Full Text of HR0745 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor Colonel Damon T. Arnold | 4 | | for his service to our nation and for his ongoing commitment to | 5 | | improving the health of the people of the United States; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Colonel Damon Arnold obtained his undergraduate | 7 | | degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and his M.D. | 8 | | and M.P.H. Degrees from the University of Illinois in Chicago; | 9 | | he completed his residency in internal medicine at Cook County | 10 | | Hospital, followed by a residency in occupational medicine; he | 11 | | also completed formal training in holistic medicine for | 12 | | therapeutic massage therapy and acupuncture; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Colonel Damon Arnold serves as the Director of the | 14 | | Public Health Graduate Program at Chicago State University; he | 15 | | also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of | 16 | | Illinois College of Medicine and the School of Public Health; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Colonel Damon Arnold was appointed as the 16th | 19 | | Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health on October | 20 | | 1, 2007; during his tenure as Director, he brought millions of | 21 | | dollars to the State of Illinois and was very active on the | 22 | | local, state, and federal levels; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, For 26 years, Colonel Damon Arnold served in the | 2 | | Army National Guard as the Commander of the Joint Medical | 3 | | Command and State Surgeon General for 26 years; he completed 17 | 4 | | overseas missions in locations such as Africa, Central America, | 5 | | South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; he functioned | 6 | | as a mechanized infantry Combat Medic as well as a qualified | 7 | | Flight Surgeon on over 80 field operations in Iraq and Kuwait; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Colonel Damon Arnold was awarded the Military | 10 | | Legion of Merit Medal from President Barack Obama for his | 11 | | achievements; he was also awarded 3 Army Commendation Medals | 12 | | for his war-time deployments to Iraq and Kuwait, where he | 13 | | served as the Officer in Charge of battlefield medical | 14 | | operations; he was also the recipient of 2 National Defense | 15 | | Service Medals and numerous battlefield awards; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Colonel Damon Arnold serves as a member of the | 17 | | Harvard University L.A.M.P.S. Committee, the Institute of | 18 | | Medicine in Washington, D.C., the Association of State and | 19 | | Territorial Health Officials, and many federal-based | 20 | | organizations; he has published many articles and contributed | 21 | | to numerous publications over the years; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we honor Colonel Damon T. Arnold for his service to our nation | 3 | | and for his ongoing commitment to improving the health of the | 4 | | people of the United States and wish him continued success and | 5 | | happiness in the future; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Colonel Damon Arnold as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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