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Attorney General of Illinois Born in Chicago Michael Madigan: Apr 19, 1942: 67th and 69th Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives Born in Chicago Joseph Medill: Apr 6, 1823: Mar 16, 1899: Newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago: John Gould Moyer: Jul 12, 1893: Jan 21, 1976: 31st governor of American Samoa: Born in Chicago Eliot Ness: Apr 19 ...
7777 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago: 1918 Jewish Graceland Cemetery (Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery) 3919 N. Clark St., Chicago: 1851 Jewish [11] LaGrange Cemetery (formerly Parkholm) Berwyn area Lake Street / Lakewood Memorial Park near Elgin: Lincoln Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery is a large historic garden cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road.
Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago; Marianne Ferber (Ph.D.) – Professor Emeritus of Economics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; George P. Fletcher (J.D. 1964) – Professor at Columbia Law School; Roland G. Fryer Jr. – Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University
Shooting guard for four NBA teams; two-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls (1991-1992) Alumnus of Rich East HS Chuck Martin: Jun 8, 1968: Football head coach, Miami of Ohio; former offensive coordinator for Notre Dame: Born in Park Forest Larry McCarren: Nov 9, 1951: Pro Bowl center for the Green Bay Packers (1973–1984); sports commentator
Jane Byrne, first female mayor of Chicago; Charles Comiskey, founding owner of the Chicago White Sox; John Coughlin, 1st ward alderman from 1892 to 1938; John Creed, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient; Thomas Cusack, US congressman; William Emmett Dever, mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1926; Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, Illinois governor
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Because the area was considered remote, a smallpox hospital and the city cemetery were located in Lincoln Park until the 1860s. [5] [6] In 1837, Chicago was incorporated as a city, and North Avenue (to the south of today's Lincoln Park neighborhood) was established as the city's northern boundary.