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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Quentin D. Young, M.D.'s career in health care
3 delivery, health policy formation, and the protection of
4 human rights on behalf of the citizens of our State has
5 spanned six decades; and
6 WHEREAS, Dr. Young was instrumental in the successful
7 effort to end the practice of barring African-American
8 physicians from practicing in predominantly white hospitals
9 and founded the Committee to End Discrimination in Chicago
10 Medical Institutions to further this cause; he later founded
11 and became the national chairman of the Medical Committee for
12 Human Rights, an organization devoted to promoting health
13 care access and equity throughout this country and the world;
14 and
15 WHEREAS, Dr. Young devoted much of his time in the 1970's
16 to the development of the diverse and high quality training
17 programs for medical students and residents at the University
18 of Illinois and at Cook County Hospital; and
19 WHEREAS, Dr. Young founded and was the president of the
20 Chicago Coalition for a National Health Service, which
21 advocated for a national commitment and structure to assure
22 health care services for all Americans; and
23 WHEREAS, Dr. Young founded, was the president, and
24 remains the chairman of The Health and Medicine Policy
25 Research Group, a local organization dedicated to the
26 creation and dissemination of creative approaches to major
27 health policy issues; and
28 WHEREAS, Dr. Young was the first national president of
29 Physicians for a National Health Plan; he established an
30 organization of doctors dedicated to the implementation of a
31 national approach to assuring access to health care services
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1 for all; and
2 WHEREAS, His decades of involvement with the American
3 Public Health Association reached its culmination in 1997
4 when he was elected as the organization's national president;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, During his decade of service as Chairman of
7 Medicine at Cook County Hospital he taught hundreds of
8 residents and medical students to understand that they owe
9 the community, and not the other way around; that they are
10 servants of the people and have a unique responsibility to
11 the whole of society, not just to those who can pay for their
12 services; and
13 WHEREAS, Dr. Young has made major impacts on changing the
14 medical profession; he helped develop the first Department of
15 Family Practice at Cook County Hospital; he initiated a
16 unique multi-disciplinary program in Occupational Health; he
17 professionalized and humanized the treatment of inmates
18 through his connection to the Cook County Jail; and he helped
19 develop a landmark study of the incidents of epilepsy in the
20 prison population; and
21 WHEREAS, Dr. Young has also played a major civic role for
22 most of his adult life; every week he hosts a talk show on
23 clinical and health policy issues on the local National
24 Public Radio station, WBEZ; and
25 WHEREAS, Dr. Young served as the acting President of the
26 Chicago Board of Health under the late Mayor Harold
27 Washington; and
28 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
29 Representatives wish to thank Dr. Quentin Young for his
30 dedication to the field of medicine, health care related
31 issues, and serving people; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we thank Dr. Quentin Young for his hard work and dedication;
4 may he continue to enjoy good health and a bright future; and
5 be it further
6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Dr. Quentin Young.