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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The McHenry County Department of Health was
3 created by a McHenry County Board Resolution on April 12, 1966;
4 the McHenry County Board immediately appointed a Board of
5 Health that met for the first time on April 27, 1966; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Dr. Santo L. Ruggero, M.D., was an appointed
7 member of the original Board of Health and has faithfully
8 served on the Board for 40 consecutive years; this length of
9 public service is exemplary and was done in concert with an
10 active medical practice, raising a family with his wife Mary,
11 and 27 years on the Harrison School Board; and
 
12     WHEREAS, His knowledge of the health needs of McHenry
13 County residents and public health expertise have been
14 instrumental in the development of the comprehensive programs
15 offered by the Department of Health; and
 
16     WHEREAS, His foresight in 1966 and continued support over
17 the ensuing years have allowed the Health Department to grow
18 and provide a multitude of comprehensive services that have
19 made McHenry County a healthier and more desirable place to
20 live; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Dr. Ruggero will resign from the Board of Health
22 on May 1, 2006; therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
25 we recognize Dr. Santo L. Ruggero, M.D., for 40 years of
26 service on the McHenry County Board of Health; and be it
27 further
 
28     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to Dr. Ruggero as an expression of our esteem and

 

 

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1 gratitude for his dedicated years of public service.