Full Text of HR0777 96th General Assembly
HR0777 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Bishop Horace E. | 4 |
| Smith, M.D. on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Horace Earl Smith II was born in 1949 in the | 6 |
| Bronzeville neighborhood in Chicago; he was raised alongside | 7 |
| his 2 sisters and 3 brothers by his parents, Shirley and Albert | 8 |
| Smith; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Horace Smith graduated as an honor student | 10 |
| from Lindblom High School; he earned his bachelor's degree from | 11 |
| Chicago State University in 1971 and his M.D. from the | 12 |
| University of Illinois Medical Center in 1975; he then | 13 |
| completed his pediatric residency at the University of Illinois | 14 |
| Hospital in 1978 and his clinical fellowship in pediatric | 15 |
| hematology/oncology at the Children's Memorial | 16 |
| Hospital/Northwestern University in 1980; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Horace Smith served as Director of the | 18 |
| Comprehensive Sickle Cell/Thalassemia Program at Children's | 19 |
| Memorial Hospital for over 20 years; he is also an Assistant | 20 |
| Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern Feinberg School of | 21 |
| Medicine and is recognized world-wide as an outstanding | 22 |
| pediatrician in his field; and
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| WHEREAS, On March 28, 1980, Bishop Horace Smith was named | 2 |
| pastor of Apostolic Faith Church following the death of the | 3 |
| former pastor, Bishop John S. Holy; under Bishop Smith's | 4 |
| leadership, the church's congregation has grown from 200 | 5 |
| members to 7,000 members; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Bishop Horace Smith's guidance, the | 7 |
| Apostolic Faith Church provides assistance by way of food and | 8 |
| supplies to over 4,000 homeless families around the Chicago | 9 |
| area every year; the church also has a scholarship program that | 10 |
| grants more than $100,000 each year, visitations to nursing | 11 |
| homes, outreach to correctional facilities, and a JobSource | 12 |
| program which, to date, has assisted more than 1,000 | 13 |
| individuals in obtaining employment; the church also | 14 |
| broadcasts a Faithworks Ministry Telecast locally on WJYS-TV | 15 |
| and nationally on the Word Network; and
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| WHEREAS, In August of 2004, Bishop Horace Smith was | 17 |
| selected to serve as Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal | 18 |
| Assemblies of the World, Inc., an organization with over 1.5 | 19 |
| million members worldwide; he also serves on the boards of the | 20 |
| historic Wabash YMCA, the Family Institute at Northwestern | 21 |
| University, and the University of Chicago Cancer Research | 22 |
| Center-Community Health Advisory Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Horace Smith has taken part in numerous | 2 |
| humanitarian endeavors throughout the world; he serves as a | 3 |
| board member of World Vision USA; he and his wife travel | 4 |
| extensively to Africa to help those who have been devastated by | 5 |
| the HIV/AIDS pandemic; under the leadership of Bishop and | 6 |
| Sister Smith, the Apostolic Faith Church has provided resources | 7 |
| for the drilling of wells for fresh water, food, clothing, | 8 |
| education, medical assistance, and other goods and services; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Horace Smith has been honored by numerous | 11 |
| organizations, including the Children's Miracle Network; he | 12 |
| has also been featured in various local and national | 13 |
| newspapers, magazines, and television programs; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Bishop Horace Smith has been happily married to | 15 |
| Susan Davenport Smith since 1976; together, they have 3 | 16 |
| beautiful daughters, Lauren Elrod, Rachel Horton, and Emily | 17 |
| Green, and 3 sons-in-law, Brian Elrod, Courtney Horton, and | 18 |
| Patrick Green; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| congratulate Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D. on the occasion of | 22 |
| his 60th birthday and wish him many happy and healthy years to | 23 |
| come; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Bishop Horace Smith as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 |
| respect.
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