Bill Text: IL HR1169 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Dr. Karen J. Nichols on the occasion of her inauguration as President of the American Osteopathic Association in Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR1169 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1169-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Karen J. Nichols on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of her inauguration as President of the American | ||||||
| 5 | Osteopathic Association in Chicago; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nichols will be the first woman to serve as | ||||||
| 7 | national President of the American Osteopathic Association | ||||||
| 8 | since its creation 113 years ago; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nichols is a past president of the American | ||||||
| 10 | College of Osteopathic Internists and the Arizona Osteopathic | ||||||
| 11 | Medical Association; she has also served as a trustee of the | ||||||
| 12 | American Osteopathic Association for many years; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nichols has served as the Dean of the Chicago | ||||||
| 14 | College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University since | ||||||
| 15 | 2002; she collaborates with her fellow deans of medical schools | ||||||
| 16 | both in the State of Illinois and across the nation; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, As Dean of the Chicago College of Osteopathic | ||||||
| 18 | Medicine of Midwestern University, Dr. Nichols has focused | ||||||
| 19 | greatly on increasing student, faculty, and alumni involvement | ||||||
| 20 | in specialty and state medical societies, such as the Illinois | ||||||
| 21 | Osteopathic Medical Society, who named her recipient of their | ||||||
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| 1 | highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, in 2003; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nichols has personally escorted busloads of | ||||||
| 3 | Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine students to | ||||||
| 4 | Springfield for Osteopathic Physicians Days at the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | State Capitol; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nichols' work as a Health Policy Fellow and as | ||||||
| 7 | a national leader for the osteopathic medical profession has | ||||||
| 8 | reinforced her understanding of the importance of physician | ||||||
| 9 | legislative advocacy; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 12 | congratulate Karen J. Nichols on being elected by her peers as | ||||||
| 13 | the President of the American Osteopathic Association and wish | ||||||
| 14 | her continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to Dr. Karen Nichols as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 18 | respect.
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