Full Text of SR1559 98th 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 Charles L. Swarts of Oak Park, who passed | 4 | | away on June 16, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charles Swarts was born in Chicago on April 6, | 6 | | 1925 to Charles E. and Louise Freidman Swarts; he graduated | 7 | | from New Trier Township High School in Winnetka in 1943; he | 8 | | served in the United States Army during World War II and in the | 9 | | Air Force during the Korean War; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Charles Swarts graduated from New York Medical College | 11 | | in Valhalla, New York in 1950; he served as an intern at | 12 | | Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and as a pediatric | 13 | | resident at the University of Michigan Poliomyelitis and | 14 | | Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, during which time he | 15 | | assisted with the beta test of the Salk Vaccine for Polio; from | 16 | | 1958-59, he was a fellow at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden | 17 | | and researched the first breath of infants; he was board | 18 | | certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, | 19 | | and in Allergy and Immunology by the American Board of Allergy | 20 | | and Immunology and the American Board of Pediatrics; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1960, Charles Swarts moved to Oak Park where he | 22 | | practiced medicine as a pediatrician and allergist until |
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| 1 | | retiring in 2000; during this period, he was on the staffs of | 2 | | the West Suburban Medical Center, Westlake Hospital, and the | 3 | | Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital; he also served as an Assistant | 4 | | Professor of Pediatrics/Allergy at the University of | 5 | | Illinois-Chicago's Presbyterian-St. Luke's Teaching Hospital; | 6 | | he was proud that he actively practiced medicine for 50 years | 7 | | without being sued for malpractice; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Charles Swarts was very dedicated to his | 9 | | community; he was as a member of the Optimist Club, the Oak | 10 | | Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce, and the Oak Park Board | 11 | | of Health, serving as President of each of these organizations; | 12 | | he was especially dedicated to the youth of the community, | 13 | | volunteering at well-baby clinics in the inner city and with | 14 | | the "Bucking Bronchos" (an exercise program for children with | 15 | | severe asthma); he organized and volunteered at the Greater | 16 | | Chicago Chapter of the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of | 17 | | America's summer camp for children with severe asthma; he was a | 18 | | founder of Snuva Inc., a pharmaceutical company specializing in | 19 | | products for people with allergies and auto-immune diseases; he | 20 | | also served in many professional organizations; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Charles Swarts was preceded in death by his wife, | 22 | | Jane Evans Swarts; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Charles Swarts is survived by his children, |
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| 1 | | Suzanne Winsor, Charles F. (Maxine), and George (Susan); his | 2 | | grandchildren, Carla Winsor, Andrew Winsor, Charles B. Swarts, | 3 | | David Swarts, and Daniel Swarts; his nephews, Tom and John | 4 | | Livingston; and many good friends; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Charles L. Swarts, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Charles Swarts as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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