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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. | ||||||
| 4 | George Bark, who passed away on July 24, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Bark was born in Harvey to Ralph and Irene | ||||||
| 6 | Barker on August 17, 1959; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Bark had a lifelong passion for learning and | ||||||
| 8 | spent his academic career at the University of Illinois, first | ||||||
| 9 | earning his bachelor's degree in biology in 1981 and then a | ||||||
| 10 | master's degree in 1983; in 1993, he earned a Ph.D. in | ||||||
| 11 | nutritional sciences, and in 1994, his medical degree, both | ||||||
| 12 | also from the University of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. Bark went on to complete his Family Practice | ||||||
| 14 | Rural Residency Program at Union Hospital in Terre Haute and | ||||||
| 15 | became board certified in 1997; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Bark settled into family practice as a rural | ||||||
| 17 | doctor in Paxton, working with Christie Clinic, the Provena | ||||||
| 18 | Covenant Family Care Network, and eventually the Gibson Area | ||||||
| 19 | Hospital whose staff considered him part of their family; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, In 2003, Dr. Bark returned to the University of | ||||||
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| 1 | Illinois as a professor in their College of Medicine; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dr. Bark was a huge supporter of his alma mater | ||||||
| 3 | and was a season ticket holder to football and basketball; he | ||||||
| 4 | was also Gibson Hospital's representative on the Fighting | ||||||
| 5 | Illini Golf team; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr Bark was selected to receive the 2017 Rural | ||||||
| 7 | Physician of Excellence Award posthumously from the Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Rural Health Association; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Bark made a huge impact on improving the | ||||||
| 10 | healthcare environment through the many patients whose lives he | ||||||
| 11 | touched as well as the medical students he inspired by his vast | ||||||
| 12 | knowledge; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 14 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | mourn the passing of Dr. George Bark, and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 16 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 17 | him; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Dr. Bark as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | deepest sympathy.
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