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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Vermilion County
4 Health Department public health administrator Steven Laker on
5 the occasion of winning the 2007 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize
6 for Creative Local Public Health Work from the American Public
7 Health Association; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative
9 Local Public Health Work is awarded to a local health officer
10 who "has demonstrated exceptionally creative work in the field
11 of public health"; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Steven Laker has had a long and distinguished
13 career in public health; he started his career with the
14 Vermilion County Health Department in 1971; he became an
15 administrator in the department in 1982; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Steven Laker has been active with numerous public
17 health organizations; he has served on the Illinois Terrorism
18 Task Force since June 2001; he is a member of the Illinois
19 Department of Public Health's Immunization Advisory Committee
20 and has been a member of the Local Health Liaison Committee for
21 over 20 years; he is a past president of the Illinois
22 Association of Public Health, a position he plans to resume in

 

 

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1 January of 2009; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Steven Laker was instrumental in the creation of
3 the Illinois Public Health Mutual Aid System, a program that
4 connects local public health departments with neighbors around
5 the state during an emergency; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Steven Laker's dedication to the cause of public
7 health makes him a model for the people of the State of
8 Illinois; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
11 congratulate Steven Laker for winning the 2007 Milton and Ruth
12 Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work and wish him
13 continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
14 further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to Steven Laker as a symbol of our esteem and
17 respect.