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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ronald Buch, | ||||||
| 4 | Executive Director of Community Service, on the occasion of his | ||||||
| 5 | retirement after 32 years of dedicated service at Northwest | ||||||
| 6 | Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Ronald Buch began his career at Northwest | ||||||
| 8 | Community Hospital on October 6, 1975 as a hospital chaplain; | ||||||
| 9 | on October 27, 1975, he was challenged to establish a pastoral | ||||||
| 10 | care program and was named Director of Pastoral Care; due to | ||||||
| 11 | Mr. Buch's leadership, the department grew and prospered; in | ||||||
| 12 | 1984, Mr. Buch became Director of Pastoral Care and Social | ||||||
| 13 | Services when the two departments merged; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In January of 1992, Ronald Buch, due to his | ||||||
| 15 | compassion, was appointed the Director of the new Cancer | ||||||
| 16 | Services Department; in 1993, he was appointed to the position | ||||||
| 17 | of Director of Community Services in order to utilize his | ||||||
| 18 | reflection and understanding of the hospital's mission in the | ||||||
| 19 | community; in 2007, he was named Executive Director of | ||||||
| 20 | Community Services; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, During his tenure as Director of Community | ||||||
| 22 | Services, Ronald Buch accomplished many beneficial additions | ||||||
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| 1 | to Northwest Community Healthcare's outreach in the community; | ||||||
| 2 | from 1993 to 2000, he collaborated with the area's social | ||||||
| 3 | services organizations to support and expand health services | ||||||
| 4 | for the marginalized in the region; in 1999, he was | ||||||
| 5 | instrumental in the establishment of the Palatine Opportunity | ||||||
| 6 | Center; in 2000, he collaborated with the Cook County | ||||||
| 7 | Department of Public Health to open the Vista Health Clinic; in | ||||||
| 8 | 2003, he initiated the Mobile Dental Clinic; in 2007, the | ||||||
| 9 | Access Clinic was opened to provide health care for the | ||||||
| 10 | underprivileged in the area; in 2008, he partnered with the | ||||||
| 11 | Little City organization to provide increased health care | ||||||
| 12 | benefits for their developmentally disabled residents; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Ronald Buch's enthusiastic dedication to his | ||||||
| 14 | career and community make him a model for the people of the | ||||||
| 15 | State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | congratulate Ronald Buch on the occasion of his retirement and | ||||||
| 19 | wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to Ronald Buch as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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