Full Text of SR0430 93rd General Assembly
SR0430 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of C. Vincent Bakeman, Ph.D., | 4 |
| on February 15, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, C. Vincent Bakeman was born on June 23, 1933; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Bakeman served for 30 years as President/CEO | 7 |
| and Co-founder of Human Resources Development Institute, Inc., | 8 |
| a leading behavioral healthcare provider of mental health, | 9 |
| community health, case management, child welfare, and alcohol | 10 |
| and substance abuse prevention and treatment services; and
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| WHEREAS, During his time, Dr. Bakeman served as Deputy | 12 |
| President for the International Council of Alcohol and | 13 |
| Addictions (ICAA) and was the ICAA representative to the United | 14 |
| Nations Economic and Social Council's Commission on Narcotic | 15 |
| Drugs; he also served on several international planning and | 16 |
| policy making bodies, was a representative of the International | 17 |
| Labor Council, and regularly conducted substance abuse and | 18 |
| rehabilitation training programs for health care professionals | 19 |
| in Africa, North America, and Europe; he served as a substance | 20 |
| abuse demand reduction expert for the United Nations Drug | 21 |
| Control Program and the U.S. Department of State; he was a | 22 |
| member of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) | 23 |
| National Advisory Council; in January 1999, Dr. Bakeman was | 24 |
| appointed to the Illinois Government Task Force, as a member of | 25 |
| the Healthcare and Substance Abuse Committee for Governor | 26 |
| George Ryan's Transition Team; and
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| WHEREAS, A highly regarded lecturer, educator, and | 28 |
| consultant, Dr. Bakeman worked in an advisory capacity for a | 29 |
| number of business, health, and community service | 30 |
| organizations, including the National Institute of Mental | 31 |
| Health, the Chicago Board of Education, and Family Services of |
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| America; and
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| WHEREAS, During his lengthy career, Dr. Bakeman also served | 3 |
| as the President of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence | 4 |
| Association and Chairman of the Policies and Systems Committee | 5 |
| of the Illinois Governor's Task Force that created the | 6 |
| Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse; he was most | 7 |
| recently a member of the Illinois Advisory Committee to the | 8 |
| Human Services Legislative Reorganization Task Force; other | 9 |
| appointments for Dr. Bakeman have included the Illinois | 10 |
| Governor's Planning Council and review consultant for the | 11 |
| Office of Treatment Improvement in Washington, D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Bakeman held doctorate and master's degrees in | 13 |
| public policy and administration from Nova University, as well | 14 |
| as a master's degree in counseling from Chicago State | 15 |
| University; he held certificates in international and U.S. | 16 |
| public policy from the Brookins Institution and the Mexican | 17 |
| National Public Administration Institute; he was a graduate of | 18 |
| Kentucky State University and held a bachelor's degree in | 19 |
| health and physical education; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 |
| C. Vincent Bakeman, Ph.D., and we extend our deepest sympathy | 23 |
| to his family, friends, colleagues, and all who knew and loved | 24 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to the family of C. Vincent Bakeman, Ph.D., as an | 27 |
| expression of our sincere condolences during their time of | 28 |
| bereavement.
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