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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Antonio Ramos | ||||||
| 4 | on the occasion of his retirement; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos was born on November 9, 1925, in | ||||||
| 6 | the small rural town of Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico; as the | ||||||
| 7 | middle child of 6 children in a very humble family, he always | ||||||
| 8 | worked to excel in his school studies; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos graduated from the University of | ||||||
| 10 | Mexico City as a medical doctor in surgery in 1950; he entered | ||||||
| 11 | the United States the following year with only $20 in his | ||||||
| 12 | pocket; because his medical degree was not recognized in the | ||||||
| 13 | United States, one of his first jobs was working for the | ||||||
| 14 | Nabisco Company, where he cleaned cooking sheets; he also | ||||||
| 15 | worked in the fields in Wisconsin picking tomatoes before he | ||||||
| 16 | was approved for an internship at Holy Cross Hospital from 1951 | ||||||
| 17 | to 1952; after his internship, he undertook his residency in | ||||||
| 18 | general surgery at Grace Hospital in Welsh, West Virginia from | ||||||
| 19 | 1952 to 1958; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, After returning to Chicago, Dr. Antonio Ramos | ||||||
| 21 | performed another residency at Hines Veterans Hospital, which | ||||||
| 22 | was then part of Loyola University, from 1961 to 1966; while at | ||||||
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| 1 | Hines, he received high standards for general surgery; during | ||||||
| 2 | this time, he received his master's degree from the University | ||||||
| 3 | of Illinois after being promoted to the program by his | ||||||
| 4 | professors; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Before he finished his residency, Dr. Antonio | ||||||
| 6 | Ramos started his own private practice on Milwaukee Avenue in | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago; he then moved his practice to Ashland Avenue in the | ||||||
| 8 | Lakeview neighborhood, where he spent 20 years developing his | ||||||
| 9 | practice; during this time, he worked for the Chicago | ||||||
| 10 | Blackhawks as a team doctor and an active surgeon for the team; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Following his dream to help the residents of the | ||||||
| 13 | Pilsen community, Dr. Antonio Ramos opened his clinic on 19th | ||||||
| 14 | and Blue Island in Chicago in August of 1987, where he has | ||||||
| 15 | worked with his wife, Dr. Ana Laura Ramos, ever since; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos has been an active member of | ||||||
| 17 | many community service organizations throughout his | ||||||
| 18 | professional life; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos is fondly known throughout the | ||||||
| 20 | Pilsen community as "el doctor del barrio" (the doctor of the | ||||||
| 21 | community); therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we congratulate Dr. Antonio Ramos on the occasion of his | ||||||
| 4 | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | ||||||
| 5 | years; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Dr. Antonio Ramos as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 8 | respect.
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