HR0562 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Norman and Brenda Johnson on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on March 18, 2011; and

WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson were married on March 18, 1961; together, they have one daughter, Lorrie Leuthold, three granddaughters, Jessica Young, Angela Moriarity, and Brittany Krysinski, and one great grandchild, Jax; and

WHEREAS, With a dream of becoming a doctor, Norman Johnson attended Augustana College in Rock Island, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1975; Brenda, then working as a beautician and taking on multiple side jobs, helped put Norman through medical school, first at University of Illinois in Champaign then later at Peoria College of Medicine, where he graduated in 1978; Norman then entered an internal medicine residency at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where he graduated in 1981; and

WHEREAS, Norman Johnson started a private practice in Pekin in 1981; he then formed the Delavan Medical Center the following year; three years later, he formed the Medical Clinic in Morton and the East Peoria Multi-Specialty Group; and

WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson created Health Professionals Ltd. in 1995 and Advanced Correctional Healthcare in 2003; the family business, which provides health care services to jails, has 205 facilities in 17 states, serves more than 25,000 inmates, and employs more than 500 individuals; Advanced Correctional Healthcare was ranked 37th on Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest growing health care companies in the U.S. in 2007; their daughter, Lorrie, and her husband, Neil, work closely with the family business; and

WHEREAS, Brenda Johnson owned and operated Johnson & Vaughn Jewelers and Johnson Fine Jewelry until 2005; and

WHEREAS, Norman Johnson is a past president of Opera Illinois and was chairman of finance for the Central Illinois Medical Association; he has also served on the Illinois Department of Public Health Alzheimer's Research Peer Review Committee and the Illinois Medical Society Political Action Committee; and

WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson enjoy dining out with friends, golf, ballroom dancing, and spending time with their family; they have traveled to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Spain, Morocco, Italy, the Caribbean, and China, and spend seven weeks each year in Hawaii; in addition, Brenda is an avid art collector and Norman enjoys deep sea fishing; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Norman and Brenda Johnson on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary and wish them many happy and healthy years to come; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Norman and Brenda Johnson as a symbol of our esteem and respect.