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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 Lieutenant Colonel | ||||||
4 | Katherine Hayes of Joliet on the occasion of her 100th birthday | ||||||
5 | on October 8, 2014; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Hayes was born in 1914 on the Baltz | ||||||
7 | family farm in Troy Township, Shorewood; she attended Cathedral | ||||||
8 | of St. Raymond Catholic School and graduated from Joliet | ||||||
9 | Township High School in the early 1930s; she graduated from | ||||||
10 | Passavant Memorial Hospital (now Northwestern Memorial | ||||||
11 | Hospital) in Chicago in 1935 and earned her Bachelor of Science | ||||||
12 | in Nursing from the University of Minnesota in 1940; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Lt. Col. | ||||||
14 | Hayes joined the Army as Chief Nurse of the United States Army | ||||||
15 | 12th General Hospital in February of 1942; her experiences | ||||||
16 | included combat service from 1942 to 1945 in North Africa and | ||||||
17 | Italy, during which time she earned 5 battle stars; Chief | ||||||
18 | Nurse, Ashford General Army Hospital at White Sulphur Springs, | ||||||
19 | West Virginia from 1945 to 1946; Deputy Chief, Nursing | ||||||
20 | Division, Office of the Surgeon General from 1946 to 1950; | ||||||
21 | Chief Nurse, Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C. | ||||||
22 | from 1951 to 1954; Chief Nurse, Landstuhl Medical Center, | ||||||
23 | Germany from 1954 to 1957; Chief Nursing Service at Fort George |
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1 | G. Meade, Maryland in 1957; and Chief Nurse, Nurse Management | ||||||
2 | Office and Nurse Instructor at the US Army Hospital, Fort Ord, | ||||||
3 | California from 1957 to
1961; she retired from the Army Nurses | ||||||
4 | Corp in 1962; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Hayes's contributions to health care and | ||||||
6 | the nursing industry led to such advancements as separate | ||||||
7 | pediatric and female wards, centralized immunizations and | ||||||
8 | injection treatment clinics, modern intensive care units, and | ||||||
9 | the publication of professional and technical manuals related | ||||||
10 | to nursing resulting in increased efficiencies and reduced | ||||||
11 | costs; and
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12 | WHEREAS, In 1985, Lt. Col. Hayes was a generous benefactor | ||||||
13 | towards establishing the Army Medical Department Museum to | ||||||
14 | ensure the history and reputation of the Army Medical | ||||||
15 | Department for future generations; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Hayes was selected as a member of the | ||||||
17 | esteemed Order of Military Medical Merit - Medal #357; the | ||||||
18 | award recognizes United States Army medical personnel who have | ||||||
19 | demonstrated the highest standards of integrity and moral | ||||||
20 | character, and who have made significant contributions to the | ||||||
21 | Army Medical Department Center; only 357 individuals have been | ||||||
22 | recognized to receive this award; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we congratulate Lieutenant Colonel Katherine Hayes on her 100th | ||||||
4 | birthday, thank her for her service to her country, and wish | ||||||
5 | many more wonderful years; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to Lt. Col. Hayes as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
8 | respect.
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