Full Text of SR2485 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Dr. Anjuli Seth Nayak of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on November 22, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Nayak was born in Kanpur, India to Bhagwan Das | 6 | | and
Krishna Seth on September 27, 1954; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Nayak moved to Bloomington-Normal in 1987 to | 8 | | establish her medical practice, where she
specialized in the | 9 | | field of allergy, asthma, and immunology; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Nayak was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic | 11 | | Leukemia (ALL) in December of 2010 and committed her
own life | 12 | | to the research and treatment of this life-threatening disease; | 13 | | she volunteered to
participate in experimental treatment | 14 | | trials of ALL; she participated in the first
adult patient | 15 | | group with ALL to be re-treated with their own genetically | 16 | | engineered immune cells to
treat the disease; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2015, Dr. Nayak created the Anjuli Seth Nayak | 18 | | Professorship in Leukemia at The University of
Chicago; her | 19 | | treating physician, Dr. Wendy Stock, is the first holder of the | 20 | | endowed
professorship; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Nayak was preceded in death by her parents; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Nayak is survived by her brother, Sudir | 4 | | (Indira) Seth; her sisters, Manjula (Sushil) Khanna, and
Mridul | 5 | | (Anil) Sekhri; her sons, Dr. David (Alicia) Nayak, Dr. Zachary | 6 | | (Marcia) Nayak, and Dr.
Luke (Rachel) Nayak; her grandson, | 7 | | David Nayak Jr.; and her granddaughter, Lily Edith Nayak; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Dr. Anjuli Seth Nayak, and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Dr. Nayak as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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