In Recognition of Dr. Quentin Young
WHEREAS, Dr. Quentin Young is a highly influential leader, activist, and medical doctor, known throughout Chicago and the United States for his public service and staunch commitment to human rights; AND
WHEREAS, Dr. Young has made it his life's mission to not only provide quality health care and advice to countless individuals, but also to advocate for social justice, civil rights, and equality in health care, specifically in the form of a single-payer health care system; AND
WHEREAS, Dr. Young celebrated his 90th birthday this past September. Though retired from private practice, he still serves two groups he co-founded as the Chairman ofthe Health and Medicine Policy Research Group and National Director ofthe Physicians for National Health Program, as well as continues his mission working for civil and human rights; AND
WHEREAS, Dr. Young is a native Chicagoan, and after serving in the military began his career in this fine city. He completed his undergraduate education at University of Chicago in 1943, obtained his medical degree from Northwestern in 1948, and completed his residency at Cook County Hospital in 1952; AND
WHEREAS, Dr. Young has provided medical service as the Chairman ofthe Department of Internal Medicine at Cook County Hospital and as the Senior Attending Physician at Michael Reese Hospital, as well as running his own private practice in Hyde Park, treating the likes of Martin Luther King Jr., Mayor Harold Washington, Chicago author Studs Terkel, and Governor Pat Quinn. Furthermore he has taught as a Clinical Professor of Preventative Medicine and Community Health at the University of Illinois Medical Center since 1952, and is the Medical Contributor on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio; AND
WHEREAS, over the span of his life and career, Dr. Young has expertly practiced medicine while still committing himself to fighting for the civil rights movement. He marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and acted as his pers...
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