Full Text of SR0793 102nd 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 George Metcalfe Johnson, M.D. of | 4 | | Peoria, who passed away on January 6, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson was born to Catherine "Georgia" Smith | 6 | | Johnson and George R. Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey on | 7 | | March 24, 1951; he graduated from Hope College in Holland, | 8 | | Michigan in 1973; he then graduated from the University of | 9 | | North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill in 1977; he | 10 | | completed his pediatric residency at the University of | 11 | | Connecticut, where he also served as chief resident, and his | 12 | | infectious disease fellowship at the University of Minnesota; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson was a pediatric infectious disease | 15 | | specialist; he served as a pediatrician in the National Health | 16 | | Service Corps in Huntsville, Alabama; he held faculty | 17 | | appointments at the State University of New York, the | 18 | | University of Connecticut, and the Medical University of South | 19 | | Carolina, where he served as division director, residency | 20 | | program director, and vice chair of Education; he also held | 21 | | faculty positions with the Greenville Hospital System and, | 22 | | most recently, at the University of Illinois College of | 23 | | Medicine at Peoria and OSF Children's Hospital; for over 42 |
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| 1 | | years, he worked tirelessly for the children under his care, | 2 | | most notably during the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a frontline | 3 | | clinician and researcher; he was a gifted physician and | 4 | | diagnostician and contributed to over 150 publications and | 5 | | research articles; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson received many awards and distinctions | 7 | | throughout his career, including national recognition for his | 8 | | HIV research; he served on the Committee of the Pediatric AIDS | 9 | | Clinical Trial Group (PACTG) in various capacities, including | 10 | | being elected to the executive committee and holding various | 11 | | leadership roles within PACTG; he was selected to America's | 12 | | Top Pediatricians by Consumers' Research Council of America | 13 | | and named to the Best Doctors of America; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson loved his wife, his family and | 15 | | friends, his patients, the Tar Heels, music, butterflies, and | 16 | | falling asleep five minutes into a movie; he adored his sons | 17 | | and stepson and was most proud of their generosity; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson was a generous, civic-minded and | 19 | | socially conscious humanitarian who always cared for and | 20 | | supported those around him; he will be remembered as a | 21 | | gentleman, a scholar, and a man who was thoughtful, kind, and | 22 | | sweet; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Colleen Otto | 2 | | Johnson; his sons, Derek (Jody), Ian, Matthew, Michael, and | 3 | | Scott; his brother, Alan Johnson (Lilly); his stepson, | 4 | | Dennison David (Ashley) Thomas; his granddaughter, Olivia | 5 | | Galloway Thomas; his brother-in-law, Daniel M. Otto; his | 6 | | treasured dog, Reilly; and a circle of extended family and | 7 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | George Metcalfe Johnson, M.D. and extend our sincere | 11 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 12 | | him; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Dr. Johnson as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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