Full Text of SR1008 103rd 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 Dr. John Phair, who passed away on | 4 | | February 19, 2024 at the age of 89; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair was born in Paris, France on July 17, | 6 | | 1934; he attended Yale University and received his medical | 7 | | degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1960; he later | 8 | | returned to Yale to train in internal medicine and infectious | 9 | | diseases; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, During the 1960s, Dr. Phair studied the impact of | 11 | | radiation on atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima, Japan for the | 12 | | Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Amid the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Phair | 14 | | defended patients against discrimination and advocated for | 15 | | children who were affected by the disease; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair embraced the opportunity to investigate | 17 | | HIV and AIDS in the early days of the crisis; from 1987 to | 18 | | 2012, he served as chairman of the executive committee for the | 19 | | groundbreaking Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, a National | 20 | | Institutes of Health-supported investigation of the history of | 21 | | HIV; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair helped establish the Chicago AIDS | 2 | | Clinical Trials Unit, which was part of the AIDS Clinical | 3 | | Trial Group of medical centers studying the treatment of HIV | 4 | | and its complications; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair chaired the AIDS Research and Advisory | 6 | | Committee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious | 7 | | Diseases from 2000 to 2002; he also authored more than 365 | 8 | | research papers and 45 chapters in medical texts; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair received several awards for his | 10 | | contributions, including the John Philips Memorial Award from | 11 | | the American College of Physicians in 2005 and the | 12 | | International AIDS Society USA Lifetime Leadership Award in | 13 | | 2010; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Outside of his professional activities, Dr. Phair | 15 | | was fond of dancing and swimming; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Phair is survived by his wife, Nancy; his | 17 | | daughter, Liz Phair; his son, Phillip Phair; and three | 18 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it | 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Dr. John Phair and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Dr. Phair as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy. |
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