Full Text of SR2151 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Glen Dean Pittman M.D. of Springfield, | 4 | | who passed away on October 26, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pittman was born in Casper, Wyoming to Fordyce | 6 | | and Charlotte Armbruster Pittman on December 29, 1937; he spent | 7 | | his college years at Northwestern University and graduated from | 8 | | Washington University School of Medicine in 1963; he completed | 9 | | his residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and then proudly | 10 | | served in the United States Air Force at Maxwell Air Force Base | 11 | | in Montgomery, Alabama; he married Jeanne DeCosted at Central | 12 | | Presbyterian Church in Clayton, Missouri on December 7, 1963; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pittman dedicated his career to Psychiatry; he | 15 | | moved to Springfield in 1969 and worked in private practice for | 16 | | 40 years; he served as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry | 17 | | at Memorial Medical Center from 1975 until 1992; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pittman was a member of many professional | 19 | | organizations and societies, including the Sangamon County | 20 | | Medical Society, where he served on the board of directors and | 21 | | was president; he was a member of the Illinois State Medical | 22 | | Society Ethics Committee for seven years; he also consulted |
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| 1 | | with many Illinois mental health centers throughout his career, | 2 | | and most recently he served as a medical consultant for the | 3 | | Bureau of Disability Determination Services; he was passionate | 4 | | about mental health and received the Distinguished Life Fellow | 5 | | from the American Psychiatric Association in 2003; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pittman was a member of Westminster | 7 | | Presbyterian Church for 48 years; he enjoyed singing in the | 8 | | choir, serving as an ordained elder and on committees, and | 9 | | tending the church gardens; he enjoyed gardening, traveling | 10 | | with friends and family, watching movies, and history, | 11 | | especially the life of Thomas Jefferson; his greatest joys were | 12 | | his family, church, work, and being at home; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pittman is survived by his wife, Jeanne; his | 14 | | daughters, Susan (Jeff) Travis and Julie (Jim) McDonough; his | 15 | | son, David (Anna) Pittman, M.D.; his grandchildren, Elizabeth | 16 | | and Julia Travis and Charles, William, and Alex Pittman; his | 17 | | sisters-in-law, Suzanne (James) Breckenridge and Nancy (Fred) | 18 | | Niehaus; his nieces and nephews; and his many treasured | 19 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Glen Dean Pittman M.D. and extend our sincere condolences to | 23 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Dr. Pittman as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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