Full Text of HR0982 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Bernard "Bernie" Nash on | 4 | | the occasion of his 100th birthday on November 7, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Nash was born in Minnesota on November 7, | 6 | | 1922; he joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 19 in 1941; he | 7 | | trained at the Glenview Naval Air Station, located north of | 8 | | Chicago, where he learned to fly a single-engine, two-person | 9 | | dive bomber called the Douglas SBD Dauntless; he later saw | 10 | | combat in World War II; he stepped away from active duty, | 11 | | continuing to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserves until he | 12 | | retired as a two-star rear admiral in 1982; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Nash took a job with the federal | 14 | | government in the 1960s, during which the Older Americans Act | 15 | | of 1965 had created the Administration on Aging within the | 16 | | U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, where he | 17 | | worked as deputy commissioner; he became a key figure in the | 18 | | fight to establish the Medicare and Medicaid programs that | 19 | | began in 1965; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Nash became the first executive director | 21 | | of AARP after leaving the Administration on Aging, and he | 22 | | served in that position until his retirement in 1982; during |
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| 1 | | his tenure, he was credited with establishing the Tax-Aide | 2 | | Program in the 1970s, a program in which AARP volunteers help | 3 | | older Americans file income taxes and save millions of dollars | 4 | | a year by claiming deductions they otherwise might have | 5 | | missed, serving 2.7 million annually today; he was also | 6 | | credited with helping to found the Foster Grandparents | 7 | | program, in which older volunteers serve as mentors and role | 8 | | models to children; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Nash was the first speaker at the 2015 | 10 | | White House Conference on Aging, where he introduced Valerie | 11 | | Jarrett, senior adviser to then-President Barack Obama, and | 12 | | was also acknowledged as a leading figure in the fight to | 13 | | establish the Medicare and Medicaid programs; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Nash currently lives at the Smith Crossing | 15 | | senior living community in Orland Park; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate Bernard "Bernie" Nash on celebrating his 100th | 19 | | birthday, and we wish him many more happy and healthy years; | 20 | | and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Bernie Nash as an expression of our esteem and |
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