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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr.
4 Charles Runner of Chicago, who passed away on June 9, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Runner was born on March 25, 1918 in
6 Washington D.C.; he and his wife, Dorothy, were married in 1945
7 in the Thorndyke Hilton Chapel at the University of Chicago
8 campus by civil rights leader and former Howard University
9 theology professor Reverend Howard W. Thurman; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Runner received his undergraduate and
11 medical degrees from Howard University and Howard Medical
12 School in Washington D.C.; he performed his pediatric residency
13 at Provident Hospital in Chicago; and
 
14     WHEREAS, After serving in a United States Army hospital in
15 Munich, Germany during the Korean War, Dr. Charles Runner
16 returned to Chicago and set up a practice in 1955 on Chicago's
17 South Side; Dr. Runner faithfully served the citizens of the
18 South Side as a pediatrician for over 50 years until his
19 retirement in 2001; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Runner's medical practice was well
21 known for its personal approach to medicine, with Dr. Runner

 

 

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1 intimately knowing the personal medical histories of the many
2 families who came to his office generation after generation;
3 his caring attitude and great knowledge of medicine will be
4 greatly missed by his many adoring patients; and
 
5     WHEREAS, As a testament to his love for his fellow man, Dr.
6 Charles Runner was named one of the first five recipients of
7 the Martin Luther King Legacy Awards, a prestigious award given
8 for community service by the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, in
9 1989; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Runner enjoyed opera and jazz and was
11 a past board member of the Lyric Opera; he was also an avid
12 photographer, enjoying the hobby well into his retirement; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Runner is survived by his wife,
14 Dorothy; his daughters, Susan Runner and Shari Carnegie; and
15 his four grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18 mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Dr.
19 Charles Runner; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to the family of Dr. Charles Runner as an expression

 

 

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1 of our sympathy.