Full Text of HR1335 94th General Assembly
HR1335 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate William E. | 4 |
| Kessler on the occasion of his retirement after 34 years of | 5 |
| service with Saint Anthony's Health System; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kessler began serving as the first lay | 7 |
| administrator of St. Anthony's Hospital on January 24, 1972; in | 8 |
| that position, he has been responsible for the development of | 9 |
| the 243-bed, two-campus institution that provides acute | 10 |
| surgical, medical, pediatric, psychiatric, and long term care; | 11 |
| it also includes home health care, hospice care, obstetric | 12 |
| care, chemical dependency treatment, cancer therapy, diabetes | 13 |
| care, and programs in cardiac, stroke rehabilitation, and | 14 |
| occupational health, and a wellness center, assisted living, | 15 |
| and a medical mall; and
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| WHEREAS, As President and CEO of Saint Anthony's Health | 17 |
| System, he undertook responsibility for Saint Anthony's Health | 18 |
| Center, Saint Anthony's P.H.O., the Good Samaritan Center, | 19 |
| Saint Clare's Villa, Community Physicians and Surgeons, and | 20 |
| Saint Anthony's Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, Under his leadership, Saint Anthony's Health | 22 |
| Center received a prestigious Top 100 Hospital designation in | 23 |
| 2000, and in 2005, it was the only hospital in the area to | 24 |
| receive commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the | 25 |
| American College of Surgeons; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been the recipient of numerous awards for | 27 |
| his service and is active in numerous professional and civic | 28 |
| organizations, often serving in a leadership capacity; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kessler holds a Bachelor of Science in | 30 |
| Commerce and a Master of Hospital Administration from Saint |
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| Louis University; he served as a member of the U.S. Army | 2 |
| Medical Service Corps from 1968 to 1971 and held the rank of | 3 |
| captain; he is married to Patricia W. Kessler and is the father | 4 |
| of Tina, Father Bill, John (wife Dawn, son Collin), Tim (wife | 5 |
| Rachel, son Andrew), Jenny (husband Chris), Kate, Joe (wife | 6 |
| Annie), and Dan; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we congratulate Mr. William E. Kessler on the occasion of his | 10 |
| retirement, and we wish him well in his future endeavor as a | 11 |
| permanent Deaconate for the Roman Catholic Church; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Mr. Kessler as an expression of our esteem and | 15 |
| with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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