HR0566 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Patrick "Pat" Magoon on his retirement as President and CEO of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Pat Magoon will retire on December 6, 2019 after 22 years as President and CEO and over 40 years of dedicated service; he has devoted his entire professional career to the Lurie Children's Hospital and the former Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago; he started as an intern in 1977 and worked in several different operational and leadership positions until he was named CEO in 1997; and

WHEREAS, Pat Magoon was the primary architect of a turnaround plan which has taken the medical center from annual operating losses to operating margins that allow for significant reinvestment in the mission and an AA-/A+ credit rating; the number of children served has increased by 50 percent, outpatient visits have grown by over 70 percent, research funding from the National Institutes of Health has quadrupled, and community benefit investment exceeds $100 million annually; and

WHEREAS, Under Pat Magoon's leadership, the hospital relocated in 2012 to a new facility on the downtown campus of its academic partner, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; it has become one of the nation's best children's hospitals, recognized as a "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures", ranked as a top children's hospital in the nation, and consistently listed on the U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll; it was among only seven children's hospitals named by Becker's Hospital Review as 100 Great Hospitals in America; the hospital has held the Magnet Hospital designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2001, when it became the first children's hospital in the country to receive this prestigious recognition of nursing excellence; in 2015, it was re-designated for a fourth time, an honor that less than one percent of hospitals have achieved; also, in 2015, it was named a Level I pediatric surgery center by the American College of Surgeons, becoming the first children's hospital in Illinois to earn this status; and

WHEREAS, Pat Magoon has taken a major role in both federal and State arenas on issues such as Medicaid reform for medically complex children, graduate medical education, pediatric research, and child safety; he is past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions/National Association of Children's Hospitals (Children's Hospital Association) and has provided a high level of expertise through service on numerous committees; he is past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Hospital Association and currently serves on the IHA Medicaid Reform Task Force and Safety Net Hospital Constituency; he serves on the Chancellor's Leadership Board of the University of Illinois at Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Pat Magoon has served as a member and a current Director of the Economic Club of Chicago, a member of the Diversity Council of the Executives Club of Chicago, a member of The Commercial Club of Chicago, and Chairman of the Heart Ball and Heart Walk Chair of the American Heart Association of Chicago; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Patrick "Pat" Magoon on his retirement as President and CEO of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Pat Magoon as a symbol of our respect and esteem.