Full Text of HR0538 95th General Assembly
HR0538 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Lowell | 4 |
| Melvin Zollar of Chicago, who passed away on June 13, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Lowell Zollar was born on February 12, 1929 in | 6 |
| Kansas City, Missouri; his parents were Anderson and Carolyn | 7 |
| Zollar; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Du Sable High School in Chicago where | 9 |
| he was head of the Rifle Club and was a lieutenant colonel in | 10 |
| the ROTC; he earned his Bachelor's degree from Roosevelt | 11 |
| University, his Master's degree in Public Health from the | 12 |
| University of Michigan, and his Doctorate of Medicine from | 13 |
| Howard University College of Medicine; and
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| WHEREAS, Lowell Zollar joined the United States Air Force | 15 |
| and later served as a recruiter in St. Louis; during this time | 16 |
| he met and married Doris Lowe, his wife of 52 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Lowell Zollar served as the first director of the | 18 |
| Virology Lab at the former Contagious Disease Hospital in | 19 |
| Chicago; he conducted research in virology at the Hektoen | 20 |
| Institute of Medical Research and later became a member of the | 21 |
| Board of Directors; he was Board Certified in Pediatrics; he |
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| later served as Chief Resident of Cook County Hospital, where | 2 |
| he performed his internship and residency; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a clinical Associate Professor of | 4 |
| Pediatrics at the University of Illinois, Chairman of the | 5 |
| Department of Pediatrics at Mercy Hospital and later at Jackson | 6 |
| Park Hospital, and the founder of Children's Habilitation | 7 |
| Center in Harvey; and
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| WHEREAS, Lowell Zollar was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi; he | 9 |
| enjoyed traveling the world with his wife and friends; he | 10 |
| collected African and African-American art; and he loved | 11 |
| sunsets along the Inner Coastal Waterways of Hilton Head | 12 |
| Island; and
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| WHEREAS, Lowell Zollar is survived by his loving wife, | 14 |
| Doris; his two children, Nikki and Larry ("Lowell, Jr."); his | 15 |
| grandchildren, William Lowell Von Hoene ("Von") and Branden | 16 |
| Zollar; his son-in-law, William A. Von Hoene, Jr.; his sister, | 17 |
| Pearl Rawls; his niece, Carol Miller; his great nieces, Erin | 18 |
| and Alison Miller; and his many cousins, friends, supporters, | 19 |
| and colleagues; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| mourn, along with all who knew and loved him, the passing of |
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| Lowell Zollar; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of Lowell Melvin Zollar as a symbol of | 4 |
| our sympathy.
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