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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois are pleased to recognize significant
4 events in the lives of citizens of the State; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Niva
6 Lubin-Johnson, M.D., FACP is retiring from her position on
7 the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University; and
8 WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson received her Bachelor of
9 Science in Pharmacy from Creighton University and her medical
10 degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine,
11 where she was distinguished as a member of the last class to
12 finish within a three-year time frame; she completed internal
13 medicine residency at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chicago and
14 has been in private practice for more than 13 years; and
15 WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson is currently a senior
16 attending physician at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center,
17 associate attending at Advocate Trinity Hospital, and a
18 clinical instructor at the University of Illinois; she has
19 participated on several boards and committees at both
20 hospitals; and
21 WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson serves on the National Medical
22 Association Board as Chair of the House of Delegates
23 Committee on Administrative and Financial Affairs; she is a
24 past Speaker of the House of Delegates of the National
25 Medical Association and past President of the Chicago and
26 Illinois Chapters of the National Medical Association; and
27 WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson was appointed to the Board of
28 Trustees of Chicago State University by Governor Jim Edgar in
29 1996 and was reappointed by Governor George Ryan in 1999; she
30 has served as Vice-Chair Presidential Search Committee, Chair
31 of the Finance Committee, and is completing her second year
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1 as Chair of the Board of Trustees; and
2 WHEREAS, Dr. Lubin-Johnson has lectured extensively and
3 has been the recipient of numerous awards; she will celebrate
4 25 years as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; she
5 is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ and its Church
6 in Society Ministry; she is married to Joseph Johnson and
7 they reside on the south side of Chicago; she credits her
8 parents, Benjamin and Peggy Lubin for demonstrating how hard
9 work and community service are necessary for a successful and
10 fulfilled life; therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 we commend Dr. Niva Lubin-Johnson on her years of service
14 with the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University and
15 congratulate her on her retirement; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to Dr. Niva Lubin-Johnson with our best wishes for
18 her continued success and happiness and as a token of our
19 respect and esteem.