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James Bowler: 1927 – June 7, 1934 February 26, 1935 – July 11, 1953 Democratic [parties 1] Had previously served then-19th ward between 1906 and 1923 Briefly vacated office to become a Public Vehicle License Commissioner Became a Congressman representing IL-7: 3 Vito Marzullo: November 3, 1953 – 1985 Democratic: 4 Juan Soliz 1985 – 1991 ...
20th Governor of Illinois: Hometown was Chicago John Ashcroft: May 9, 1942: U.S. Attorney General Born in Chicago Henry Moore Bates: Mar 30, 1869: Apr 15, 1949: Attorney Born in Chicago Rod Blagojevich: Dec 10, 1956: Congressman; governor of Illinois: Born in Chicago James Bowler: Feb 5, 1875: Jul 18, 1957: Chicago alderman; U.S. Congressman ...
Marilynn Alsdorf, née Bruder, was born in 1925 and grew up in the Rogers Park area on the Far North Side of Chicago. After high school at the St. Scholastica Academy, she graduated from Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism. [1] In 1953 she married James Alsdorf. [2]
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 ...
James M. Redfield (A.B. 1954, Ph.D. 1961) – Edward Olson Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago (1976–present) Albert Rees (Ph.D. 1950) – former University of Chicago and Princeton economics professor, former Provost at Princeton , advisor to President Gerald Ford [ 55 ]
Acacia Park Cemetery is located in Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois, just outside Chicago.To its south, across Irving Park Road, is Irving Park Cemetery.On the north side, Acacia Park adjoins Westlawn Cemetery; the gates in the fence dividing Acacia Park and Westlawn are usually open, allowing visitors to pass freely between them.
James H. Hallinan, MLB player; George Peter Alexander Healy, Abraham Lincoln portrait painter; John Patrick Hopkins, mayor of Chicago from 1893 to 1895; Edward N. Hurley, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission; Edward Joseph Kelly, mayor of Chicago from 1933 to 1947; Martin H. Kennelly, mayor of Chicago from 1947 to 1955; Frank Lawler, US ...
Vivian Harsh (1890–1960), first African American librarian in the Chicago Public Library, created a monumental research collection on black life. [2] Al Hibbler (1915–2001), American baritone vocalist. [9] Papa Charlie Jackson (1887–1938), American blues singer, songster and banjoist/guitarist