Full Text of SR0263 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Morton "Mort" D. Barnett M.D. of | 4 | | Scottsdale, Arizona, formerly of Joliet, who passed away on | 5 | | April 18, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Morton Barnett was born on April 23, 1938, in Oak | 7 | | Park to Ivy and Reginald A. Barnett; he graduated from Oak | 8 | | Park-River Forest High School in 1956, from the University of | 9 | | Illinois in 1959, and from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in | 10 | | 1963; he married Harriet Bernstein; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Morton Barnett served a medical internship in San | 12 | | Bernardino, California, and a residency in dermatology at Cook | 13 | | County Hospital in Chicago; he was a flight surgeon in the | 14 | | United States Air Force, stationed with the 5th Fighter | 15 | | Interceptor Squadron in Minot, North Dakota; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Morton Barnett practiced dermatology for 32 years | 17 | | in Joliet and founded Dermatology Ltd., now known as Premier | 18 | | Dermatology; he was certified by the American Board of | 19 | | Dermatology, was a fellow of the American Academy of | 20 | | Dermatology, a member of the Illinois State Medical Society, | 21 | | The Will-Grundy Medical Society, and the Chicago | 22 | | Dermatological Society, where he was named practitioner of the |
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| 1 | | year in 1998; he volunteered at the Will-Grundy County Medical | 2 | | Clinic and the Will County Crisis Line; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Morton Barnett was the president of the Sanctuary | 4 | | Homeowners Association since its inception and a past board | 5 | | member of the Joliet Jewish Congregation; he and Harriet were | 6 | | honored by the congregation in 2011; in his retirement, he | 7 | | enjoyed constructing scale models and was a die-hard Chicago | 8 | | Cubs fan; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Morton Barnett was preceded in death by his | 10 | | parents; his dear in-laws, Adolph and Sylvia Bernstein; his | 11 | | sister-in-law, Elaine (the late Gary) Cohen and Eleanor (the | 12 | | late Donald) Baker; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Morton Barnett was the beloved husband of Harriet; | 14 | | the devoted father of Julie (Keith) Kyzer and Dr. Brian | 15 | | (Marisa) Barnett; the cherished grandfather of Alyssa and David | 16 | | Kyzer, Matthew, Andrew, and Christopher Barnett, and Justin | 17 | | Addison and Abigail Ridgway; the loving twin brother of Nancy | 18 | | (the late Edward E.) Yalowitz; and the brother-in-law of Eugene | 19 | | (Nancy) Bernstein; he is also survived by many special nieces, | 20 | | nephews, friends, and colleagues; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Morton Barnett, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Morton Barnett as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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