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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Dojna G. Barr, who passed away on October 
430, 2010; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dojna Barr was born on January 18, 1932 in 
6Belgrade, Yugoslavia; her parents were Ellena (Naum) and Stojan 
7Galich; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, After she earned her doctorate in medicine, Dojna 
9Barr served her residency in psychiatry at Presbyterian St. 
10Luke's Hospital and earned her board certification as a fellow 
11in pediatrics, as well as in child, adult, and geriatric 
12psychiatry; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Dojna Barr served as the Director of Child and 
14Adolescent Psychiatry at Chicago's Ridgeway Hospital, 
15Naperville's Linden Oaks Hospital, and the Ottawa Hospital; she 
16was also one of the first female staff members at Provena St. 
17Joseph Hospital, where she served for over 35 years; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Dojna Barr published 8 novels and was the 
19recipient of the 2008 Fyodor Dostoyevsky Literary Award and the 
20Peter Kocic Foundation Modern Literature Award in recognition 
21of her literary achievements; she was also a passionate still 
 
 
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1life painter; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Dojna Barr was preceded in death by her parents 
3and her husband, the Honorable William G. Barr; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Dojna Barr is survived by her son, George Barr; 
5her daughter in-law, Donna J. (McGee) Barr; her grandchildren, 
6Aaron W. Barr, Lauren A. Barr, and Ian G. Barr; her sisters, 
7Adina (Galich) Rakocevich (Sava), and Urania Galich Djucovich 
8(Bora); her stepson, Michael Barr; her stepdaughters, Susan 
9Helberg and Kathleen Kruger; and her cousin, Maria Naum 
10(Bogdan); therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
13her family and friends, the passing of Dojna G. Barr; and be it 
14further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to the family of Dojna Barr as an expression of our 
17sympathy.