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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Dr. Stephan Roth |
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| on being honored for his dedication and service to the City of |
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| Colchester; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Roth is originally from Tartlau, |
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| Transylvania, located in modern day Romania; he went to |
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| Gymnasium in Mediasch and is still in touch with his |
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| classmates; and
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| WHEREAS, As was required of young men of his country, he |
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| served in the German Army during World War II; at one point, he |
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| was captured and held as a prisoner of war; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his release on August 29, 1947, he |
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| traveled to Austria to attend medical school, where he received |
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| his doctor diploma from the University Carola Francisca in |
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| Graz, Austria; he and his wife, Traudi, traveled to America in |
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| 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, After a one-year rotating internship at Grant |
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| Hospital in Chicago, he worked two years at Alton State |
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| Hospital and passed the State Board Examination; he practiced |
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| for 14 months in Glen Carbon and moved to Colchester in June of |
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| 1961; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Roth practiced in Colchester for 35 years from |
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| 1961 until his retirement in 1996; during that time, he made |
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| daily rounds at St. Frances, Phelps, and McDonough District |
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| Hospital; cared for patients at the nursing homes in |
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| Colchester, Macomb, Blandinsville, and Plymouth; made hundreds |
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| of house calls; and served at the Lions Club and on the board |
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| of directors for First Federal Bank of Colchester; he was also |
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| a member of the McDonough District Hospital medical staff, was |