Full Text of SR1535 99th 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 Nadine Nichole Allen, M.D., who passed | 4 | | away on February 1, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Allen was born in Lake Forest to Lorna and | 6 | | Orville Allen on September 18, 1977; she was baptized at the | 7 | | 10th Street Church of Christ in North Chicago (now known as | 8 | | North Shore Church of Christ); she graduated from Waukegan High | 9 | | School in 1995 and attended Bradley University, where she | 10 | | majored in pre-professional biology; she continued her | 11 | | education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, | 12 | | where she completed a post-baccalaureate program in Urban | 13 | | Health; she received her Doctorate of Medicine from the | 14 | | University of Illinois College of Medicine in May of 2006; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After completing medical school, Dr. Allen | 16 | | performed her medical internship at Loyola University Medical | 17 | | Center; she then joined Northwestern University to complete her | 18 | | anesthesiology residency; she had a passion for working with | 19 | | children and pursued a Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology | 20 | | at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana; she | 21 | | then joined Rush University Medical Center as an Assistant | 22 | | Professor of Anesthesiology and became a board certified | 23 | | anesthesiologist; she pursued another Fellowship in Pediatric |
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| 1 | | Cardiac Anesthesiology at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at | 2 | | Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia; after completing her | 3 | | fellowships and trainings, she joined St. Louis | 4 | | University/Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center as a | 5 | | double board certified pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist and | 6 | | assistant professor in July of 2015; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Allen was a proud member of Sigma Gamma Rho | 8 | | Sorority, Inc. Zeta Phi Chapter during her undergraduate | 9 | | studies and then joined the Lambda Chi Sigma graduate chapter; | 10 | | she was active in sorority events and enjoyed serving at the | 11 | | Ronald McDonald House; she was also a member of the American | 12 | | Society of Anesthesiologists, the Illinois Society of | 13 | | Anesthesiologists, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the | 14 | | American Medical Association, and the National Medical | 15 | | Association; she was published in the International Journal of | 16 | | Obstetric Anesthesia and spoke at various medical conferences | 17 | | around the country; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Allen was preceded in death by her paternal | 19 | | grandmother, Leleith Allen; her paternal grandfather, Gilford | 20 | | Allen; her maternal grandfather, Clarence McCarthy; and her | 21 | | cousin, Jonathan McKnight; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Allen is survived by her grandmother, Gladys | 23 | | McCarthy; her parents, Lorna and Orville Allen; her sister, |
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| 1 | | Alesia Allen; her brother, Sheldon Allen; her godson, Mekhi | 2 | | McCarthy; her 10 aunts, Alpha (Basil), Yolette, Dawn, | 3 | | Claudette, Patricia, Norma, Donna (Errol), Sandra, Denise | 4 | | (Derrick) Vivienne, and Yvonne; her 6 uncles, Carl, Kenneth | 5 | | (Sharon), Derrick (Angela), Colin(Denise), Jason, and Errol; | 6 | | and a host of other cousins; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Nadine Nichole Allen, M.D., and extend our sincere condolences | 10 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 11 | | it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Dr. Allen as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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