Full Text of SR0409 95th General Assembly
SR0409 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Dr. Raymond E. Robertson of Hinsdale, who | 4 |
| passed away on October 3, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Raymond E. Robertson was affectionately known to | 6 |
| his patients and students as "Dr. Ray"; he was a pioneer in the | 7 |
| use of principles of the human potential movement in his | 8 |
| psychiatric practice, emphasizing health (rather than illness) | 9 |
| and utilizing extended group psychotherapy to help individuals | 10 |
| achieve their goals; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Robertson, a resident of Hinsdale, maintained | 12 |
| a private practice in psychiatry with children, adolescents, | 13 |
| and families from 1953 until 2006; he was born in West | 14 |
| LaFayette, Indiana, to a family doctor and kindergarten | 15 |
| teacher; he attended Purdue University and received his medical | 16 |
| degree from the University of Chicago Medical School; he served | 17 |
| two years as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps; | 18 |
| following his psychiatric residency, he became a staff | 19 |
| psychiatrist and later Director of the Institute for Juvenile | 20 |
| Research in Chicago and subsequently served as special | 21 |
| assistant to the Director of the Illinois Department of Mental | 22 |
| Health; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Robertson began his private practice of | 2 |
| psychiatry in Hinsdale, and had offices in Hinsdale, Westmont, | 3 |
| and later in Oak Brook; he was a member of the medical staff at | 4 |
| Riveredge Hospital in Forest Park and at Hinsdale Hospital; he | 5 |
| was the clinical director of the Riveredge Adolescent Unit from | 6 |
| 1979 to 1990; and he also served as president of the medical | 7 |
| staff at Riveredge Hospital and later as a member of its Board | 8 |
| of Trustees; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1990, Dr. Robertson joined the faculty at the | 10 |
| Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University where he taught | 11 |
| classes in child and adolescent psychiatry and supervised | 12 |
| fourth year residents in the Department of Psychiatry; he was | 13 |
| presented the "Faculty of the Year" award by the residents in | 14 |
| 1992; he was awarded the Nancy Roeske Certificate of Excellence | 15 |
| in 1995 by the American Psychiatric Association in recognition | 16 |
| of his outstanding contributions to medical education at Loyola | 17 |
| University Medical School; in recent years, Dr. Robertson | 18 |
| became interested in the spiritual aspects of psychiatry and | 19 |
| lectured and wrote on "Spirituality and Psychiatry"; his | 20 |
| hobbies included photography, music, golf, and card games; he | 21 |
| enjoyed reading about the world's religions, and was | 22 |
| particularly interested in Buddhism; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Robertson was a loving husband, father, | 24 |
| father-in-law, and grandfather; he will be missed by all who |
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| knew and loved him, especially his wife of 61 years, Mary | 2 |
| Helen, nee Bassett, Robertson; his brother, Dr. Edwin S. | 3 |
| Robertson; his children, Linda J. (James Warner) Robertson, and | 4 |
| James A. (Nancy) Robertson; as well as his four grandchildren, | 5 |
| Leah R. Warner, Allison R. Warner, Jay B. Robertson, and | 6 |
| Nicholas H. Robertson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| his family, friends, and colleagues, the passing of Dr. Raymond | 10 |
| E. Robertson; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Raymond E. Robertson as a symbol | 13 |
| of our sympathy.
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