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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Floyd D. Mizener on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of receiving the 3D Eye Doctor of the Year Award | ||||||
5 | from the International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Floyd Mizener is a graduate of Downers Grove | ||||||
7 | Community High School; he subsequently attended the Marine | ||||||
8 | Corps Institute and graduated from the Illinois College of | ||||||
9 | Optometry in 1949; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Floyd Mizener served his country as a member of | ||||||
11 | the United States Marine Corps during World War II; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Floyd Mizener was in private practice at numerous | ||||||
13 | large group optometric practices in Downers Grove and | ||||||
14 | Naperville for 52 years; he also served as Chairman on former | ||||||
15 | Secretary of State Jim Edgar's Vision Advisory Committee and | ||||||
16 | served as President of the Illinois Optometric Association; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Floyd Mizener has been a Lions Club member for 63 | ||||||
18 | years and has served as chairman of the Downers Grove YMCA; he | ||||||
19 | has also held leadership positions in many optometric and civic | ||||||
20 | institutions, including the West Suburban Optometric Society, | ||||||
21 | the Vision Conservation Institute, the American Optometric |
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1 | Association, EyeGrads, Inc., Good Samaritan Hospital, and | ||||||
2 | Metropics; and
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3 | WHEREAS, When modern 3-D movies were introduced, Floyd | ||||||
4 | Mizener saw it as an opportunity to get the public educated on | ||||||
5 | the need for two eyes working together so depth perception | ||||||
6 | could be attained and appreciated; he subsequently made contact | ||||||
7 | with a longtime friend, Willis Johnson, who owned and operated | ||||||
8 | 14 movie theatres in Downers Grove, about utilizing 3-D movies | ||||||
9 | to educate people about possible eye problems; he then | ||||||
10 | contacted his colleagues in the National Association of Theatre | ||||||
11 | Owners in an effort to develop a trailer to precede 3-D movies | ||||||
12 | that briefly describes the need for binocularity to see and | ||||||
13 | appreciate depth fully; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Floyd Mizener's 3-D movie approach will greatly | ||||||
15 | increase awareness of various eye defects, such as crippled | ||||||
16 | binocular fusion, lazy eye, nearsightedness, farsightedness, | ||||||
17 | and many other vision impairments and help to provide treatment | ||||||
18 | solutions that may not otherwise be available; and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, Floyd Mizener serves as a model of hard work, | ||||||
20 | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
21 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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22 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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1 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
2 | we congratulate Dr. Floyd D. Mizener on the occasion of | ||||||
3 | receiving the 3D Eye Doctor of the Year Award from the | ||||||
4 | International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society and wish him | ||||||
5 | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
6 | further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to Floyd Mizener as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
9 | respect.
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