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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
COMMEMORATING THE LIFE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE DAVID FAGUS
WHEREAS, David Fagus lived a life dedicated to public service. He dutifully served the medically uninsured and underinsured for more than 20 years, working under five administrations in the Cook County Health and Hospital System; and
WHEREAS, David Fagus passed away suddenly on December 24, 2014; and
WHEREAS, David Fagus was the Director of Administration for both the Fantus Clinic and Cermak Health Services of the Cook County Health and Hospital System; and
WHEREAS, in his administrative role at the Cook County Health and Hospital System he developed systems that modernized the delivery of medicine to hundreds of thousand Cook County Residents; and
WHEREAS, after leaving Cook County, David Fagus went to work with Governor Pat Quinn where he helped build the Illinois Health Information Exchange, an innovative tool for handling electronic medical records; and
WHEREAS, David Fagus' work on the Illinois Health Information Exchange made possible the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act; and
WHEREAS, David Fagus was a lifelong resident of Edgewater and Rogers Park. He attended Sacred Heart Academy and graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1980. He went on to earn his B.A. in political studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield and his Master's degree in Public Administration at Roosevelt University; and
WHEREAS, in 1993, David Fagus was offered the position of 49th Ward Democratic Committeeman by retiring Committeeman Lee Preston. As Committeeman for over two decades, he was a strong supporter of diversity and worked to make sure that the organization became truly reflective of the diversity of the ward. Under his leadership, the Democratic Party of the 49th Ward became the first Democratic Ward organization in the City to allow its members to determine which candidates for office to endorse rather than ...
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