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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Connie Keelin is retiring from the position of
3 Administrator of the DeWitt Piatt Bi-County Health Department;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, She received her R.N. degree in 1968 and was
6 employed as a nurse at the DuPage County Health Department in
7 Chicago from 1968 to 1970; she took a break from the work force
8 to raise her two children, Matt and Brenda Keelin, from 1970 to
9 1981; she served as the Director of Nursing at DeWitt Piatt
10 Bi-County Health Department from 1981 to 1986; in 1985, she
11 received a BSN from Sangamon State University; after a two-year
12 stint as Director of Nursing at the Logan County Health
13 Department, she became Administrator of the Department; in
14 1996, she became Administrator of the DeWitt Piatt Bi-County
15 Health Department; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Throughout the years, Ms. Keelin has been
17 recognized in her field; she served as President of the
18 Illinois Public Health Nurse Administration Association, as
19 Treasurer of the Illinois Public Health Association, as
20 President of the Illinois Association of Public Health
21 Administrators, and she was named Public Health Worker of the
22 Year by the Illinois Public Health Association in 2001; and
 
23     WHEREAS, She is also active in her community and has been
24 involved with Rotary in Logan, Livingston, and Piatt; the Local
25 Health Liaison Committee with the director of the Illinois
26 Department of Public Health; the University of Illinois Public
27 Health Leadership Institute; the Illinois Association of
28 Public Health Administrators; and she was appointed by the
29 Governor to serve on the State of Illinois Immunization
30 Advisory Committee; therefore, be it
 
31     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

HR0675 - 2 - LRB094 12824 HSS 47669 r

1 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we congratulate Connie Keelin on the occasion of her retirement
3 as Administrator of the DeWitt Piatt Bi-County Health
4 Department; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Ms. Keelin as an expression of our respect and
7 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.