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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Dr. John "Rocky" White of Decatur, who 
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passed away on January 18, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White served as chairman of the 
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Department of Surgery at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur and 
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served on the hospital's board of directors; his career at St. 
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Mary's began on July 21, 1990 and included the role as 
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president of the hospital's medical staff from 2006 to 2008; in 
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addition to his position at St. Mary's, he provided trauma 
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surgical care to several area hospitals, including Decatur 
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Memorial, Pana Community Hospital, John Warner Hospital in 
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Clinton, and the Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana; he 
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was also the founder of Surgical Specialists of Central 
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Illinois and established offices for the organization in 
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Decatur and Champaign; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White was a member of numerous 
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professional medical societies and was elected to consecutive 
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terms as president of the Macon County Medical Society; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White took particular interest in his 
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role on the WSOY-AM (1340) radio program "Health Styles" with 
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host Kelly Hazenfield; he never missed a Tuesday evening show 
 


 






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and enjoyed fielding listeners' questions about present and 
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future medical procedures; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White participated in the "Real Men Wear 
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Pink" campaign to support breast cancer awareness every October 
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for several years; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White was an avid private pilot who 
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volunteered his airplane and pilot services to Kansas 
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City-based Angel Flight Central and Air Lifeline Pilots in 
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Peoria; he was an active member of the Decatur community and 
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was an avid supporter of Little League baseball; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White was preceded in death by his 
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father, the Honorable John L. White, and his mother, Theresa M. 
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White, Ph.D.; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White is survived by his wife, Leslie 
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(nee Fenner); his son, John "Jack" White; his sister, Joyce 
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(Smith); his brother, Joseph (Christine); his brothers-in-law, 
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Earl (Faith), Ray (Barbara), and Brian; and his many nieces and 
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nephews; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. John White will be remembered by all who knew 
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and loved him as a wonderful and dedicated doctor who devoted 
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great time and energy toward helping others; therefore, be it
  
 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Dr. John "Rocky" White; 
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and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Dr. John White as an expression of 
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our sympathy.