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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Colonel | ||||||
4 | Janet M. Kamer, Ph.D. of Wheaton, who passed away on February | ||||||
5 | 6, 2014; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer retired from the United States | ||||||
7 | Air Force in March of 2013 after 26 years of service; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer received her Bachelor of Science | ||||||
9 | in Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology in | ||||||
10 | Chicago in 1971, her Master of Arts in Developmental Psychology | ||||||
11 | from Columbia University in New York in 1974, her Master of | ||||||
12 | Arts in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University in Chicago | ||||||
13 | in 1978, her Postgraduate Association in Neurology from Yale | ||||||
14 | University School of Medicine in 1980, and her Doctorate in | ||||||
15 | Clinical Psychology from Loyola University in Chicago in 1981; | ||||||
16 | she attended Squadron Officer School in 1994, Air Command and | ||||||
17 | Staff College in 1997, and the Air War College in 2000; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer was promoted to First Lieutenant | ||||||
19 | on August 7, 1987, to Captain on August 8, 1989, to Major on | ||||||
20 | March 10, 1994, to Lieutenant Colonel on September 18, 1998, | ||||||
21 | and to Colonel on April 1, 2006; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer began her military career as a | ||||||
2 | Clinical Psychologist with the 440th Airlift Wing, General | ||||||
3 | Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from | ||||||
4 | August of 1987 to December of 1988; she followed with | ||||||
5 | assignments as a Clinical Psychologist with the 928th Tactical | ||||||
6 | Airlift Group, O'Hare International Airport in Chicago from | ||||||
7 | December of 1988 to October of 1989; as a Clinical Psychologist | ||||||
8 | with the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, | ||||||
9 | Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio from October of 1989 to November | ||||||
10 | 2001; as a Clinical Psychologist, Deputy Director of | ||||||
11 | Neuropsychology, Operation Desert Storm, 88th Medical Group, | ||||||
12 | Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | ||||||
13 | from January of 1990 to April 1990; as Consultant for Combat | ||||||
14 | Stress Programs, Office of the Surgeon General, Air Force | ||||||
15 | Medical Support Agency, AFMSA/SGOC, Bolling Air Force Base, | ||||||
16 | Washington, D.C. from November of 2001 to January of 2004; as | ||||||
17 | Consultant for Combat Stress Programs, Deployment Health | ||||||
18 | Support Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of | ||||||
19 | Defense for Health Affairs, Falls Church, Virginia from January | ||||||
20 | of 2004 to October of 2007; and as Command Consultant for | ||||||
21 | Psychology Headquarters Air Force Reserver Command, Office of | ||||||
22 | the Command Surgeon, Robbins AFB, Georgia from October of 2007 | ||||||
23 | to March of 2013; she was deployed to Mexico in 2012 as team | ||||||
24 | lead for the Defense Institute of Medical Operations, 21st | ||||||
25 | Century Warrior; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer received numerous awards and | ||||||
2 | decorations including the Meritorious Service Medal with two | ||||||
3 | oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air | ||||||
4 | Force Outstanding Unit award with three oak leaf clusters, the | ||||||
5 | Air Force Recognition Award, the National Defense Service Medal | ||||||
6 | with one service star, the Global War on Terrorism Service | ||||||
7 | Medal, the Air Force Longevity Service Award with five oak leaf | ||||||
8 | clusters, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with one mobilization | ||||||
9 | device and silver hourglass, the Air Force Training Ribbon, and | ||||||
10 | the Medical Services Biomedical Sciences Corps Mobilization | ||||||
11 | Augmentee of the Year 2008; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer was an active supporter of many | ||||||
13 | veteran's causes; she was a board member of the Reserve | ||||||
14 | Officers Association National Defense Education Forum, | ||||||
15 | past-President of the Reserve Officers Association Department | ||||||
16 | of Illinois, President-Elect of the Military Officers | ||||||
17 | Association Department of Illinois West Suburban Chapter, | ||||||
18 | board member of the DuPage County Illinois Veterans Assistance | ||||||
19 | Commission, and member of the Mental Health and Education | ||||||
20 | Committees of Illinois Joining Forces; and | ||||||
21 | WHEREAS, In her civilian life, Col. Janet Kamer was the | ||||||
22 | Director of Neuropsychology for Meier Clinics in Wheaton, and | ||||||
23 | she was a professor at the College of DuPage; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer was preceded in death by her son, | ||||||
2 | Eric Kamer Meador, and by her parents Harry D. and Jean Kamer; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Col. Janet Kamer is survived by her husband, David | ||||||
5 | R. Meador; her son, Lt. Commander Michael K. (Tracy) Meador, | ||||||
6 | U.S.N.; her granddaughter, Natalie Erica; her sons, Monday | ||||||
7 | Akogwu and Diedre Cardosa; and her brother, Harry F. | ||||||
8 | (Maritherese) Kamer; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we mourn the passing of Colonel Janet M. Kamer, Ph.D., and | ||||||
12 | extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all | ||||||
13 | who knew and loved her; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Col. Janet Kamer as an expression of | ||||||
16 | our deepest sympathy.
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