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File #: 120114    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 2/16/2012 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/16/2012
Title: Honoring and Recognizing Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. for His Accomplishments in and Service to the Field of Medicine and Public Health Education.
Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Goode, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Henon
Attachments: 1. Signature12011400.pdf
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Honoring and Recognizing Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. for His Accomplishments in and Service to the Field of Medicine and Public Health Education.
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WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. is an internationally respected health educator, author and medicine consultant with a life-long commitment to improving the quality of life for others; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. is a Birmingham, Alabama native and attended the University of Pennsylvania's pre-med program prior to continuing on at the International College of Bio-Dynamics and the Atlantic Academy of Classical Homeopathy; and

WHEREAS, Philadelphians have tuned in to his weekly radio broadcasts and commentary, where Mr. Ellis, Sr. provides health conscious, medical information and highlights health disparities and ethics; and

WHEREAS, He publishes a weekly web health column for EURweb.com which reaches over 1.4 million readers and is a frequent contributor to Real Health Magazine, Healthy Living, and the Black Aids Institute Newsletter; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. serves on many boards including the Institutional Review Board and the Ethics Committee of Mercy Health Systems in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, He serves as a health policy advisor to the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Black Legislative Caucus, and more recently also began serving as a Board Member of Communities in Schools in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. was a Borough Councilman in Yeadon, PA until 2001, serving as Chair of the Public Health and Safety Committee; and

WHEREAS, In addition to the above accomplishments and his exemplary service, Mr. Ellis, Sr. is currently the President of Strategies for Well Being, LLC, a health education and consulting company headquartered in Philadelphia, where he consults corporate clients on promoting and providing health education for consumers and providers; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. is above all a man of high integrity, intelligence, and honor; now therefore...

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