Full Text of SR0481 093rd General Assembly
SR0481 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 Godwin Sunday Daniel | 4 |
| Okorafor, M.D., F.A.C.S., on Sunday, March 14, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was born on December 8, 1940; he | 6 |
| married Dr. Helen I. Okorafor, H.S.D.; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor attended Christ the King College in | 8 |
| Onitsha, Nigeria for his premedical education; he received his | 9 |
| medical doctorate in 1968 from the University of Ibadan in | 10 |
| Ibadan, Nigeria; he served his rotating internship at | 11 |
| University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria and at St. | 12 |
| Joseph Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland; his general surgery | 13 |
| residency was conducted at Springfield Hospital Medical Center | 14 |
| in Springfield, Massachusetts and at The Christ Hospital in | 15 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio, where he served as chief resident of general | 16 |
| surgery; his thoracic-cardiovascular surgery residency was | 17 |
| completed at The Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, | 18 |
| where he served as thoracic-cardiovascular chief resident; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was a highly respected and | 20 |
| accomplished thoracic-cardiovascular surgeon and had dedicated | 21 |
| 25 years of his life to serving the south side communities of | 22 |
| Chicago; he was the Chief of Surgery for several years at St. | 23 |
| Bernard Hospital and was very active at Trinity, Mount Sinai, | 24 |
| South Shore, Provident, Inglewood, Doctors Hospital of Hyde | 25 |
| Park, and Jackson Park Hospitals; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was a member of several professional | 27 |
| organizations, including the American Medical Association, the | 28 |
| Illinois State Medical Society, and the Chicago Medical | 29 |
| Society, and he was a fellow of the American College of | 30 |
| Surgeons; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Okorafor was a devoted family man; he enjoyed | 2 |
| tennis, table tennis, soccer, swimming, and boating; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Godwin Sunday Daniel Okorafor, | 4 |
| M.D., F.A.C.S. has been deeply felt by many, especially his | 5 |
| wife, Dr. Helen I. Okorafor, H.S.D.; his children, Dr. Ifeoma | 6 |
| Chinyere Okorafor-Chidume, D.C. Ngozi Chigioke Okorafor-Johns, | 7 |
| M.A., J.D., Esq., Nnedi Nkemdili Okorafor-Mbachu, writer and | 8 |
| Ph.D. candidate, and Emezie Ijoma Okorafor, B.Sc., Eng. MIT; | 9 |
| and his grandchildren, Anyaugo Obioma Mbachu and Onyuedika | 10 |
| Chukwudi Sunday Chidume; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 |
| Godwin Sunday Daniel Okorafor, M.D., F.A.C.S., and we extend | 14 |
| our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew | 15 |
| and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Okorafor as an expression of our | 18 |
| sincere condolences.
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