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Mayor Morton and CEO Jeff Murphy
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On Tuesday, June 2,
Saint Francis Hospital in
Evanston, IL honored Evanston
Mayor Lorraine H. Morton with its first annual
C.A.R.E.S Award, held in the
Saint Francis Hospital Dining Room.
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Northwestern University Violinists
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The award honors one Evanston community member who has exhibited the values of
Saint Francis Hospital and
Resurrection Health Care:
Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Service.The selection committee--comprised of the Saint Francis Hospital executive team and other leaders at Saint Francis Hospital--unanimously chose the Evanston Mayor for its first annual award.
Mayor Morton recently retired from her 16-year position as
Mayor of Evanston.
"We look to Lorraine as a heartfelt example of what it means to serve the community with dignity, grace, good humor and respect," said
Angelique Richard,
Vice President of Patient Care Services.
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Mayor Morton Receives Award
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Morton spent 25 years in public office, first working tirelessly as an
Evanston City Council Member for nine years and then as
Mayor for 16 years, after she retired from a 35-year career with the Evanston school system as a
Junior High School Principal and teacher. "Mayor Morton learned as a principal and teacher to protect and defend her students. As a Mayor, she has been the protector of the health and safety of all her Evanston constituents. She has fought to enrich the lives of those she represented and has helped all learn to be better people," said
Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin.
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Nancy Stermer, Family Birthplace and Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin
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"Lorraine has been a personal inspiration to all of us. After two "retirements" now, the question is not what she will do next, but can we all keep up with her?" said
Margo Schafer,
Director of Public Relations at Saint Francis Hospital.
In her remarks at the award ceremony,
Mayor Morton, with characteristic humility, deflected the honor and instead spoke about the value of
Saint Francis Hospital, "I am not surprised that
Saint Francis was designated as one of the best places to work...it is a gem that is shining with a brilliance that will not go away."
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Mayor Morton Remarks
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Saint Francis Hospital is a
Level I Trauma Center and has a long history of leadership and “firsts” in cardiac medicine and technologies.
Saint Francis Hospital performed the first cardiac bypass surgery in the Chicago metropolitan area; it was the
first Accredited Chest Pain Center in Illinois and is the
only Accredited Chest Pain Center on Chicago’s North Shore; it was the first hospital in Illinois to offer a
specialized, 64-slice 3-D Computed Tomography (CT) test for the heart; and it was the first hospital in the U.S. Midwest to use the
cardiac marker Troponin to diagnose heart attacks.
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Mayor Morton with Chief of Medical Staff, Janis Atkinson
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Saint Francis Hospital is a part of
Resurrection Health Care, which was ranked in the
nation’s top 20 “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Resurrection Health Care is a family of health care services providing advanced medical care and exceptional customer service with compassion and hope. Our hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, home health services, behavioral health programs and numerous outpatient services are conveniently located in many Chicagoland neighborhoods.
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