Full Text of HR0696 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representative are saddened to learn of the
death of Dr. Leland | 4 | | Phipps, who passed away May 22, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phipps was born in Kankakee to Odgen and | 6 | | Margaret
Phipps on November 20, 1952; he received his | 7 | | engineering degree from Northwestern University and went on to | 8 | | earn his medical degree at the University of Illinois Medical | 9 | | Center in 1978; he completed his residency in family practice | 10 | | at the University of Kansas; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phipps began his career in rural medicine at | 12 | | the Paris Medical Center Clinic
in 1981, where he practiced for | 13 | | the next 36 years, becoming an integral part of the community; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Due to the great shortage of obstetric services in | 16 | | rural areas, early in his
career, Dr. Phipps delivered numerous | 17 | | babies, averaging 200 arrivals from the stork annually; he did | 18 | | this without a
partner for several years, requiring him to be | 19 | | on call 24 hours a day; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, During his many years of service to his hospital, | 21 | | Dr. Phipps was seen as their
patriarch, taking many leadership |
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| 1 | | roles as chief of staff, hospital board member, and the
| 2 | | director of both the Diabetes Management Program and the | 3 | | Respiratory Therapy Department,
where he mentored many | 4 | | students who went on to achieve successful careers in | 5 | | healthcare; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In addition to serving on the Edgar County Board | 7 | | of Health, Dr. Phipps was an
active member in a variety of | 8 | | professional associations both at the local and international
| 9 | | levels, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, | 10 | | the American Diabetes
Association, the Edgar County Medical | 11 | | Society, the Southern Illinois Medical Association, the | 12 | | Illinois State Medical Society, and the World Organization of | 13 | | Family Doctors; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phipps was viewed by many as the last of the | 15 | | typical country doctors, seeing
who ever needed to be seen in a | 16 | | day, regardless of the number of patients he already had
| 17 | | scheduled; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phipps shared his medical expertise as a | 19 | | clinical instructor at both Southern
Illinois University and | 20 | | the University of Illinois; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phipps received the 2017 Rural Physician of | 22 | | Excellence Award
posthumously from the Illinois Rural Health |
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| 1 | | Association; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phipps was a passionate fan of his beloved | 3 | | Chicago Cubs; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phipps made a huge impact improving the | 5 | | healthcare environment in eastern
Illinois, through the many | 6 | | generations of families he treated, as well as the students he | 7 | | inspired,
and his death has left a tremendous void in the | 8 | | community; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 | | mourn the passing of Dr. Leland Phipps and extend our
sincere | 12 | | condolences to his family, friends and all who knew and loved | 13 | | him; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy be presented to his family | 15 | | and loved ones as an
expression of our deepest sympathy.
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