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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Patrick "Pat" Magoon on
4his retirement as President and CEO of the Ann & Robert H.
5Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Pat Magoon will retire on December 6, 2019 after
722 years as President and CEO and over 40 years of dedicated
8service; he has devoted his entire professional career to the
9Lurie Children's Hospital and the former Children's Memorial
10Hospital of Chicago; he started as an intern in 1977 and worked
11in several different operational and leadership positions
12until he was named CEO in 1997; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Pat Magoon was the primary architect of a
14turnaround plan which has taken the medical center from annual
15operating losses to operating margins that allow for
16significant reinvestment in the mission and an AA-/A+ credit
17rating; the number of children served has increased by 50
18percent, outpatient visits have grown by over 70 percent,
19research funding from the National Institutes of Health has
20quadrupled, and community benefit investment exceeds $100
21million annually; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Under Pat Magoon's leadership, the hospital

 

 

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1relocated in 2012 to a new facility on the downtown campus of
2its academic partner, Northwestern University Feinberg School
3of Medicine; it has become one of the nation's best children's
4hospitals, recognized as a "Top Performer on Key Quality
5Measures", ranked as a top children's hospital in the nation,
6and consistently listed on the U.S. News & World Report Best
7Children's Hospitals Honor Roll; it was among only seven
8children's hospitals named by Becker's Hospital Review as 100
9Great Hospitals in America; the hospital has held the Magnet
10Hospital designation by the American Nurses Credentialing
11Center since 2001, when it became the first children's hospital
12in the country to receive this prestigious recognition of
13nursing excellence; in 2015, it was re-designated for a fourth
14time, an honor that less than one percent of hospitals have
15achieved; also, in 2015, it was named a Level I pediatric
16surgery center by the American College of Surgeons, becoming
17the first children's hospital in Illinois to earn this status;
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, Pat Magoon has taken a major role in both federal
20and State arenas on issues such as Medicaid reform for
21medically complex children, graduate medical education,
22pediatric research, and child safety; he is past Chairman of
23the Board of Trustees for the National Association of
24Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions/National
25Association of Children's Hospitals (Children's Hospital

 

 

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1Association) and has provided a high level of expertise through
2service on numerous committees; he is past Chairman of the
3Board of Trustees for the Illinois Hospital Association and
4currently serves on the IHA Medicaid Reform Task Force and
5Safety Net Hospital Constituency; he serves on the Chancellor's
6Leadership Board of the University of Illinois at Chicago; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Pat Magoon has served as a member and a current
8Director of the Economic Club of Chicago, a member of the
9Diversity Council of the Executives Club of Chicago, a member
10of The Commercial Club of Chicago, and Chairman of the Heart
11Ball and Heart Walk Chair of the American Heart Association of
12Chicago; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
14HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15we congratulate Patrick "Pat" Magoon on his retirement as
16President and CEO of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's
17Hospital of Chicago; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to Pat Magoon as a symbol of our respect and esteem.