SJ0073 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SJ0073 LRB093 21971 HSS 50213 r

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The General Assembly takes pride in recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of Illinois officials and citizens; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly, as an august body, exercises discerning judgment in resolutions to cite the noted achievements of a select few individuals, especially when bestowing one of the highest methods of recognition by the State; and

WHEREAS, In recognition of the lasting contributions that Patricia Thompson Madden made on the issue of mental health at the John J. Madden Mental Health Center, and across the State of Illinois, the General Assembly would like to recognize Ms. Madden, who served as the Center's Administrator for ten years, by naming the Center's Administrative Pavilion after her; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Thompson Madden was a woman who dedicated her life to persons with mental illness; she died on August 31, 2003; she is survived by her son, Robert Baren, and daughter-in-law Alice; her father, Robert Thompson; her sister, Elizabeth, and brother-in-law Stanley Hewins; her brother, Lawrence Robert Thompson, and sister-in-law Rhonda; her aunt, Nancy Tobara; her nephews, Jason and his wife Olivia Herrick, Christopher, Shawn and his wife Daniele, Eric, and Shaden Thompson; and her nieces Carrie and Shaelynn Thompson; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Thompson Madden was born in Peoria and moved frequently as a child, living in Chicago; Muncie, Indiana; Kansas City, Missouri; and Villa Park; she was a member of the first graduating class of Willowbrook High School in Villa Park; after graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in nursing, she received her master's degree in community mental health nursing from Arizona State University; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Thompson Madden went to work after college at the U.S. Army Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama, where as a firsthand witness of the civil rights movement, she became an advocate of equal rights for all; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Thompson Madden went on to work with psychiatric patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Waco, Texas, where she witnessed the toll the Vietnam War took on returning veterans, and in the late 1960s, she served as a psychiatric nurse at Denver General Hospital; she also spent several years teaching at California State University in Sacramento; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Thompson Madden returned to the Chicago area in 1986 and began working for the State of Illinois, first as the Associate Director for Administration of the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute and then as the Hospital Administrator of the John J. Madden Mental Health Center for ten years; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Thompson Madden was very involved in the Oak Park community, where she was a sixteen year resident, serving as chairperson of the Barrie Park Citizens Advisory Committee from its inception in 1999 and as a member of the First United Church of Oak Park, where she served as chairperson of the Christian Education Committee, as a member of the Church Council, and as an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church; therefore be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Administrative Pavilion at the John J. Madden Mental Health Center in Maywood is named the Patricia Thompson Madden Administrative Pavilion in honor of Patricia Thompson Madden; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of resolution be presented to the family of Patricia Thompson Madden; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to the Director of Central Management Services, the Secretary of Human Services, and other operating authorities for the cited building.