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92_SR0475

 
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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Illinois  Senate  wish  to
 3    express their sincerest condolences to the family and friends
 4    of  Dr. Putrina Dunlap-Deas, who passed away on May 30, 2002,
 5    in Columbia, South Carolina; and

 6        WHEREAS. Dr. Putrina Dunlap-Deas was born  on  April  28,
 7    1965  in  Chicago,  Illinois;  she  was  the daughter of Mrs.
 8    Rudell Betts Dunlap Jackson and the late  Eddie  Lee  Dunlap;
 9    and

10        WHEREAS,  Dr.  Dunlap-Deas' educational training included
11    Loyola University of Chicago, where she received a  Bachelors
12    of  Science  degree with honors in Pre-Med, the University of
13    Illinois College of Medicine, where she received her  medical
14    degree  and  graduated  with  honors  in  Genetics,  and  the
15    Cleveland   Clinic   Foundation,   where  she  completed  her
16    residency  (Orthopaedic  Surgery),  the  James   A.   Dickson
17    Fellowship  in  Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery, and
18    an Internship in General Surgery; and

19        WHEREAS,   Dr.   Dunlap-Deas'   professional   employment
20    included the University of South Carolina School of Medicine;
21    there she served as an Assistant Professor in the  Department
22    of  Orthopaedic  Surgery;  she  also  worked  with  the  Ohio
23    Permanente  Medical  Group  in  the Department of Orthopaedic
24    Surgery (Cleveland, OH); At the time of her death, she was in
25    private practice in the area of Orthopaedic Surgery with  Dr.
26    Barry Oliver; and

27        WHEREAS,  Dr.  Dunlap-Deas  was  licensed by the American
28    Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons in the states of Ohio and South
29    Carolina, by the Advanced Life Support, Metro Health  Medical
30    Center,  and by the National  Board of Medical Examiners; her
31    membership  in  professional   organizations   included   the
32    Columbia Medical Society, South Carolina Medical Association;
 
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 1    Congaree Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association, and
 2    the  American  Academy  of Orthopaedic Surgeons; her research
 3    presentations were also extensive; and

 4        WHEREAS, Dr. Dunlap-Deas was united in holy matrimony  to
 5    Attorney  John  Benjamin  Deas;  they  relocated to Columbia,
 6    South Carolina, from Cleveland, Ohio in July 1999; she was  a
 7    member  of Grace Church Ministries in Columbia, where she was
 8    a member of the Women' Ministry; and

 9        WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Putrina Dunlap-Deas  will  be
10    deeply  felt by all who knew and loved her, especially by her
11    devoted husband, John; her loving mother, Rudell Jackson; her
12    special big brother, Targett Johnson;  her  affectionate  big
13    sister,  Lennette  (husband,  Arthur) Dunlap-Hill; her mother
14    in-law, Maggie L. Deas; her friend, Mama Jeri; and  her  many
15    nephews,  nieces,  and  a  host of other loving relatives and
16    friends; therefore, be it

17        RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-SECOND  GENERAL
18    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
19    all who knew her, the death of  Dr.  Putrina  Dunlap-Deas  of
20    Columbia, South Carolina; and be it further

21        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
22    presented to the family of Dr. Putrina Dunlap-Deas  with  our
23    sincere condolences.

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