Full Text of HR0786 95th General Assembly
HR0786 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Thomas, who passed away on October 12, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Terra Thomas was born on October 16, 1947 in | 6 |
| Easton, Maryland; she attended Morgan State University, where | 7 |
| she was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. since | 8 |
| 1977; she received her doctorate in psychology from Adelphi | 9 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Terra Thomas had a long and distinguished | 11 |
| career in the medical profession; she began working for Human | 12 |
| Resources Development Institute, Inc., an agency that provides | 13 |
| behavioral health services, in 1978 as a child psychologist; | 14 |
| she became the institute's President and CEO in 2004; she | 15 |
| served as an associate faculty member at Northwestern | 16 |
| University Medical School's Institute of Psychiatry, where she | 17 |
| provided clinical supervision to the institute's staff and | 18 |
| graduate students; she also served on the boards of the | 19 |
| Illinois Alcoholism & Drug Dependence Association, the | 20 |
| Community Behavioral Healthcare Association of Illinois, the | 21 |
| International Council of Alcoholism and Addiction, the | 22 |
| Governor's Task Force for the Consolidation of the Departments | 23 |
| of Substance Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Corporate Council on |
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| Africa; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Terra Thomas traveled around the world as a | 3 |
| medical consultant; she served as a technical advisor to the | 4 |
| Ministry of Health of South Africa; she served as an expert | 5 |
| trainer for the United Nations Drug Control Programmes in | 6 |
| western Africa and as a trainer in Cultural Competency for | 7 |
| various diverse populations; she was a consultant for the | 8 |
| presidents of Zambia, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Liberia; she was | 9 |
| a representative for the United States Office of Drug Control | 10 |
| in Peru; she also served as an expert consultant and trainer to | 11 |
| the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Center for | 12 |
| Substance Abuse Prevention in the United States and the Virgin | 13 |
| Islands; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Terra Thomas was a designer and trainer for | 15 |
| various HIV/AIDS outreach, prevention, and education models | 16 |
| since 1984; she was a co-founder of the AIDS Foundation Chicago | 17 |
| and the Midwest Training and Education Center; she was also a | 18 |
| founding member of the Illinois AIDS Advisory Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Terra Thomas was an active member of the | 20 |
| Apostolic Church of God; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Despite her busy schedule, Dr. Terra Thomas always | 22 |
| found time to spend with her family and always supported their |
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| activities; she was well known as the children's biggest fan; | 2 |
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Terra Thomas is survived by her sons, Rheaves | 4 |
| and Brooks; her brothers, Ronald Thomas, Dwayne Thomas, and | 5 |
| Albert Nash; her grandmother, Nellie Leatherberry; her 7 nieces | 6 |
| and 2 nephews; her 4 aunts and 3 uncles; and a host of cousins, | 7 |
| friends, and associates; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Dr. | 11 |
| Terra Thomas; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Terra Thomas as an expression of | 14 |
| our sympathy.
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