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92_HR0317

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  are pleased to recognize milestone events in
 4    the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and

 5        WHEREAS, It has come to our  attention  that  Stanley  R.
 6    Huffman,  M.D.  is  retiring  from  his  medical  practice in
 7    Charleston, Illinois on June 30, 2001; and

 8        WHEREAS, Stanley R. Huffman, M.D. was born in  Lexington,
 9    Kentucky;   he  graduated  with  high  distinction  from  the
10    University of Kentucky in 1959, where he  also  served  as  a
11    member of Phi Beta Kappa Scholastic Fraternity; he earned his
12    medical  degree  from  George  Washington University in 1963,
13    where he also  served  as  a  member  of  Alpha  Omega  Alpha
14    Scholastic  Fraternity; in addition, he served an internship,
15    his residency in Internal Medicine,  and  his  fellowship  in
16    Gastroenterology   at  the  University  of  Kentucky  Medical
17    Center; and

18        WHEREAS, Dr. Huffman began  a  private  practice  at  the
19    Houston-McDevitt  Clinic in Murray, Kentucky in 1969; he then
20    served as Director of the Coronary  Unit  at  Murray-Calloway
21    County  Hospital  in  Murray,  Kentucky,  as physician at the
22    Student Health Service and as Associate Professor of Clinical
23    Medicine at the University of Kentucky  Medical  Center  from
24    1971  through 1979; as Chief of Medical Services at the Sarah
25    Bush Lincoln Health Center in 1980 and as  its  President  in
26    1983,  and  serving  as  physician at his private practice in
27    Charleston, Illinois where he has worked since 1979; and

28        WHEREAS, Dr. Huffman is affiliated with many professional
29    organizations,   including   the   American    Society    for
30    Gastrointestinal  Endoscopy,  the American Heart Association,
31    the    American    Gastroenterological    Association,    the
32    Coles-Cumberland County Medical Society, the  Illinois  State
 
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 1    Medical Society, and the American Medical Association; he has
 2    served  in various leadership positions at Sarah Bush Lincoln
 3    Health   Center   including   as    its    past    President,
 4    Vice-President,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors, and
 5    presently as its attending M.D. and Treasurer;  he  has  also
 6    served  as  an  Adjunct Instructor in the College of Physical
 7    Education and Recreation at Eastern Illinois  University,  as
 8    Clinical  Associate  at the University of Illinois College of
 9    Medicine in Urbana, and as a  board  member  of  the  Eastern
10    Illinois University Foundation; and

11        WHEREAS,  During  his  career,  Dr.  Huffman authored and
12    co-authored  articles  for  "Digestive  Diseases"   and   the
13    "Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine"; and

14        WHEREAS,  Dr. Huffman is supported by his loving and very
15    proud family, who include his  wife,  Maggie,  his  children,
16    Gary, Daniel, Dana, and David, and his grandchildren; and

17        WHEREAS,  Dr.  Huffman will spend his retirement with his
18    grandchildren and keep up his active participation in tennis,
19    racket ball, golf and working in the garden; and

20        WHEREAS, Over the years, Dr. Huffman has  shown  that  an
21    individual  can  successfully  adapt  to  all the progressive
22    medical demands  while  maintaining  the  personal  qualities
23    necessary  of  a  true "family" physician; he is deeply loved
24    and respected by all who know him, and will be dearly missed;
25    therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
27    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    we  congratulate  Stanley  R. Huffman, M.D. on his retirement
29    from his Charleston, Illinois medical practice  and  we  wish
30    him well in all of his future endeavors; and be it further

31        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 
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 1    presented to Stanley R. Huffman, M.D. as an expression of our
 2    esteem.

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