Full Text of HR1457 94th General Assembly
HR1457 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Lawrence | 4 |
| A. Pottenger, MD, PhD, on Monday, September 25, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Born May 21, 1944, in DeKalb, Lawrence Avery | 6 |
| Pottenger earned his SB degree in physiology (1966), PhD in | 7 |
| pathology (1972), and MD (1974, with honors) from the | 8 |
| University of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an associate professor emeritus of surgery | 10 |
| and pathology at the University of Chicago and had a particular | 11 |
| interest in arthritis, the orthopedic problems in the elderly, | 12 |
| and improving artificial joints; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Pottenger worked as a clinician and surgeon, | 14 |
| performing almost 350 operations a year, mostly hip and knee | 15 |
| replacements, for 25 years; he helped introduce | 16 |
| hip-replacement techniques that avoid the use of cement, which | 17 |
| is prone to loosening with use, and was an early advocate of | 18 |
| less-invasive operations, using smaller incisions; and
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| WHEREAS, He also spent time teaching medical students, | 20 |
| doing research on the composition of cartilage and the changes | 21 |
| that occur in the progression of osteoarthritis, and designing | 22 |
| artificial joints; he and colleague Louis Draganich, PhD, | 23 |
| designed and patented the Two Radius Area Contact (TRAC) knee | 24 |
| to provide a more durable joint with normal range of motion | 25 |
| that made it suitable for younger and more active patients; and
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| WHEREAS, He did a five-year residency in general and | 27 |
| orthopedic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, | 28 |
| where he met a nurse, Barbara Merlo, whom he married in 1977; | 29 |
| he was recruited back to the University of Chicago as an | 30 |
| orthopedic surgeon in 1979; he was promoted to associate |
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| professor in 1984 and served as chairman of orthopedics from | 2 |
| 1984 to 1986 and as vice-chairman from 1986 to 1992; and
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| WHEREAS, Because of his technical skills, his empathy for | 4 |
| patients and their devotion to him, and his success in the | 5 |
| laboratory, Dr. Pottenger rose to prominence in the | 6 |
| professional societies in his field; he authored six book | 7 |
| chapters, 30 articles in scientific journals, and more than 60 | 8 |
| abstracts; he served on multiple oversight boards and | 9 |
| committees for the Association of Orthopedic Chairman, the | 10 |
| American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Orthopedic Research | 11 |
| Society, and others; he was a member of the editorial board for | 12 |
| the Journal of Surgical Research and a regular peer reviewer | 13 |
| for JAMA; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Pottenger was devoted to his patients; he | 15 |
| often went to their homes or saw them in clinic without an | 16 |
| appointment; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Pottenger has been deeply felt | 18 |
| by many, especially his wife, Barbara; his daughters, Katherine | 19 |
| and Lindsey; his brothers, Eugene and Gary; his sister, Chelon | 20 |
| Stanzel; and his son-in-law Eric Bartlett; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 |
| we mourn the passing of Lawrence A. Pottenger, and we extend | 24 |
| our deepest sympathy to his family, his friends, and all who | 25 |
| knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 28 |
| condolences.
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