Full Text of HR0922 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Boyd A. | 4 | | McCracken for receiving the 2020 Rural Physician of Excellence | 5 | | Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across | 7 | | our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural | 8 | | settings; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Growing up in Greenville with uncles and a | 10 | | grandfather who were dentists and a father who was a family | 11 | | practice physician, Dr. McCracken saw firsthand the | 12 | | significant impact medical providers can make in the well-being | 13 | | of a rural community; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. McCracken graduated from Millikin University | 15 | | in 1969 and stayed at the university to serve as director of | 16 | | Millikin's biology laboratories through 1970; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. McCracken graduated from the Chicago Medical | 18 | | School in 1974 and completed his family practice residency at | 19 | | Southern Illinois University School of Medicine-affiliated | 20 | | hospitals in Springfield in 1977; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1977, Dr. McCracken returned to his roots and | 2 | | joined Five Provider Family Practice in Greenville; he was | 3 | | granted privileges at Utlaut Memorial Hospital, which later | 4 | | became HSHS Holy Family Hospital; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Through the years, Dr. McCracken was a medical | 6 | | jack-of-all-trades and Renaissance man to his community; he | 7 | | delivered babies, assisted in surgeries, and worked as an | 8 | | emergency room physician, all while serving as president of the | 9 | | medical staff, serving on numerous state and local boards, and | 10 | | attending to the regular day-to-day care he provided pediatric | 11 | | through geriatric patients in his office practice; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. McCracken selflessly served as a mentor to | 13 | | many new physicians and nurse practitioners offering them | 14 | | support and compassion, which guided the way they would serve | 15 | | their patients throughout their careers; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, When not practicing medicine, Dr. McCracken is a | 17 | | distinguished dessert connoisseur, well known for his | 18 | | exquisite taste in Snickers; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Dr. Boyd A. McCracken for receiving the 2020 | 22 | | Rural Physician of Excellence Award and commend him for his |
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| 1 | | compassion and dedication to his patients and for filling such | 2 | | a tremendous void in rural medicine over the past 43 years in | 3 | | Bond County; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to Dr. McCracken as a symbol of our respect and | 6 | | esteem.
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