Full Text of SR0329 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Paul J. Dunn, M.D. of Oak Park, who | 4 | | passed away on March 24, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dunn was born in Newport, Kentucky on October | 6 | | 27, 1919 to Florence (nee Brill) and William C. Dunn; he | 7 | | received his high school diploma from Covington (Ky.) Latin | 8 | | School at the age of 15 and then took college classes provided | 9 | | for Latin School graduates; he joined the United States Navy in | 10 | | 1942; he was transferred to the Marines and served in the 28th | 11 | | Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division in the months | 12 | | prior to the invasion of Iwo Jima; following the war, he | 13 | | studied at Xavier University in Cincinnati before being | 14 | | admitted to Loyola University Medical School in Chicago, | 15 | | graduating in 1951; he did post-graduate studies at Harvard | 16 | | Medical School and then returned to Xavier to complete his | 17 | | undergraduate degree in 1955; he married Kathryn in 1951; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dunn was a retired pediatrician, a pioneer of | 19 | | Montessori education in the United States, and an early and | 20 | | leading national advocate of preventive and holistic | 21 | | approaches to medical care; he and his wife founded the Alcuin | 22 | | Montessori School in Oak Park in 1961, which has been operating | 23 | | continuously for 54 years; he served on the board of trustees |
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| 1 | | of the American Montessori Society from 1962 to 1965, as | 2 | | President of Alcuin's board of directors, and was a co-founder | 3 | | with his wife of the Illinois Montessori Society; in 1967, due | 4 | | to his interest in treating brain-injured children, he | 5 | | co-founded the Chicago Center for the Achievement of Human | 6 | | Potential and served as its medical director; he also founded | 7 | | the Center for Integrative Treatment and Biochemical Nutrition | 8 | | in Oak Park; he served as President of the International
| 9 | | Academy of Preventive Medicine from 1979 to 1980, as a member | 10 | | of the Illinois
Commission on Children from 1977 to 1981, as | 11 | | Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Stritch | 12 | | School of Medicine at Loyola University, and on the
staffs of | 13 | | St. Anne, Oak Park, Loretto, and West Suburban hospitals; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dunn was
preceded in death by his parents; his | 15 | | 3 brothers, Edward, Jack, and Bill Dunn;
and his sister, Mary | 16 | | Zaffiro; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Dunn is survived by his wife, Kathryn; his | 18 | | children, Chris (Beth) Dunn, Brian
(Deb) Dunn, Paul Dunn, Jr., | 19 | | Peter Dunn, Michael Dunn, Mark (Ann) Dunn, John
(Alexa) Dunn, | 20 | | Sarah Dunn, Jeff Dunn, and Julie Dunn; his 9 grandchildren,
| 21 | | Zeke Dunn, Molly Dunn, Kelly Barnd, Jacob Barnd, Jack Dunn, | 22 | | Patrick Dunn,
Katie Dunn, Ian Dunn, and Raleigh Dunn; and other | 23 | | relatives and many friends; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Paul J. Dunn, M.D., and extend our sincere condolences to his | 4 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Dr. Dunn as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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