Kankakee be designated the Dr. Gerald L. Downie Bridge; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
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| is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with |