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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives  are pleased to congratulate Mary Lou England, 
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RN, MS as she retires on June 1, 2007 as the Executive Director 
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of the Kane County Health Department; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Lou England received her BSN from South East 
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Missouri State University and her Masters of Science in Human 
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Resource Development from National Louis University in 
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Evanston; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She began her career as Administrator of the 
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Greene County Health Department in Carrollton; she later served 
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as West Suburban Hospital Medical Center's Associate Director  
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of the Nursing Division and acting Vice President; she 
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subsequently accepted the position of Public Health Nurse 
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Consultant with the Illinois Department of Public Health in 
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Springfield; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She advanced to Regional Health Officer with the 
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Illinois Department of Public Health, West Chicago, in 1988; 
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she then became the Director of Nursing with the DuPage County 
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Health Department; she is currently the Executive Director of 
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the Kane County Health Department, where she works to advance 
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public health concerns; in addition, she is the member of 
 


 






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several professional organizations; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Lou England  served as President of the 
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Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium from its inception 
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in 2002 until 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, While serving as President of the Northern 
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Illinois Public Health Consortium, she has worked to increase 
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State funding for local public health services, successfully 
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developed a statewide funding approach for combating West Nile 
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Virus, and received a Centers for Disease Control designation 
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to review State emergency preparedness expenditure plans; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Mary Lou England on her retirement as Executive  
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Director of the Kane County Health Department and wish her 
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continued success in the future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mary Lou England as a symbol of our respect.