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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois wish to honor Dr. Zakiah Ali on the occasion
4 of her retirement after 25 years of providing medical care to
5 the Quincy community; and
 
6     WHEREAS, She graduated from a Christian medical college in
7 India and came to the United States in 1967; she did her
8 residency in St. Louis, came to Quincy in 1978, and worked for
9 five years at Blessing Hospital as a pathologist; she then
10 began her family practice career in LaGrange, Missouri at the
11 LaGrange Clinic; after three years she returned to Quincy and
12 took over Dr. Givi Gabliani's medical practice in 1985; and
 
13     WHEREAS, She was nominated for Illinois Family Physician of
14 the Year in the 1990s and was instrumental in starting The
15 Islamic Center of Quincy in 2002; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Dr. Ali lives with her husband, Mohamed; her
17 daughter, Saadia Aschemann, lives in Quincy with her husband,
18 Dave, and their two children, Noah and Davis; her son, Sayeed,
19 and his wife, Shelly, live in Geneva; Dr. Ali is an active
20 member of the Quincy Rotary Club; therefore, be it
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23 we congratulate Dr. Zakiah Ali on the occasion of her
24 retirement after 25 years with the Quincy medical community;
25 and be it further
 
26     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
27 presented to Dr. Ali as an expression of our esteem.