Full Text of HR0705 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to
congratulate George S. Rudis on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement after 37 years of distinguished
| 5 | | service with the Department of Public Health, the last 21 years | 6 | | as Assistant Deputy Director in the
Office of Finance and | 7 | | Administration; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis has functioned admirably as a jack | 9 | | of all trades for 9
directors of the Department of Public | 10 | | Health as demonstrated by his innate ability to handle
various | 11 | | assignments during his nearly 4 decades serving the public's | 12 | | health, including stints as
the Chief of Division of Vital | 13 | | Records for the past 11 years, the Chief of the State/Local | 14 | | Liaison
Unit for more than 20 years, the Acting Chief of | 15 | | Information Technology, the Acting Chief of
Accounting | 16 | | Services, the Edwardsville Regional Health Officer, the Chief | 17 | | of chronic disease
programs, and as a sexually transmitted | 18 | | disease investigator; before working for the State, he was
the | 19 | | Assistant Director of the Springfield City Health Department; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis has, for nearly 3 decades, | 22 | | provided invaluable service
and expert counsel to local health | 23 | | departments, boards of health and county boards, and
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| 1 | | for bringing State and local health department together to work | 2 | | for common
goals; he was instrumental in the formation of 28 | 3 | | local health departments throughout the State,
which have | 4 | | helped guarantee people live healthier lives by ensuring the | 5 | | safety of the water we
drink, the food we eat, and the air we | 6 | | breathe; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis was the Deputy State Registrar | 8 | | when landmark legislation
was passed in 2010 (P.A. 96-0895) to | 9 | | allow the release of an adopted person's original birth
| 10 | | certificate, and through his diligence and that of his staff, | 11 | | has issued nearly 10,000 original birth
certificates to | 12 | | adoptees, that in turn have led to many heartfelt reunions of | 13 | | adoptees and their birth
parents; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis has had many professional | 15 | | accomplishments during his
career in public health, including | 16 | | President of the Illinois Public Health Association, President | 17 | | of
the American Lung Association and long-time board member, | 18 | | President of the Association of
State and Territorial Local | 19 | | Health Liaison Officials, Management Committee of the | 20 | | Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials, Program | 21 | | Committee of the National Association of Local Boards of | 22 | | Health, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Re-Accreditation of | 23 | | the Masters of Public
Health Program at the University of | 24 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Adjunct Lecturer for the
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| 1 | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Co-Chair of the | 2 | | Illinois Accreditation Task Force for
the Illinois Public | 3 | | Health Institute, member of the Public Health Practitioner | 4 | | Certification Board,
and Peer Reviewer for the Michigan Public | 5 | | Health Institute/Michigan Department of Community
Health; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis received his Bachelor of Science | 7 | | in Health Education
from Western Illinois University, where he | 8 | | met his wife, Debbie, and his Master of Arts in
Health Services | 9 | | Administration from the University of Illinois at Springfield; | 10 | | he became a
Certified Public Health Administrator by the | 11 | | Illinois Public Health Administrator Certification
Board in | 12 | | Chicago and was named a Fellow by the Mid-America Regional | 13 | | Public Health
Leadership Institute at the University of | 14 | | Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate George S. Rudis on the occasion of his | 18 | | retirement after many years of distinguished service with the | 19 | | Department of Public Health, and wish him the best in all his | 20 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to George S. Rudis as
an expression of our esteem and | 23 | | respect.
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