Full Text of HR0562 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Norman and Brenda | 4 | | Johnson on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on | 5 | | March 18, 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson were married on March | 7 | | 18, 1961; together, they have one daughter, Lorrie Leuthold, | 8 | | three granddaughters, Jessica Young, Angela Moriarity, and | 9 | | Brittany Krysinski, and one great grandchild, Jax; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, With a dream of becoming a doctor, Norman Johnson | 11 | | attended Augustana College in Rock Island, where he earned his | 12 | | bachelor's degree in 1975; Brenda, then working as a beautician | 13 | | and taking on multiple side jobs, helped put Norman through | 14 | | medical school, first at University of Illinois in Champaign | 15 | | then later at Peoria College of Medicine, where he graduated in | 16 | | 1978; Norman then entered an internal medicine residency at | 17 | | Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where he graduated in | 18 | | 1981; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Norman Johnson started a private practice in Pekin | 20 | | in 1981; he then formed the Delavan Medical Center the | 21 | | following year; three years later, he formed the Medical Clinic | 22 | | in Morton and the East Peoria Multi-Specialty Group; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson created Health | 2 | | Professionals Ltd. in 1995 and Advanced Correctional | 3 | | Healthcare in 2003; the family business, which provides health | 4 | | care services to jails, has 205 facilities in 17 states, serves | 5 | | more than 25,000 inmates, and employs more than 500 | 6 | | individuals; Advanced Correctional Healthcare was ranked 37th | 7 | | on Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest growing health care | 8 | | companies in the U.S. in 2007; their daughter, Lorrie, and her | 9 | | husband, Neil, work closely with the family business; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Brenda Johnson owned and operated Johnson & Vaughn | 11 | | Jewelers and Johnson Fine Jewelry until 2005; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Norman Johnson is a past president of Opera | 13 | | Illinois and was chairman of finance for the Central Illinois | 14 | | Medical Association; he has also served on the Illinois | 15 | | Department of Public Health Alzheimer's Research Peer Review | 16 | | Committee and the Illinois Medical Society Political Action | 17 | | Committee; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson enjoy dining out with | 19 | | friends, golf, ballroom dancing, and spending time with their | 20 | | family; they have traveled to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Spain, | 21 | | Morocco, Italy, the Caribbean, and China, and spend seven weeks | 22 | | each year in Hawaii; in addition, Brenda is an avid art |
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| 1 | | collector and Norman enjoys deep sea fishing; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Norman and Brenda Johnson on the occasion of | 5 | | their 50th wedding anniversary and wish them many happy and | 6 | | healthy years to come; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Norman and Brenda Johnson as a symbol of our | 9 | | esteem and respect.
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