Full Text of SR0350 101st 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 Herbert Curlee Harris D.D.S., who passed | 4 | | away on March 29, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harris was born in Tucker, Arkansas to Lillie | 6 | | Maud Tucker Harris and Emanuel Mason
Harris on February 4, | 7 | | 1928; he attended Arkansas AM&N College (University of Arkansas | 8 | | at Pine Bluff) and served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the | 9 | | Korean War; he continued his studies at Meharry Medical
College | 10 | | in Nashville, Tennessee, where he earned a Doctorate of Dental | 11 | | Surgery in 1959; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harris completed an internship in oral surgery | 13 | | at Harlem Hospital
in New York City and received his | 14 | | professional diploma in 1960; he earned
a Master of Public | 15 | | Health in 1976 from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harris operated a successful dental practice | 17 | | in Chicago for over 30 years; he was
also the proprietor of the | 18 | | Chatham Avalon Health Center, one of
the largest Black-owned | 19 | | medical centers in Chicago; he made real estate investments in
| 20 | | Chicago and Freeport, Bahamas; he was the founder and CEO of | 21 | | the former Daniel Hale
Williams Health Center and president of | 22 | | the Lincoln Dental Society; he was on the board of trustees
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| 1 | | president of the National Alumni Association for Meharry | 2 | | Medical College; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harris was a lifetime member of the National | 4 | | NAACP; he was listed in Who's Who in America and
received the | 5 | | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UNPB) Legacy Award in | 6 | | 2017; he has received numerous honors and awards over the years
| 7 | | for his generous contributions of both time and money to his | 8 | | undergraduate alma mater, UAPB,
Meharry Medical College, and to | 9 | | the Chicagoland community at large; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harris's memberships included the Alpha Phi | 11 | | Alpha Fraternity, the Lambs Club, the Original
Forty Club, The | 12 | | National Dental Association, and The American Public Health | 13 | | Association; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harris was preceded in death by his parents; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Harris is survived by his wife of 60 years, | 17 | | Mildred, and numerous nieces, nephews, family members,
and | 18 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Herbert Curlee Harris D.D.S. and extend our sincere condolences |
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| 1 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Dr. Harris as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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