Full Text of HR0670 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Antonio Ramos | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos was born on November 9, 1925, in | 6 | | the small rural town of Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico; as the | 7 | | middle child of 6 children in a very humble family, he always | 8 | | worked to excel in his school studies; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos graduated from the University of | 10 | | Mexico City as a medical doctor in surgery in 1950; he entered | 11 | | the United States the following year with only $20 in his | 12 | | pocket; because his medical degree was not recognized in the | 13 | | United States, one of his first jobs was working for the | 14 | | Nabisco Company, where he cleaned cooking sheets; he also | 15 | | worked in the fields in Wisconsin picking tomatoes before he | 16 | | was approved for an internship at Holy Cross Hospital from 1951 | 17 | | to 1952; after his internship, he undertook his residency in | 18 | | general surgery at Grace Hospital in Welsh, West Virginia from | 19 | | 1952 to 1958; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, After returning to Chicago, Dr. Antonio Ramos | 21 | | performed another residency at Hines Veterans Hospital, which | 22 | | was then part of Loyola University, from 1961 to 1966; while at |
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| 1 | | Hines, he received high standards for general surgery; during | 2 | | this time, he received his master's degree from the University | 3 | | of Illinois after being promoted to the program by his | 4 | | professors; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Before he finished his residency, Dr. Antonio | 6 | | Ramos started his own private practice on Milwaukee Avenue in | 7 | | Chicago; he then moved his practice to Ashland Avenue in the | 8 | | Lakeview neighborhood, where he spent 20 years developing his | 9 | | practice; during this time, he worked for the Chicago | 10 | | Blackhawks as a team doctor and an active surgeon for the team; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Following his dream to help the residents of the | 13 | | Pilsen community, Dr. Antonio Ramos opened his clinic on 19th | 14 | | and Blue Island in Chicago in August of 1987, where he has | 15 | | worked with his wife, Dr. Ana Laura Ramos, ever since; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos has been an active member of | 17 | | many community service organizations throughout his | 18 | | professional life; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Antonio Ramos is fondly known throughout the | 20 | | Pilsen community as "el doctor del barrio" (the doctor of the | 21 | | community); therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Dr. Antonio Ramos on the occasion of his | 4 | | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | 5 | | years; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Dr. Antonio Ramos as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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