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92_SR0475 LRB9217140RHrh 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; -2- LRB9217140RHrh 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.