Full Text of SR0613 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 Harold L. Jensen M.D. of Frankfort, who | 4 | | passed away on May 22, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jensen was born in Pillager, Minnesota; he | 6 | | served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1948, achieving | 7 | | the rank of second lieutenant; his passion for medicine began | 8 | | one night while a child living at a boarding house, holding a | 9 | | mason jar of leeches to assist a physician making a house call | 10 | | for a patient with high blood pressure; he earned his | 11 | | undergraduate degree in clinical psychology from the | 12 | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign and his medical | 13 | | degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jensen cared for countless south suburban | 15 | | patients since completing his residency in internal medicine at | 16 | | Illinois Central Hospital in 1957; he was a longtime medical | 17 | | staff member at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, where he | 18 | | also served as the hospital's vice president of medical | 19 | | affairs, as chair of the Department of Medicine, and as medical | 20 | | staff president; he was the voice of the medical staff of Hazel | 21 | | Crest's South Suburban Hospital, now part of the Advocate | 22 | | system; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1991, Dr. Jensen was elected ISMIE Mutual | 2 | | Insurance Company's third chairman; he steered the company | 3 | | through difficult market conditions in the 1990s and early | 4 | | 2000s, launched the industry-leading Managing Risk program in | 5 | | 2004, and fostered ISMIE's current national expansion; he | 6 | | pioneered innovative risk management education to improve | 7 | | patient safety and protect physicians from medical liability; | 8 | | he advocated tirelessly for legal fairness and balance in | 9 | | Illinois' courtrooms; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jensen was a member and leader of the Illinois | 11 | | State Medical Society; he served as Illinois State Medical | 12 | | Society chairman from 1988 to 1990; prior to that, he was | 13 | | president of the Chicago Medical Society from 1985 from 1986; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jensen was a voracious reader, enjoyed golf, | 16 | | loved animals, and was an expert woodcrafter; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Jensen is survived by his wife, Sandra; his | 18 | | children, Eric Jensen (Elizabeth), Kris Ann Bahl (Ken), and | 19 | | Beth Susan Montblanc (Patrick); six grandchildren; and one | 20 | | great-grandchild; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Harold L. Jensen M.D., 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. Jensen as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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