Full Text of SR0802 94th General Assembly
SR0802 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Sal L. Piazza, MD, FACS, of | 4 |
| Naperville and formerly of Chicago on Wednesday, July 19, 2006; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, He grew up in Chicago in the Roseland community, | 7 |
| and his parents were Leo Piazza of Chicago and Angelina | 8 |
| (Colletti) of Corleone, Sicily; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Piazza was a graduate of Fenger High School in | 10 |
| Chicago, Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and the University | 11 |
| of Illinois Medical School; he did his first years of residency | 12 |
| in Peoria at St. Francis Hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Marilyn Domikaitis on August 20, 1955, | 14 |
| and together they shared over 50 years of marriage; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, He went on to serve in the United States Air Force | 16 |
| as a surgeon and medical officer in the late 1950s; he held the | 17 |
| rank of captain at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his military service, he completed his | 19 |
| surgical residency at the West Side Veterans Administration | 20 |
| Hospital, affiliated with the University of Illinois; he was | 21 |
| board-certified in general surgery and was a Fellow of the | 22 |
| American College of Surgeons; and
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| WHEREAS, During his career, he served in many positions at | 24 |
| Edward Hospital in Naperville, including chairman of the | 25 |
| Department of Surgery, director of trauma, chief of staff, and | 26 |
| as a member of the Board of Trustees of both the hospital and | 27 |
| the hospital foundation; he was serving as a member of the | 28 |
| board of trustees at Benedictine University in Lisle and the | 29 |
| Center for Surgery in Naperville; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the first recipient of an award named after | 2 |
| him at Edward Hospital, the Sal Piazza, MD, Physician | 3 |
| Recognition Award, first given on April 29, 2006; the award | 4 |
| will be given yearly to a physician that has made an | 5 |
| extraordinary contribution to Edward Hospital and the | 6 |
| community while demonstrating compassion and integrity; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Piazza has been deeply felt by | 8 |
| many, especially his wife, Marilyn; his children, Leonard | 9 |
| (Debra), David (Elisa), Thomas (Elizabeth), Gina (Thomas | 10 |
| Persin), and Daniel (April); his grandchildren, Michelle, | 11 |
| Nicholas, Michael, Elizabeth, David, Alex, Emily, Nicole, | 12 |
| Vincent, Corinne, Sam, Sallie Persin, Dominic Persin, Brittany | 13 |
| Persin, and Kate; and his siblings, Anthony and Rosemary | 14 |
| Darnieder; he was preceded in death by his sister, Jacqueline | 15 |
| Lateano; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 |
| Sal L. Piazza, MD, FACS, and we extend our sincere condolences | 19 |
| to his family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and | 20 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 23 |
| sympathy.
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