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92_SR0067
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Dr. Mack W. Hollowell, who passed away on February 7,
5 2001; and
6 WHEREAS, Dr. Hollowell was born on December 20, 1919 in
7 Charleston, Illinois, to Mack and Elsie Hollowell; and
8 WHEREAS, Dr. Hollowell earned his Bachelor of Medicine
9 degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and his M.D. from
10 the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago,
11 Illinois; he served in the Army Medical Corps in the South
12 Pacific during World War II; after being discharged with
13 honor, he returned to Charleston where he practiced medicine
14 for 46 years; and
15 WHEREAS, Dr. Hollowell was instrumental in raising money
16 for the Charleston Memorial and Sarah Bush Lincoln Health
17 Center Hospitals; he served as the medical director for the
18 Hour House Drug and rehabilitation Center for 28 years until
19 his retirement in December of 2000; and
20 WHEREAS, Dr. Hollowell was as a member of Wesley United
21 Methodist Church, a member of the Illinois Medical Society,
22 where he served on several committees, a member and President
23 of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, a member and
24 President of the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Systems
25 Board and Foundation Board in prior years; he was an active
26 member of the Coles Cumberland Medical Society, a member and
27 the first President of the Eastern Illinois University Board
28 of Trustees; and previously served on the Illinois Board of
29 Governors of State College and Universities; and
30 WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Mack W. Hollowell will be
31 deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his
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1 wife, Margaret; his children, Dr. Susan K. (husband, Dr.
2 Michael) Shirley, Dr. Jeff Hollowell, Melissa (husband, Tom)
3 Katsimpalis, and Megan (husband, Stuart) Summers; his
4 step-children, John C. Barlow, Todd L (wife, Sandra) Barlow,
5 and Mary Anne Barlow Allen; his grandchildren, Jason, Jacob,
6 Alyssa, Kory, Alanz, Evan, Iris, Ellen, Lincoln, David,
7 Grace, and Sam; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 all who knew him, the death of Dr. Mack W. Hollowell of
11 Charleston, Illinois; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Dr. Mack W. Hollowell with our
14 sincere condolences.