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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Antonio Ramos
4on the occasion of his retirement; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos was born on November 9, 1925, in
6the small rural town of Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico; as the
7middle child of 6 children in a very humble family, he always
8worked to excel in his school studies; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos graduated from the University of
10Mexico City as a medical doctor in surgery in 1950; he entered
11the United States the following year with only $20 in his
12pocket; because his medical degree was not recognized in the
13United States, one of his first jobs was working for the
14Nabisco Company, where he cleaned cooking sheets; he also
15worked in the fields in Wisconsin picking tomatoes before he
16was approved for an internship at Holy Cross Hospital from 1951
17to 1952; after his internship, he undertook his residency in
18general surgery at Grace Hospital in Welsh, West Virginia from
191952 to 1958; and
 
20    WHEREAS, After returning to Chicago, Dr. Antonio Ramos
21performed another residency at Hines Veterans Hospital, which
22was then part of Loyola University, from 1961 to 1966; while at

 

 

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1Hines, he received high standards for general surgery; during
2this time, he received his master's degree from the University
3of Illinois after being promoted to the program by his
4professors; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Before he finished his residency, Dr. Antonio
6Ramos started his own private practice on Milwaukee Avenue in
7Chicago; he then moved his practice to Ashland Avenue in the
8Lakeview neighborhood, where he spent 20 years developing his
9practice; during this time, he worked for the Chicago
10Blackhawks as a team doctor and an active surgeon for the team;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, Following his dream to help the residents of the
13Pilsen community, Dr. Antonio Ramos opened his clinic on 19th
14and Blue Island in Chicago in August of 1987, where he has
15worked with his wife, Dr. Ana Laura Ramos, ever since; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos has been an active member of
17many community service organizations throughout his
18professional life; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos is fondly known throughout the
20Pilsen community as "el doctor del barrio" (the doctor of the
21community); therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate Dr. Antonio Ramos on the occasion of his
4retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement
5years; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to Dr. Antonio Ramos as a symbol of our esteem and
8respect.