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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives congratulate Nada Stotland, M.D., M.P.H. for | ||||||
| 4 | her ascension to the post of president-elect of the American | ||||||
| 5 | Psychiatric Association; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, A professor of psychiatry and | ||||||
| 7 | obstetrics/gynecology at Rush Medical College,
Dr. Stotland | ||||||
| 8 | will serve as president-elect for one year and then will take | ||||||
| 9 | the reins of the Association as president in May of 2008; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland has held a wide range of leadership | ||||||
| 11 | positions within the American Psychiatric Association, | ||||||
| 12 | including terms as vice president and secretary-treasurer on | ||||||
| 13 | its Board of Trustees, speaker of the Assembly and chair of | ||||||
| 14 | both the Committee on Women, and the Joint Commission on Public | ||||||
| 15 | Affairs; she has also been president of other distinguished | ||||||
| 16 | health organizations, including the Illinois Psychiatric | ||||||
| 17 | Society, the Association of Women Psychiatrists, and the North | ||||||
| 18 | American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland serves on the boards of Mental Health | ||||||
| 21 | America, a consumer and family advocacy group, and Physicians | ||||||
| 22 | for Reproductive Choice and Health; she is the author or editor | ||||||
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| 1 | of seven books and over seventy articles and has won a number | ||||||
| 2 | of awards, including the APA's Francis Braceland and Alexandra | ||||||
| 3 | Symonds Awards and the American Medical Women's Association's | ||||||
| 4 | Lila Wallis Award; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland is a noted authority on women's | ||||||
| 6 | mental health and has appeared on "Oprah", "Larry King Live", | ||||||
| 7 | and CNN's "Talk Back Live"; she has also testified before both | ||||||
| 8 | chambers of Congress and the federal Food and Drug | ||||||
| 9 | Administration; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland received her undergraduate, medical, | ||||||
| 11 | and residency education at the University of Chicago and was a | ||||||
| 12 | faculty member for more than 10 years, serving as the director | ||||||
| 13 | of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service and the | ||||||
| 14 | director of Psychiatric Education; she later served as medical | ||||||
| 15 | coordinator for the State of Illinois Division of Mental Health | ||||||
| 16 | and as the chair of psychiatry at the Illinois Masonic Medical | ||||||
| 17 | Center in Chicago; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Nada Stotland, a long-time resident of the Hyde | ||||||
| 19 | Park neighborhood in Chicago, is married to Harold Stotland, a | ||||||
| 20 | highly respected lawyer; they have four grown children, Leah, | ||||||
| 21 | Naomi, Eve, and Hannah; from time to time she has volunteered | ||||||
| 22 | her lovely voice and superior acting skills to the Gilbert & | ||||||
| 23 | Sullivan Opera Company Inc. in Chicago; therefore, be it | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Nada Stotland, M.D., M.P.H. on her position as | ||||||
| 4 | president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association; and | ||||||
| 5 | be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Dr. Nada Stotland and to the American Psychiatric | ||||||
| 8 | Association as a symbol of our respect.
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