Full Text of HR0580 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. | 4 | | Sheldon I. Miller of Skokie, a founder of and early leader in | 5 | | the field of addiction psychiatry, who passed away on October | 6 | | 2, 2011; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, He was born on June 29, 1938, to Edward A. and | 8 | | Evelyn (née Kleinman) Miller in Cleveland, Ohio; he graduated | 9 | | from Oberlin College in 1960 and Tufts Medical School in 1964, | 10 | | and completed his residency in psychiatry at the University | 11 | | Hospitals in Cleveland; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He spent 2 years with the Public Health Service on | 13 | | the Navajo Indian Reservation, addressing the psychiatric | 14 | | needs of that population; during that time, he became concerned | 15 | | with the Navajos' struggles with alcoholism and depression; | 16 | | this interest defined the future course of his research; he | 17 | | continued to focus on this subject, conducting some of the | 18 | | first studies leading to the definition of fetal alcohol | 19 | | syndrome and of alcoholism as a disease; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Miller was Professor Emeritus and former chair | 21 | | (1991-2002) of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral | 22 | | Sciences at Northwestern University; he was also the author of |
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| 1 | | more than 100 publications, including major textbooks on | 2 | | addiction; Dr. Miller was a founding member of the American | 3 | | Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, a member of the Group for the | 4 | | Advancement of Psychiatry, and a Distinguished Fellow of the | 5 | | American Psychiatric Association; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, He was instrumental in achieving the recognition | 7 | | of the subspecialty of addiction psychiatry by the American | 8 | | Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Dr. Miller was deeply | 9 | | involved in psychiatric education throughout his career; from | 10 | | 1996 to 1999, he served as the chair of the ACGME Psychiatry | 11 | | Residency Review Committee, which establishes policy and | 12 | | curricula for residency training programs across the United | 13 | | States; he was also a committed advocate for the mentally ill, | 14 | | tirelessly advocating on their behalf at both the state and | 15 | | national legislative levels; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Miller was a masterful teacher, generously | 17 | | giving of his time to educate people about the field of | 18 | | psychiatry and addiction and to advocate for better mental | 19 | | health policy and more humane treatment of mental health care | 20 | | patients; this education and advocacy frequently resulted in | 21 | | better policy outcomes in the State of Illinois and helped many | 22 | | lead more productive and healthier lives; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sheldon Miller is survived by his wife of 50 |
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| 1 | | years, Sarah Miller (née Johnston); his daughter, Lynne; his | 2 | | son-in-law, Mark Jones; his grandchildren, Lily, Ian, and Nell; | 3 | | and his son, David W. Miller and his partner, Lee Griesbach; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Dr. | 8 | | Sheldon Miller; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Dr. Sheldon Miller as a symbol of | 11 | | our sincere sympathy.
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