Full Text of HR0120 95th General Assembly
HR0120 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois wish to honor G. Kent Barnheiser on the | 4 |
| occasion of his retirement from the Alzheimer's
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| Association-Greater Illinois Chapter after serving the Greater | 6 |
| Illinois Chapter from September 1994 to March 2007; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Kent retires as President and CEO of the | 8 |
| Alzheimer's Association-Greater Illinois Chapter in March | 9 |
| 2007, after more than 12 years of leadership for the Chapter | 10 |
| and after more than 21 years as a member of the Alzheimer's | 11 |
| Association family; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Kent came to the chapter in September 1994, from | 13 |
| having worked the previous nine years as the first executive | 14 |
| director for the Alzheimer's Association-Orange County Chapter | 15 |
| in southern California and then as vice president of chapter | 16 |
| services at the Alzheimer's Association National Office in | 17 |
| Chicago, where he started the division; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, During his tenure, the Greater Illinois Chapter | 19 |
| service area expanded from several counties in the metropolitan | 20 |
| Chicago area to 68 of the 102 counties in Illinois; the Chapter | 21 |
| has offices in Bloomington, Carterville, Chicago, Joliet, | 22 |
| Rockford, Skokie, and Springfield with staff now serving the |
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| more than half million citizens of Illinois affected by | 2 |
| Alzheimer's who are in the chapter area, including 210,000 | 3 |
| people with Alzheimer's disease, plus family members and | 4 |
| caregivers; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Kent's professional interest in Alzheimer's | 6 |
| disease and the Alzheimer's Association grew out a personal | 7 |
| connection with the disease, because both of his parents had | 8 |
| Alzheimer's disease; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his work with the Alzheimer's | 10 |
| Association, Kent taught middle school in Ohio and worked for | 11 |
| the Dayton, Ohio, YMCA as its executive director; he is a | 12 |
| graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a Bachelor's | 13 |
| degree in education; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate G. Kent Barnheiser on the occasion of his | 17 |
| retirement from the Alzheimer's Association-Greater Illinois | 18 |
| Chapter and thank him for his tremendous contribution to | 19 |
| helping the over 210,000 Illinoisans and their caregivers as | 20 |
| they live with the effects of Alzheimer's disease and other | 21 |
| related dementias; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Mr. G. Kent Barnheiser as a symbol of our | 2 |
| tremendous gratitude and esteem.
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