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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Donald G. Brown on 
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his retirement from OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He has served as Administrator of OSF Holy Family 
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Medical Center from April of 2007 to the present; he was
CEO of 
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Community Medical Center (the previous name of OSF Holy Family 
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Medical Center) from February of 1997 to April of 2007; he 
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served as a hospital CEO/Administrator since 1962; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His professional memberships
include serving on 
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the   Board of Directors of the Illinois Provider Trust from 1999 
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to 2006; serving as a member of the Illinois Hospital and 
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Health Systems Association, serving on and chairing
numerous 
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committees, including acting as Region 5 President in 1994; 
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serving on the National Board of Directors of the Federation of 
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American Health Systems for
16 years, including serving as 
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Regional Vice-President; serving as a member of the Small and 
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Rural Steering Committee from 1990 to present; serving as a 
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member and former Director of the Illinois Critical Access 
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Hospital Network from 2003 to present; serving as a member of 
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the OSF Healthcare System Ethics Committee; serving as a member 
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of the OSF Healthcare System Specialty Alignment Initiative 
 


 






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Committee; serving as a board member of the Wells Fargo 
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Community Bank Board from 2003 to the present; and serving as a 
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member of the OSF Healthcare System Executive Steering 
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Committee; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His community memberships include: serving as a 
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past board member of the Western Illinois Partnership for 
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Economic Development from 1999 to 2006; serving as past 
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Director of the Warren-Henderson County Economic Development 
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Board from 1999 to 2003; serving as a past member of the Board 
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of Directors of the Monmouth Chamber of Commerce from 1999 to 
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2003; and serving as a member of the First Christian Church in  
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Monmouth; and

 
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    WHEREAS, His professional accomplishments
include; 
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completing a bond issue to remove Community Memorial Hospital 
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from city ownership; establishing restructuring in profitable 
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operations for Community Medical Center, allowing for over $4 
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million of renovations; recruiting fourteen physicians and six 
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physician assistants in Monmouth; establishing a seven day, 
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24-hour medical clinic within the hospital; and establishing 
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weekly specialty clinics; upgrading hospital-wide clinical 
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technology and computer systems; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1997, OSF Holy Family Medical Center had 187 
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employees, and in 2009 it has 263 through Donald Brown's 
 


 






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addition of services and the establishment of more jobs; he 
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established competitive salary and wage programs for 
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employees; he helped to establish a county health department; 
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and he was instrumental in completing the sale of assets from 
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Community Medical Center to OSF Healthcare, which ensured the 
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residents of Monmouth and surrounding areas quality healthcare 
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services for many years to come; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Donald Brown on his retirement and wish him all 
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the best in his future endeavors; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Donald G. Brown as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.