Full Text of SR1116 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Philip Twiss Siegert, M.D., who passed | 4 | | away on July 12, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siegert was born to Rudolph B. Siegert, M.D. | 6 | | and Margaret Twiss Siegert in Saint Louis, Missouri on | 7 | | December 13, 1939; he received his Bachelor of Science from | 8 | | the University of Illinois in Champaign in 1962, where he | 9 | | earned a varsity letter in swimming and was selected for the | 10 | | George Huff Award; he earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1966 and | 11 | | his Master of Science in Surgery from the University of | 12 | | Illinois in Chicago in 1969; he completed his residency at | 13 | | Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago; he served as a | 14 | | major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and as deputy commander of | 15 | | the military hospital at Fort Stewart in Georgia; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siegert moved his family to Rock Island in | 17 | | 1973 and established his private practice as a general surgeon | 18 | | with Paul Moen, M.D., serving patients in the Quad Cities | 19 | | until his retirement in 2004; his professional tenures | 20 | | included medical leadership positions at Moline Public | 21 | | Hospital, Franciscan Hospital, Hammond Henry Hospital, Illini | 22 | | Hospital, United Medical Center, Lutheran Hospital, and Des | 23 | | Moines Osteopathic Medical Center; he served as the director |
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| 1 | | of Trauma for Trinity Medical Center Systems from 1995 to | 2 | | 2006; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siegert held numerous local, state, and | 4 | | national professional memberships and affiliations; he was a | 5 | | member of the Rock Island County Medical Society since 1973, | 6 | | serving as president and on the Board of Censors from 1988 to | 7 | | 1992; he was a published member of the Association of | 8 | | Bariatric Surgeons and a Fellow of the American College of | 9 | | Surgeons (ACS), serving as president of the Illinois Chapter | 10 | | of ACS from 1994 to 1995; he was appointed governor of the ACS, | 11 | | representing Illinois from 1996 to 2002; he also served as a | 12 | | board member for Trinity Medical Center Systems; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siegert achieved a number of professional | 14 | | honors during his career, including being designated as a | 15 | | member of the Joint Commission of the National Ambulatory | 16 | | Committee by the American College of Surgeons in 2001 and | 17 | | chosen to author national guidelines for Ambulatory Care; he | 18 | | received further distinction when the Illinois Chapter of the | 19 | | ACS created the Dr. Philip T. Siegert Fellows Service Award in | 20 | | his honor, which is awarded annually to a surgeon recognized | 21 | | for distinguished service within the medical community; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siegert supported the construction of the | 23 | | Bi-State Sportsman's Association in Colona, where he shot |
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| 1 | | competitively for several decades; he also helped arrange | 2 | | numerous charitable funding drives and events for the local | 3 | | chapter of the Boy Scouts of America; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Siegert was a true family man; he loved | 5 | | spending time with his family and going on family trips, with | 6 | | notable locations including Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Lake | 7 | | Powell, Utah, Table Rock Lake, Missouri, and Ontario, Canada; | 8 | | he was an avid outdoorsman, taking many trips with friends; he | 9 | | had a passion for shooting sporting clays; he was a fervent | 10 | | Illini and Chicago Bears fan, supporting both teams throughout | 11 | | his life; in retirement, he gathered weekly for lunch with the | 12 | | Romeo Club, a group of retired Quad City friends; alongside | 13 | | his wife, he maintained lifelong family friendships with the | 14 | | Steak Club, a close knit group of University of Illinois | 15 | | graduates from the 1960s who relocated to the Quad Cities; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Philip Siegert was preceded in death by his | 17 | | parents; his brother, Rudy Siegert; and his grandson, Curtis | 18 | | Swan; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Philip Siegert is survived by his wife of 62 | 20 | | years, Pamela Froom Siegert; his children, Leslie (Joseph) | 21 | | DeLaRosa, Lori (David) Swan, M.D., Elizabeth (Evans) Steen, | 22 | | Philip (Susan Tady) Siegert, and Abby (Ted) Laatz; his | 23 | | grandchildren, Robert DeLaRosa, Philip DeLaRosa, Pamela Swan, |
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| 1 | | Maxwell Swan, Chelsea Steen, Caleb Steen, Margaret Steen, | 2 | | Brooke Steen, Joshua Steen, Lily Siegert, Luke Siegert, Gibson | 3 | | Siegert, Michael Laatz, Charlie Laatz, Thomas Laatz, and | 4 | | Elizabeth Laatz; his brothers, Robert Siegert, M.D., and | 5 | | Michael Siegert; and his numerous nieces and nephews; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 9 | | Philip Twiss Siegert, M.D., and extend our sincere
condolences | 10 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 11 | | it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 13 | | presented to the family of Dr. Siegert as an expression of
our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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