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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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learned with regret of the death of Godwin Sunday Daniel 
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Okorafor, M.D., F.A.C.S., on Sunday, March 14, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was born on December 8, 1940; he 
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married Dr. Helen I. Okorafor, H.S.D.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor attended Christ the King College in 
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Onitsha, Nigeria for his premedical education; he received his 
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medical doctorate in 1968 from the University of Ibadan in 
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Ibadan, Nigeria; he served his rotating internship at 
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University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria and at St. 
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Joseph Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland; his general surgery 
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residency was conducted at Springfield Hospital Medical Center 
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in Springfield, Massachusetts and at The Christ Hospital in 
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Cincinnati, Ohio, where he served as chief resident of general 
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surgery; his thoracic-cardiovascular surgery residency was 
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completed at The Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, 
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where he served as thoracic-cardiovascular chief resident; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was a highly respected and 
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accomplished thoracic-cardiovascular surgeon and had dedicated 
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25 years of his life to serving the south side communities of 
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Chicago; he was the Chief of Surgery for several years at St. 
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Bernard Hospital and was very active at Trinity, Mount Sinai, 
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South Shore, Provident, Inglewood, Doctors Hospital of Hyde 
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Park, and Jackson Park Hospitals; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was a member of several professional 
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organizations, including the American Medical Association, the 
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Illinois State Medical Society, and the Chicago Medical 
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Society, and he was a fellow of the American College of 
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Surgeons; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was a devoted family man; he enjoyed 
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tennis, table tennis, soccer, swimming, and boating; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Godwin Sunday Daniel Okorafor, 
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M.D., F.A.C.S. has been deeply felt by many, especially his 
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wife, Dr. Helen I. Okorafor, H.S.D.; his children, Dr. Ifeoma 
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Chinyere Okorafor-Chidume, D.C. Ngozi Chigioke Okorafor-Johns, 
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M.A., J.D., Esq., Nnedi Nkemdili Okorafor-Mbachu, writer and 
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Ph.D. candidate, and Emezie Ijoma Okorafor, B.Sc., Eng. MIT; 
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and his grandchildren, Anyaugo Obioma Mbachu and Onyuedika 
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Chukwudi Sunday Chidume; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Godwin Sunday Daniel Okorafor, M.D., F.A.C.S., and we extend 
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our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew 
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and loved him; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Dr. Okorafor as an expression of our 
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sincere condolences.