HR1213 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Joan Dawson on her retirement from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Joan Dawson has served as a valuable member of the faculty of the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana for 23 years; she was also a member of the faculties of Bioengineering, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Urbana campus, and the Department of Pathology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Dawson received her B.S. degree in Biology from Columbia University and her Ph.D in Pharmacology from the University of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Dawson made major contributions to outreach efforts for the University to K-12 education as founding director of Project SEARCH (Science Education and Research for Children); as an initial organizer and contributor to CHICKSCOPE, a project of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign which allows K-12 students, through Internet access, to access data generated from the latest scientific instruments; and as a board member and officer for the Countryside School in Champaign; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Dawson has been a pioneer in the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in the study of biological systems, including living organisms; she has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of cell metabolism and function using NMR; she has collaborated with Professor Paul Lauterbur, who received a Nobel prize for adapting NMR for study of living tissues; she published over 50 research papers and reviews and 100 meeting abstracts on her work; and she served on the National Institutes of Health research review panels; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Dawson has received a number of awards for her academic and community service, including the Merit Award from the Central Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology; the Blue Ribbon (Magna cum Laude) for a paper presented to the Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in New York; and a Volunteer Service Award from the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club in Champaign, for Project SEARCH; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Dawson was married to the late Professor Paul Lauterbur, Nobel laureate; and they have one child; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dr. Joan Dawson on her retirement, thank her for her years of service, and wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Joan Dawson as a symbol of our respect and esteem.