Bill Text: IL HR0604 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Kenneth W. Lukhard on his retirement after 12 years as president of Advocate Christ Medical Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0604 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0604-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Kenneth W. Lukhard on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his retirement after 12 years as president of | ||||||
5 | Advocate Christ Medical Center; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Advocate Christ Medical Center is a 749-bed | ||||||
7 | tertiary/quaternary campus located in Oak Lawn; it is part of | ||||||
8 | Advocate Health Care, ranked one of the nation's Top 5 large | ||||||
9 | health systems by Truven Analytics; with 12 hospitals and more | ||||||
10 | than 250 sites of care, it is the largest integrated health | ||||||
11 | system in Illinois; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Kenneth Lukhard's current team has won numerous | ||||||
13 | awards and received recognition for clinical outcomes, patient | ||||||
14 | and associate satisfaction, and nursing excellence; over the | ||||||
15 | course of his 30 years of hospital CEO experience, four of his | ||||||
16 | hospitals have achieved "100 Top Hospital" designation during | ||||||
17 | his tenure; "U.S. News & World Report" rates Advocate Christ | ||||||
18 | Medical Center as one of the best 50 medical centers in the | ||||||
19 | country in several specialties; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Kenneth Lukhard originally studied to be a | ||||||
21 | Presbyterian minister and earned his Bachelor of Arts in | ||||||
22 | Theology and his first graduate degree in counseling; after |
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1 | several years as a minister and psychological counselor, he | ||||||
2 | entered health care and earned a graduate degree in health | ||||||
3 | services administration from the University of San Francisco; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, Kenneth Lukhard and his wife, Carla, have seven | ||||||
6 | children and seven (soon to be eight) grandchildren; he enjoys | ||||||
7 | various activities with his family; they are avid boaters and | ||||||
8 | enjoy snow skiing together; faith remains an integral part of | ||||||
9 | the Lukhard family; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
11 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | congratulate Kenneth W. Lukhard on his retirement after 12 | ||||||
13 | years as president of Advocate Christ Medical Center, and we | ||||||
14 | wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
15 | further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to Kenneth Lukhard as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
18 | esteem.
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