Full Text of HR1415 94th General Assembly
HR1415 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are | 3 |
| pleased to recognize two individuals who have treated several | 4 |
| generations of Chicago's children, Dr. Herbert and Dr. Ruth | 5 |
| Lerner, on the occasion of their retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Herbert I. Lerner was born in Chicago on November | 7 |
| 3, 1923; a product of Chicago Public Schools, he graduated from
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| Marshall High School and went on to Herzl Junior College, | 9 |
| Roosevelt, and the University of
Illinois; his education was | 10 |
| interrupted when he served in the U.S. Army
Air Force for three | 11 |
| years as a radio operator mechanic on a C 46 troop carrier; and
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| WHEREAS, In the meantime, Ruth G. Lerner was born on | 13 |
| December 8, 1923, in Vyprty, Czechoslovakia; she graduated from | 14 |
| high school in Barenstein, Germany, and went on to Gymnasium in | 15 |
| Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia, and medical school in Prague, | 16 |
| Czechoslovakia; and
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| WHEREAS, She migrated to the U.S. in 1946 with her parents | 18 |
| and twin sister, Ingeborg; she and Dr. Herbert I. Lerner were | 19 |
| married during their last year of medical school in 1950; they | 20 |
| graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine | 21 |
| in 1951; both are members of the American Academy of Pediatrics | 22 |
| and the AOA Medical Honorary Society; and
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| WHEREAS, Together, they opened a private practice in | 24 |
| September of 1954 in Hyde Park in Chicago; for over 50 years, | 25 |
| they have met, with able assistance from Camille Latimer, the
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| medical needs of countless area children with consummate skill | 27 |
| and caring
commitment, taking more than a single generation | 28 |
| from the first DPT shot
through the flu, from strep throat to | 29 |
| more serious health challenges; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, The Drs. Lerner worked hard to eliminate racial |
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| discrimination and, in their practice, led by example; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, The phone number 643-2550 is as deeply embedded in | 3 |
| our parental memories as the Drs. Lerner are in our hearts; and
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| WHEREAS, The Drs. Lerner are being honored at a retirement | 5 |
| celebration on Saturday, September 9, 2006; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we join with their loving family, staff, patients, and their | 9 |
| parents in thanking Dr. Herbert and Dr. Ruth Lerner for the | 10 |
| many, many years they have devoted to healing and helping | 11 |
| children in the Chicago area, and we wish them well in the | 12 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the Drs. Lerner, pediatricians par excellence, as | 15 |
| an expression of our profound respect and esteem and with our | 16 |
| gratitude for the years they have served us.
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