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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Norman and Brenda
4Johnson on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on
5March 18, 2011; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson were married on March
718, 1961; together, they have one daughter, Lorrie Leuthold,
8three granddaughters, Jessica Young, Angela Moriarity, and
9Brittany Krysinski, and one great grandchild, Jax; and
 
10    WHEREAS, With a dream of becoming a doctor, Norman Johnson
11attended Augustana College in Rock Island, where he earned his
12bachelor's degree in 1975; Brenda, then working as a beautician
13and taking on multiple side jobs, helped put Norman through
14medical school, first at University of Illinois in Champaign
15then later at Peoria College of Medicine, where he graduated in
161978; Norman then entered an internal medicine residency at
17Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where he graduated in
181981; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Norman Johnson started a private practice in Pekin
20in 1981; he then formed the Delavan Medical Center the
21following year; three years later, he formed the Medical Clinic
22in Morton and the East Peoria Multi-Specialty Group; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson created Health
2Professionals Ltd. in 1995 and Advanced Correctional
3Healthcare in 2003; the family business, which provides health
4care services to jails, has 205 facilities in 17 states, serves
5more than 25,000 inmates, and employs more than 500
6individuals; Advanced Correctional Healthcare was ranked 37th
7on Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest growing health care
8companies in the U.S. in 2007; their daughter, Lorrie, and her
9husband, Neil, work closely with the family business; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Brenda Johnson owned and operated Johnson & Vaughn
11Jewelers and Johnson Fine Jewelry until 2005; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Norman Johnson is a past president of Opera
13Illinois and was chairman of finance for the Central Illinois
14Medical Association; he has also served on the Illinois
15Department of Public Health Alzheimer's Research Peer Review
16Committee and the Illinois Medical Society Political Action
17Committee; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Norman and Brenda Johnson enjoy dining out with
19friends, golf, ballroom dancing, and spending time with their
20family; they have traveled to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Spain,
21Morocco, Italy, the Caribbean, and China, and spend seven weeks
22each year in Hawaii; in addition, Brenda is an avid art

 

 

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1collector and Norman enjoys deep sea fishing; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4we congratulate Norman and Brenda Johnson on the occasion of
5their 50th wedding anniversary and wish them many happy and
6healthy years to come; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to Norman and Brenda Johnson as a symbol of our
9esteem and respect.