Full Text of HR1055 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate J. Maichle "Mike" Bacon on | 4 | | his retirement as Public Health Administrator of the Winnebago | 5 | | County Health Department; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon has dedicated his exceptional 43-year | 7 | | professional career to the integration of personal health care | 8 | | and community-based preventive health services for health | 9 | | improvement, planning, and effective management of preventive | 10 | | health programs; this includes chronic, infectious and | 11 | | cardiovascular disease prevention, health promotion, | 12 | | environmental health, epidemiology, and the interrelatedness | 13 | | and the application of physical and health sciences in | 14 | | prevention and population-based health services; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Since the beginning of his career in 1971, Mr. | 16 | | Bacon has passionately made strides in improving the local | 17 | | public health system-particularly in the areas of | 18 | | environmental health, maternal-child health, infectious | 19 | | disease prevention and control, emergency preparedness, | 20 | | management and budgeting; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Bold actions were taken by Mr. Bacon in | 22 | | establishing progressive approaches deemed by State and |
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| 1 | | federal authorities as models for others, e.g., a community | 2 | | health needs assessment and a comprehensive, community-wide | 3 | | approach to controlling tobacco use by minors; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Many of the innovative, successful programs | 5 | | developed by Mr. Bacon and the Winnebago County Health | 6 | | Department earned recognition and prestigious awards, | 7 | | including the Samuel J. Crumbine Award for the best local food | 8 | | protection program in the country, the Centers for Disease | 9 | | Control Outstanding Achievement Award for the breast cancer | 10 | | education and screening initiative, the Illinois Department of | 11 | | Public Health (IDPH) Excellence in Community Leadership Award | 12 | | for the black male health program to target health inequities | 13 | | and the IDPH Statewide Excellence in Pediatric Care Community | 14 | | Service Award for providing the clinical care component of a | 15 | | local refugee program; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In efforts to address some of the community's most | 17 | | significant health problems, Mr. Bacon and the Winnebago County | 18 | | Health Department worked with local partners to develop new | 19 | | grant-supported initiatives focusing on areas such as | 20 | | maternal-child health, chronic disease prevention, | 21 | | school-linked health, public safety, and lead poisoning hazard | 22 | | remediation; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, In over 30 presentations at State and national |
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| 1 | | professional conferences and more than a dozen publications, | 2 | | Mr. Bacon shared relevant lessons learned and important | 3 | | research findings; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon has gracefully made countless | 5 | | contributions to the modern public health system through his | 6 | | dedicated involvement in local, regional, State and national | 7 | | professional and membership organizations and academic | 8 | | institutions; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon served as President of the Illinois | 10 | | Public Health Association and was the impetus for a number of | 11 | | important and successful initiatives including the realignment | 12 | | of maternal and child health services at IDPH, the development | 13 | | of a white paper and policy resolution that would implement a | 14 | | local health protection and health promotion block grant, the | 15 | | development of key policy recommendations to prevent acts of | 16 | | violence related to firearms, and the overall strengthening of | 17 | | IPHA's policy and advocacy efforts to promote and protect the | 18 | | public's health; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon was one of the founding board members of | 20 | | the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium, which is one of | 21 | | the many organizations profoundly grateful for the vision and | 22 | | impact he has made in advocacy efforts promoting core public | 23 | | health; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate and honor J. Maichle "Mike" Bacon for being an | 4 | | outstanding public health professional; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Maichle Bacon as a symbol of our respect and | 7 | | esteem.
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