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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the
4 Metro-East Pharmacists Association on the 50th anniversary as a
5 professional pharmacy association in the State of Illinois; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Madison-St. Clair Counties Professional
7 Pharmacists Association's original State of Illinois
8 Certificate of Incorporation was signed April 30, 1959 as a
9 Not-for-profit Corporation; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The purposes of the organization were to acquire
11 or dispose or real and personal property as deemed necessary to
12 carry out the purposes of the organization, unite pharmacists
13 for the purpose of fostering and encouraging social, education,
14 and business relations of the members, receive and disseminate
15 information and knowledge as may be helpful, exchange ideas and
16 render mutual assistance to each other, promote public
17 relations, and support a standard of ethics and conduct and to
18 abate abuses and injurious practices in the profession; and
 
19     WHEREAS, The association kept growing and in 1986 this
20 association became the Metro-East Pharmacists Association and
21 includes the counties and area surrounding the original Madison
22 and St Clair counties; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Members have served in numerous leadership roles
2 in local, State, and national pharmacy associations, public
3 service, and government positions; and
 
4     WHEREAS, The association has provided loans and
5 scholarships to numerous pharmacy students over the past 50
6 years; therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9 congratulate the members of the Metro-East Pharmacists
10 Association on their anniversary and wish them the best in
11 their future endeavors; and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the Metro-East Pharmacists Association as a symbol
14 of our respect and esteem.