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H. 4769

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House Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Tallon
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24555sa16.docx

Introduced in the House on January 28, 2016
Adopted by the House on January 28, 2016

Summary: Reverend Dr. Delois Brown-Daniels

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/28/2016  House   Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 5)

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1/28/2016

TO RECOGNIZE REVEREND DR. DELOIS BROWN-DANIELS, A NATIVE OF COWPENS AND A VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE, AND TO HONOR HER FOR HER SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF MANY WHO SUFFER FROM THE RAVAGES OF ILLNESS.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to commend Reverend Dr. Delois Brown-Daniels, a native of Cowpens, for her meaningful ministry in the lives of so many for more than three and a half decades; and

Whereas, Reverend Brown-Daniels earned a bachelor of arts degree from Converse College; a master of divinity from Yale University; and a doctorate of ministry from McCormick Theological Seminary; and

Whereas, with ecclesiastical endorsement for chaplaincy by the American Baptist Churches USA, she has been involved in hospital chaplaincy since 1980 as a certified clinical pastoral education supervisor and a board certified chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplains; and

Whereas, since 1994, Dr. Brown-Daniels has been a vice president within Advocate Health Care, and since 2000, she has served as a vice president at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, responsible for not only Mission and Spiritual Care but also Community Relations departments; and

Whereas, she has served on numerous boards, including on the board of directors for the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education for the North Central Region from 1991 to 1998, serving as the board chair; on national ACPE Racial-Ethnic Multi-Cultural Network, serving as the regional chair; and on Community Renewal Society, serving as its board president; and

Whereas, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Dr. Brown-Daniels currently serves on the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce board and on the Hispanocare board of directors; and

Whereas, her numerous honors include the 2002 Alumnae Board Award for Distinction in Service to the Community from Yale University Divinity School, the 2005 Anton Boisen Professional Service Award, the 2011 Converse College Alumnae Career Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Alumnae Award from Converse College in 2014; and

Whereas, ordained to Christian ministry by the Connecticut Missionary Baptist Association, Reverend Brown-Daniels is ordained in the American Baptist Church with dual standing in the United Church of Christ. She is a member of First Baptist Church in Chicago and an associate member of Covenant United Church of Christ in South Holland, Illinois; and

Whereas, together with her beloved husband, Reverend Dr. David Daniels, a professor at McCormick Theological Seminary, she has reared two fine children: David, a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, and DeAndrea, a student at Howard University in Washington, D. C.; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to recognize this remarkable daughter of South Carolina and native of Cowpens for her lifetime of ministry and service. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize Reverend Dr. Delois Brown-Daniels, a native of Cowpens and a vice president for Advocate Health Care, and honor her for her significant contributions to the spiritual health and well being of many who suffer from the ravages of illness.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Reverend Dr. Delois Brown-Daniels.

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