Supporters
Government
Illinois Congressional Delegation
United States Senators
- Richard Durbin
- Barack Obama
United States Representatives
- Jesse Jackson, Jr., 2nd Congressional District
- Dan Lipinski, 3rd Congressional District
- Luis Gutierrez, 4th Congressional District
- Rahm Emanuel, 5th Congressional District
- Danny Davis, 7th Congressional District
- Melissa Bean, 8th Congressional District
- Janice Schakowsky, 9th Congressional District
- Jerry Weller, 11th Congressional District
- Jerry Costello, 12th Congressional District
- J. Dennis Hastert, 14th Congressional District
- Tim Johnson, 15th Congressional District
- Don Manzullo, 16th Congressional District
- Phil Hare, 17th Congressional District
- Ray Lahood, 18th Congressional District
- John Shimkus, 19th Congressional District
Illinois General Assembly
House
95th General Assembly - Officers
- Joseph M. Lyons, Assistant Majority Leader, 19th District
- Timothy L. Schmitz, Assistant Republican Leader, 49th District
- Patricia Reid Lindner, Assistant Republican Leader, 50th District
- Tom Cross, House Republican Leader, 84th District
- Jack McGuire, Assistant Majority Leader, 86th District
- Gregory S. Harris, 13th District
- William Davis, 30th District
- Mary E. Flowers, 31st District
- Sidney H. Mathias, 53rd District
- Elaine Nekritz, 57th District
- Dave Winters, 68th District
- Robert W. Pritchard, 70th District
- Careen M. Gordon, 75th District
- Angelo "Skip" Saviano, 77th District
- Linda Chapa LaVia, 83rd District
- Jim Sacia, 89th District
- Joe Dunn, 96th District
Senate
- Mattie Hunter, 3rd District
- Kimberly Lightford, 4th District
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg, 9th District
- Maggie Crotty, 19th District
- William E. Peterson, Assistant Minority Leader, 26th District
- J. Bradley Burzynski, Assistant Minority Leader, 35th District
- Todd Sieben, Assistant Minority Leader, 45th District
County Boards and Cities
DuPage
- Robert J. Schillerstrom, Chair
- Yolanda Campuzano,1st District
- Paul Fichtner,1st District
- Donald E. Puchalski, 1st District
- Patrick J. O'Shea, 2nd District
- Jeff Redick, 2nd District
- Brien Sheahan, 2nd District
- Thomas F. Bennington, 3rd District
- Kyle A. Gilgis, 3rd District
- Michael F. McMahon, 3rd District
- Grant Eckhoff, 4th District
- JR McBride, 4th District
- Debra Olson, 4th District
- Michael G. Connelly, 5th District
- James D. Healy, 5th District
- Robert W. Schroeder, 5th District
- Linda A. Kurzawa, 6th District
- Pamela H. Rion, 6th District
- James F. Zay Jr., 6th District
DeKalb
- Patricia S. Vary, Ph.D., Vice-Chair
- Michael P. Haines, 2nd District
- Robert A. Rosemier, 5th District
(Chair of Health & Human Services Committee)
Winnebago
- Scott H. Christiansen, Chair
- Randal Olson, 1st District
- Tom Owens, 1st District
- Jim Webster, 2nd District
- Dave Yeske, 2nd District
- Douglas R. Aurand, 3rd District
- Kyle Logan, 3rd District
- Dave Fiduccia, 4th District
- John H. Harmon, 4th District
- Paul Gorski, 5th District
- Peter Mackay, 5th District
- Pearl Hawks, 6th District
- Dorothy Redd, 6th District
- Angie Goral, 7th District
- Kelly Vecchio, 7th District
- Phillip Johnson, 8th District
- Melvin Paris, 8th District
- Mary Ann Aiello, 9th District
- Fred Wescott, 9th District
- John Ekberg, 10th District
- Bob Kinnison, 10th District
- Karen Elyea, 11th District
- Karen Hoffman, 11th District
- George Anne Duckett, 12th District
- L.C. Wilson, 12th District
- Bob Hastings, 13th District
- Rick Pollack, 13th District
- Frank M Gambino, 14th District
- John F. Sweeney, 14th District
Cook
- Todd H. Stroger, President
- Joan Patricia Murphy, 6th District
Cities
- David L. Brummel, Mayor, City of Warrenville
Universities & Federal Laboratories
- Piermaria Oddone, Director
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Batavia, IL
- Henry S. Bienen, President
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
- James A. Weyhenmeyer, Ph.D., Interim Vice President
Technology & Economic Development
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, IL
- Amy C. Hay, Chief Executive Officer
Proton Therapy Center - Houston
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, TX
Patients
- Howard, J. "Jim" Tuggey - Trophy Club, TX
- Robert J. Marckini - Mattapoisett, MA
- Greg Ford - Wheaton, IL
- Ken Bourkland - St. Charles, IL
- W. Paul Krauss - Lake Forest, IL
- William D. Vancil - Cross Plaines, WI
- Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed - Greenwich, CT
Other
- Kevin P. Poorten, President & CEO,Kishwaukee Health System - DeKalb, IL
- Richard P. Walsh, Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer, Swedish American Health System - Rockford, IL
- Maryanne Hoffman Marymount, MD, Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology, Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago, IL
- Leonard J. Arzt, Executive Director, National Association for Proton Therapy - Silver Springs, MD
- James Buher, President & CEO, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute - Bloomington, IN
- Gerald M. Gorski, Partner, Law Offices of Gorski & Good - Wheaton, IL
- Harry E. Marshall, President, Harry E. Marshall, LTD., Structural Engineers - Lincolnshire, IL
- Peter H. Huizenga, Chairman, Huizenga Capital Management - Oakbrook, IL
- Roger G. Hopkins, Executive Director, DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation - DeKalb, IL
- Carol Potts, Member, DuPage National Technology Park Board - DuPage, IL
- DuPage Airport - Airport Authority Board Members: Daniel L. Goodwin, Chair, Gina R. LaMantia, Charles E. Donnelly, Thomas F. Meagher
- Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate
