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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of John P. McHugh, M.D. of Rockford, who |
4 | | passed away on December 6, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. John McHugh was born in Brooklyn, New York on |
6 | | May 19, 1923 to John P. and Theresa (nee McDonagh) McHugh; he |
7 | | graduated from St. Michael's High School in Brooklyn in 1942 |
8 | | and attended St. John's University until 1943; he then joined |
9 | | the United States Navy's V-12 College Training Program and was |
10 | | sent to the College of the Holy Cross
in Worcester, |
11 | | Massachusetts in 1944; he was later sent to St. Albans Naval |
12 | | Hospital in New York as a Navy Hospital Corpsman for 6 months; |
13 | | he married Ellen L. McNeil on April 23, 1949 in Belvidere; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. John McHugh began attending the University of |
15 | | Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in January of 1945 and |
16 | | graduated in June of 1948; he completed his internship at St. |
17 | | Francis Hospital in Evanston in 1949; following his internship, |
18 | | he served for a year as a Lt. Junior Grade Officer (Medical |
19 | | Corps) in pulmonary medicine at St. Albans Naval Hospital; he |
20 | | was a general practitioner and family medicine physician in |
21 | | Rockford from 1950 until 1984; he then became vice-president of |
22 | | medical affairs at Rockford Memorial Hospital for 6 years; and
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1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. John McHugh served as president of the |
2 | | Winnebago County Tuberculosis Association in 1962; he was |
3 | | president of the Rockford Memorial Hospital medical staff in |
4 | | 1963 and of the Winnebago County Medical Society in 1970; he |
5 | | served on the Winnebago County Health Board for 25 years, |
6 | | serving as president of the board in 1973; in the 1970s, he was |
7 | | instrumental in the founding of the Crusader Community Health |
8 | | clinic; he became concerned with the deaths of alcoholics in |
9 | | the city jail and, along with 3 other doctors, served on a jail |
10 | | committee and helped establish the Detox Unit at Rockford |
11 | | Memorial Hospital, which then became the alcohol treatment |
12 | | program, ATEP; he was a Clinical Assistant Professor at the |
13 | | University Of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford from |
14 | | 1975 to 1996; he was a founding board member of the Northern |
15 | | Illinois AIDS Resource Center and helped organize the Black |
16 | | Health Organization to improve the health of Rockford's black |
17 | | population; and |
18 | | WHEREAS, One of Dr. John McHugh's passions was Rockford |
19 | | Promise, an organization committed to providing scholarships |
20 | | for college education to all Rockford-area public school |
21 | | students; he has received various honors and awards for his |
22 | | commitment to improving the health of infants, the homeless, |
23 | | and low-income people in Winnebago County; in 1992, he was |
24 | | presented the Rockford Register Star's "Excalibur" award, |
25 | | honoring those who have made a difference in their community; |
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1 | | in 1963, he participated in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March |
2 | | on Washington; and
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3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. John McHugh was preceded in death by his |
4 | | parents; his grandson, Brian Thomas Lane; and his sisters, |
5 | | Marguerite Mattson and Eileen Gallagher; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. John McHugh is survived by his wife, Ellen; |
7 | | his daughters, Theresa (Lawrence) Palmersheim, Mary Ellen |
8 | | Lane, Eileen (Alan) Huston, and Kathleen Gladys (Gregory) |
9 | | Reese; his sons, John (Charlene) McHugh and Hugh (Lydia) |
10 | | McHugh; his 11 grandchildren, Joseph (Karla), John Thomas, John |
11 | | Michael, Erin, Ellen, Patrick, Joshua, Alyssa, Anna, Amara, and |
12 | | Jacob; and his great-grandchildren, Evelyn and Elise; |
13 | | therefore, be it
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14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
16 | | John P. McHugh, M.D., and extend our sincere condolences to his |
17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
18 | | further
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19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
20 | | presented to the family of Dr. John McHugh as an expression of |
21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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