Full Text of SR1383 100th 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 Albert Lyle Van Ness, M.D., F.A.C.P., who | 4 | | passed away on February 1, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness was born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania | 6 | | to Augustus Lyle and Alleice Thomas Van Ness on January 5, | 7 | | 1926; he relocated to his father's hometown of Bloomington in | 8 | | 1930 and graduated from Bloomington High School in 1944; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July of | 10 | | 1944; he was admitted to the Navy V-12 program and attended | 11 | | John Carroll University until his discharge in November of | 12 | | 1945; he graduated from Indiana University in 1947, where he | 13 | | was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity; in 1951, he | 14 | | graduated third in his class from the Indiana University School | 15 | | of Medicine and was a proud member of the Alpha Omega Alpha | 16 | | Honorary Scholastic Medical Society; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness married Julia Beeson on June 9, 1951 | 18 | | and they resided in Chicago while he completed his internship | 19 | | at the University of Chicago; he joined the U.S. Air Force in | 20 | | 1952 and served in Korea until 1954; he was attached to the | 21 | | 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing at Suwon, Korea and was | 22 | | discharged as a captain and commander of the 502nd U.S.A.F. |
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| 1 | | Medical Group in 1954; he then completed his residency at the | 2 | | University of Chicago in internal medicine; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness returned to Bloomington in 1957 and | 4 | | entered private practice; in 1960, he joined State Farm as an | 5 | | assistant medical director; in 1964, he became the medical | 6 | | director at State Farm, a position he held for 25 years; in | 7 | | April of 1966, he was inducted as a fellow of the American | 8 | | College of Physicians; shortly thereafter, he returned to | 9 | | private practice while remaining at State Farm; in 1971, he | 10 | | co-founded Medical Hills, which continues to provide quality | 11 | | medical services to the residents of McLean County and beyond; | 12 | | he became a vice president at State Farm in 1970; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness was active in many professional, | 14 | | academic, and civic organizations; he served on, and eventually | 15 | | chaired, the Bloomington Planning and Zoning Commission from | 16 | | 1964 to 1969; in 1972, he started as a clinical associate at | 17 | | the University of Illinois College of Medicine; he served as a | 18 | | clinical instructor from 1979 to 1990; he was the chief of the | 19 | | Brokaw Hospital Staff in 1973 and 1974; he was a councilor for | 20 | | the Illinois Chapter of the American College of Physicians from | 21 | | 1984 to 1990; he was awarded the 1989 Marion Laboratories | 22 | | Clinical Laureate Award for outstanding contributions in the | 23 | | field of internal medicine; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Shortly after his retirement from State Farm, Dr. | 2 | | Van Ness started his unintended second medical career; he | 3 | | obtained a North Carolina medical license, then added ones in | 4 | | Arizona, Indiana, and Maine; he continued to see patients for | 5 | | the next 11 years; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness was a "walking encyclopedia"; he | 7 | | enjoyed working on cars, home repairs, refinishing furniture, | 8 | | telling jokes, visiting museums and art galleries, duck hunting | 9 | | at Mound Lake, fishing in the Arctic Circle, and reading about | 10 | | the universe; he also enjoyed dining at the Seafood Club and | 11 | | playing cards with the Wednesday night poker group; he and his | 12 | | wife enjoyed traveling the world together; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness was preceded in death by his wife of | 14 | | 57 years, Judy; his parents; and his sister, Maryellen | 15 | | (Richard) Seniff; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Van Ness is survived by his children, Paul | 17 | | Beeson Van Ness, Stephanie (David) Meara, Jonathan Lyle Van | 18 | | Ness, and Julia Carol Van Ness; his grandchildren, Dr. Michael | 19 | | Paul (Dr. Alexa) Meara, Dr. Meredith Colleen (Chad) Duke, John | 20 | | David (Kelly) Meara, Thomas Lyle (Lesley) Van Ness, Benjamin | 21 | | Beeson (Amanda) Van Ness, and Jonathan MacDonald Van Ness; and | 22 | | 10 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Albert Lyle Van Ness, M.D., F.A.C.P., and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Dr. Van Ness as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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