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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the  State  of  Illinois are pleased to recognize significant
 4    events in the lives of citizens of the State; and

 5        WHEREAS,  It  has  come  to  our  attention   that   Niva
 6    Lubin-Johnson,  M.D.,  FACP  is retiring from her position on
 7    the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Dr.  Lubin-Johnson  received  her  Bachelor  of
 9    Science in Pharmacy from Creighton University and her medical
10    degree from Southern Illinois University School of  Medicine,
11    where  she was distinguished as a member of the last class to
12    finish within a three-year time frame; she completed internal
13    medicine residency at St. Joseph's Hospital  in  Chicago  and
14    has been in private practice for more than 13 years; and

15        WHEREAS,   Dr.   Lubin-Johnson   is  currently  a  senior
16    attending physician at Mercy  Hospital  and  Medical  Center,
17    associate  attending  at  Advocate  Trinity  Hospital,  and a
18    clinical instructor at the University of  Illinois;  she  has
19    participated   on  several  boards  and  committees  at  both
20    hospitals; and

21        WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson serves on the National Medical
22    Association  Board  as  Chair  of  the  House  of   Delegates
23    Committee  on  Administrative and Financial Affairs; she is a
24    past Speaker of  the  House  of  Delegates  of  the  National
25    Medical  Association  and  past  President of the Chicago and
26    Illinois Chapters of the National Medical Association; and

27        WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson was appointed to the Board  of
28    Trustees of Chicago State University by Governor Jim Edgar in
29    1996 and was reappointed by Governor George Ryan in 1999; she
30    has served as Vice-Chair Presidential Search Committee, Chair
31    of  the  Finance Committee, and is completing her second year
 
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 1    as Chair of the Board of Trustees; and

 2        WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson has lectured  extensively  and
 3    has been the recipient of numerous awards; she will celebrate
 4    25 years as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; she
 5    is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ and its Church
 6    in  Society  Ministry;  she  is married to Joseph Johnson and
 7    they reside on the south side of  Chicago;  she  credits  her
 8    parents,  Benjamin and Peggy Lubin for demonstrating how hard
 9    work and community service are necessary for a successful and
10    fulfilled life; therefore, be it

11        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
12    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13    we commend Dr. Niva Lubin-Johnson on  her  years  of  service
14    with  the  Board  of Trustees of Chicago State University and
15    congratulate her on her retirement; and be it further

16        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
17    presented  to Dr. Niva Lubin-Johnson with our best wishes for
18    her continued success and happiness and as  a  token  of  our
19    respect and esteem.