Bill Text: IL HR1075 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dr. Jerry Umanos of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-07 - Resolution Adopted [HR1075 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1075-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 saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Jerry | ||||||
| 4 | Umanos of Chicago; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry Umanos received his medical training | ||||||
| 6 | from the Wayne State University School of Medicine and | ||||||
| 7 | completed his residency at the Children's Hospital of Michigan; | ||||||
| 8 | he was also certified by the American Board of Pediatrics; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry Umanos spent his career serving children | ||||||
| 10 | in need, including practicing pediatric medicine at the | ||||||
| 11 | Lawndale Christian Health Center in Chicago for more than 25 | ||||||
| 12 | years; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry Umanos and his wife, Jan Schuitema, a | ||||||
| 14 | teacher, spent the past ten years living in Chicago and | ||||||
| 15 | Afghanistan in order to care for and teach the neediest | ||||||
| 16 | children; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry Umanos was training, teaching, and | ||||||
| 18 | working beside physician residents, midwives, and community | ||||||
| 19 | health workers at Cure International Hospital in Kabul, | ||||||
| 20 | Afghanistan to care for over 37,000 sick and injured children | ||||||
| 21 | and mothers every year; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry Umanos was instrumental in creating | ||||||
| 2 | Empowerment Health at Cure International Hospital, a program | ||||||
| 3 | aimed at teaching Afghan women basic health education and | ||||||
| 4 | skills to provide health services in their communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, On April 24, 2014, a gunman opened fired at Cure | ||||||
| 6 | International Hospital, killing 3 Americans, including Dr. | ||||||
| 7 | Jerry Umanos; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Jerry Umanos is survived by his wife and their | ||||||
| 9 | three children; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we mourn the passing of Dr. Jerry Umanos, and extend our | ||||||
| 13 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 14 | and loved him; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Dr. Jerry Umanos as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our deepest sympathy.
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