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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, A long-time Hyde Parker, Dr. Edward Wasserman, |
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| died October 24, 2004 at the age of 76; and
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| WHEREAS, Born to politically progressive Russian |
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| immigrants in Oak Park, he first moved to Hyde Park as a |
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| 16-year-old University of Chicago undergraduate; and
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| WHEREAS, While studying to be a psychiatrist at the |
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| University of Illinois Medical School, he met Eileen Kronberg, |
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| whom he married in 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, Because of his independent political beliefs and |
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| his mother's political affiliations, the Army deemed him a |
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| security threat at first and did not draft him; as the Korean |
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| conflict escalated and Army doctors became scarce, the |
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| McCarthy-era restrictions were loosened, but not by much; he |
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| was not allowed to practice as a psychiatrist or given the |
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| security clearance that would allow him to be commissioned as |
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| an officer as is the custom for military doctors; after more |
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| than a year of service, the Army threatened him with a |
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| dishonorable discharge and he stood trial; his named was |
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| cleared, and the next day his rank jumped from private to |
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| captain; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from Chicago's Psychoanalytic |
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| Institute, he built up a private psychotherapy practice, where |
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| he worked until his mid 60s; after closing his practice, he |
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| worked with mentally troubled prison inmates for the Indiana |
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| Department of Corrections; throughout his life, he remained |
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| active in the political fight for social justice and peace; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a lifelong fan of music, and enjoyed |
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| playing blues harmonica at the Old Town School of Folk Music |
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| where he had been attending classes for a decade; and
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