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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in
4 the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Malcolm R.
6 Mathias, MD is retiring from his Blue Mound medical practice
7 after sixty years of service; and
8 WHEREAS, Malcolm R. Mathias, MD was born on January 2,
9 1924 in Macon, Illinois; he is a graduate of Macon Grade
10 School and Macon High School; he attended Milikin University
11 from 1942 until 1943 before enlisting in the United States
12 Army in 1942; and
13 WHEREAS, Dr. Mathias served in the United States Army
14 from June 1943 to February 1946; he was assigned to 10th
15 Military Division in Camp Swift, Texas; and was sent to Italy
16 where he served until the end of the war; and
17 WHEREAS, Dr. Mathias returned to Milikin University in
18 1946 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in June
19 1948; he began medical school in September 1948 at the
20 University of Illinois at Chicago, and graduated in June
21 1952; and
22 WHEREAS, Dr. Mathias interned at Indianapolis General
23 Hospital for one year before joining Dr. Kenneth L. Pistonus
24 in Moweaqua from September 1953 through March 1954; and
25 WHEREAS, Dr. Mathias opened his Blue Mound practice in
26 1954 and has served the citizens of Blue Mound, Illinois
27 until his retirement; and
28 WHEREAS, Dr. Mathias has been supported by his loving and
29 very proud family, who include his wife of 51 years, Violet,
30 his sons, Gregory, Randy, Douglas, and James, and his
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1 grandchildren, Trent, Krista, and Andrew; and
2 WHEREAS, The citizens of Blue Mound will dearly miss Dr.
3 Mathias who has been an essential part of the community for
4 so many years; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we congratulate Malcolm R. Mathias, MD on his retirement from
8 his Blue Mound medical practice after serving the citizens of
9 Blue Mound since 1954; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Malcolm R. Mathias, MD as an expression of our
12 esteem.