Full Text of SR0514 101st 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 Dr. Gregory J. Adamson of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on June 11, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Adamson was born in Monticello, Iowa to Robert | 6 | | and Barbara (Vernon) Adamson on December 9, 1960; he graduated | 7 | | Summa Cum Laude from Augustana College with a bachelor's degree | 8 | | in biology and pre-med; he received his medical degree from | 9 | | Stanford University Medical School; he was a member of the | 10 | | Aristea Freshman Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta | 11 | | Chapter; he married Michelle M. Rodriguez in Santa Fe, New | 12 | | Mexico on January 16, 1993; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Adamson started his career in Peoria at Great | 14 | | Plains Orthopedics; he then founded Peoria Hand Surgery in | 15 | | 2015; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Adamson traveled to Haiti to provide free | 17 | | Orthopedic surgical services to victims of the earthquake in | 18 | | 2010; he also regularly volunteered at Cordoba Healthcare, | 19 | | where he provided free medical care to the Peoria community; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Adamson was a member of the J.W. Littler Hand |
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| 1 | | Society, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the | 2 | | Illinois State Medical Society, where he served as a Delegate | 3 | | at the annual meetings and was recently elected as the Region 1 | 4 | | Trustee, and the American Medical Association; he joined the | 5 | | Peoria Medical Society in 1995 and had been active on the board | 6 | | since 2011, taking a leave from 2013 until 2015 to pursue his | 7 | | Masters of Business Administration at the University of | 8 | | Michigan; when he returned, he again joined the board of | 9 | | directors and served as a Director in 2016 and as President | 10 | | Elect in 2017; he was currently serving as the society's | 11 | | immediate Past President; he was published in the Journal of | 12 | | Arthroplasty in 1996; he was a presenter at the Western | 13 | | Orthopedic Association Conference; he was elected to the Peoria | 14 | | County Board in 2016 and represented District 11; his | 15 | | outstanding leadership will be missed; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Adamson was preceded in death by his mother | 17 | | and his brother, Clayton Adamson; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Adamson is survived by his wife, Michelle; his | 19 | | children, Hannah, Clayton, Lily, and Sarah Adamson; his father, | 20 | | Robert Marvin (Shirley) Adamson; and his siblings, Parke | 21 | | (Diane) Adamson and Ellen Kay (Ty) Taylor; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Dr. Gregory J. Adamson and extend our sincere condolences to | 2 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Dr. Adamson as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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