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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 George S. Rudis on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of his retirement after 37 years of distinguished
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5 | service with the Department of Public Health, the last 21 years | ||||||
6 | as Assistant Deputy Director in the
Office of Finance and | ||||||
7 | Administration; and
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8 | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis has functioned admirably as a jack | ||||||
9 | of all trades for 9
directors of the Department of Public | ||||||
10 | Health as demonstrated by his innate ability to handle
various | ||||||
11 | assignments during his nearly 4 decades serving the public's | ||||||
12 | health, including stints as
the Chief of Division of Vital | ||||||
13 | Records for the past 11 years, the Chief of the State/Local | ||||||
14 | Liaison
Unit for more than 20 years, the Acting Chief of | ||||||
15 | Information Technology, the Acting Chief of
Accounting | ||||||
16 | Services, the Edwardsville Regional Health Officer, the Chief | ||||||
17 | of chronic disease
programs, and as a sexually transmitted | ||||||
18 | disease investigator; before working for the State, he was
the | ||||||
19 | Assistant Director of the Springfield City Health Department; | ||||||
20 | and
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21 | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis has, for nearly 3 decades, | ||||||
22 | provided invaluable service
and expert counsel to local health | ||||||
23 | departments, boards of health and county boards, and
advocated |
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1 | for bringing State and local health department together to work | ||||||
2 | for common
goals; he was instrumental in the formation of 28 | ||||||
3 | local health departments throughout the State,
which have | ||||||
4 | helped guarantee people live healthier lives by ensuring the | ||||||
5 | safety of the water we
drink, the food we eat, and the air we | ||||||
6 | breathe; and
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7 | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis was the Deputy State Registrar | ||||||
8 | when landmark legislation
was passed in 2010 (P.A. 96-0895) to | ||||||
9 | allow the release of an adopted person's original birth
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10 | certificate, and through his diligence and that of his staff, | ||||||
11 | has issued nearly 10,000 original birth
certificates to | ||||||
12 | adoptees, that in turn have led to many heartfelt reunions of | ||||||
13 | adoptees and their birth
parents; and
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14 | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis has had many professional | ||||||
15 | accomplishments during his
career in public health, including | ||||||
16 | President of the Illinois Public Health Association, President | ||||||
17 | of
the American Lung Association and long-time board member, | ||||||
18 | President of the Association of
State and Territorial Local | ||||||
19 | Health Liaison Officials, Management Committee of the | ||||||
20 | Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials, Program | ||||||
21 | Committee of the National Association of Local Boards of | ||||||
22 | Health, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Re-Accreditation of | ||||||
23 | the Masters of Public
Health Program at the University of | ||||||
24 | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Adjunct Lecturer for the
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1 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Co-Chair of the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Accreditation Task Force for
the Illinois Public | ||||||
3 | Health Institute, member of the Public Health Practitioner | ||||||
4 | Certification Board,
and Peer Reviewer for the Michigan Public | ||||||
5 | Health Institute/Michigan Department of Community
Health; and
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6 | WHEREAS, George S. Rudis received his Bachelor of Science | ||||||
7 | in Health Education
from Western Illinois University, where he | ||||||
8 | met his wife, Debbie, and his Master of Arts in
Health Services | ||||||
9 | Administration from the University of Illinois at Springfield; | ||||||
10 | he became a
Certified Public Health Administrator by the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Public Health Administrator Certification
Board in | ||||||
12 | Chicago and was named a Fellow by the Mid-America Regional | ||||||
13 | Public Health
Leadership Institute at the University of | ||||||
14 | Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
16 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
17 | we congratulate George S. Rudis on the occasion of his | ||||||
18 | retirement after many years of distinguished service with the | ||||||
19 | Department of Public Health, and wish him the best in all his | ||||||
20 | future endeavors; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | presented to George S. Rudis as
an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
23 | respect.
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