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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to
4 the family, friends, colleagues, patients, and all those
5 touched by Dr. John E. Ultmann, who recently passed away; and
6 WHEREAS, Dr. John E. Ultmann was born in Vienna, Austria
7 on January 6, 1925; he and his family moved to New York in
8 1938; he attended the Bronx High School of Science and
9 graduated in 1943; he was drafted into the United States Army
10 after graduation, where he served in the intelligence
11 service; after World War II he went to Austria to help
12 identify and interrogate war criminals and gather information
13 for the Nuremberg trials; and
14 WHEREAS, After his service with the Army, Dr. Ultmann
15 attended Brooklyn and Oberlin College, and then the College
16 of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, where he
17 later joined the faculty; and
18 WHEREAS, In 1968 Dr. Ultmann began his work with the
19 University of Chicago, where he specialized in cancer
20 treatment, specifically lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease as
21 well as advancing the use of chemotherapy; he was a past
22 director of, and helped in the creation of, the university's
23 Cancer Research Center; he served on many national and
24 international medical committees; and
25 WHEREAS, Dr. Ultmann was the author of over 450 papers,
26 review articles, book chapters, editorials, and abstracts; he
27 revised the medical school curriculum so students would have
28 more experience with patient care from the start; from 1976
29 to 1980 Dr. Ultmann was chairman of the board of scientific
30 counselors for the National Cancer Institute's Division of
31 Cancer Treatment; and
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1 WHEREAS, Dr. Ultmann is credited with raising millions of
2 dollars for the medical center, including a $21 million gift
3 from the Richard L. Duchossois family; this gift saw the
4 building of the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine; and
5 WHEREAS, Dr. Ultmann saved many lives and pioneered the
6 use of new treatment for cancer; and
7 WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. John E. Ultmann will be felt
8 by all who knew and were touched by this man, especially his
9 wife, Ruth; his daughters, Dr. Monica Ultmann and Dr.
10 Michelle Ultmann; his son, Barry Ultmann; and his five
11 grandchildren; therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14 we mourn the passing of Dr. John E. Ultmann of Chicago,
15 Illinois; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the family of Dr. John E. Ultmann.