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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. QUENTIN YOUNG
WHEREAS, almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, has called a champion of civil rights and public health, Dr. Quentin Young from our midst; and
WHEREAS, Quentin Young, the son of immigrants, grew up on the South Side of Chicago and graduated from Hyde Park High School; and
WHEREAS, Quentin Young received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1944, despite his studies being interrupted by his Army service during World War II. In 1947 Dr. Young received his medical degree from Northwestern University; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Young began his medical training at Cook County Hospital before leaving for Michael Reese Hospital in 1952; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Quentin Young eventually returned to Cook County Hospital as the "Chairman of Medicine" in 1972, a role he retained until 1981. There he worked tirelessly to improve the County's public healthcare system and its ability to help the poor and underserved; and
WHEREAS, in addition to leadership positions within Cook County Dr. Young served as President of the Chicago Board of Health and the American Public Health Association, and he co-founded the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Young was also busy agitating and fighting for social change. He volunteered to register black voters during Mississippi's Freedom Summer in 1964; and marched from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Young provided medical care to Martin Luther King Jr. during his stops in Chicago, as well as to campaign volunteers, civil rights workers, and anti-war protesters as founder of the Medical Committee for Human Rights; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Young is survived by two sons: Michael and Ethan; three daughters: Nancy, Polly, and Barbara; and two stepchildren: William and Karen Weaver. His wife, Ruth, passed away in 2007.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commi...
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