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Robert Lenard Schenck and his identical twin brother, Paul, were born in 1958 in Montclair, New Jersey, to Chaim "Henry Paul" Schenck and Marjorie (née Apgar) Schenck. Schenck was named after his father's older brother who was a decorated B-17 bomber pilot in World War II and who lost his life in an air crash while serving in the Korean War.
Robert C. Schenck (1809–1890), American Civil War general and politician Robert C. Schenck (politician) (born 1975), Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives Rob Schenck (Robert Leonard Schenck, born 1958), American pastor and former anti-abortion activist
Robert Cumming Schenck (October 4, 1809 – March 23, 1890) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862, and the Battle of Cross Keys .
Lived and died in Chicago Robert R. McCormick: Jul 30, 1880: Apr 1, 1955: Owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper Born in Chicago Robert Sanderson McCormick: Jul 26, 1849: Apr 16, 1919: United States ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Imperial Russia, and France: Lived in Chicago Ruth Hanna McCormick: Mar 27, 1880: Dec 31, 1944
Originally, the leader of the Chicago Fire Department was known as chief engineer. This position was created by an ordinance passed by the then-village of Chicago's board of trustees in November 1835. In December 1835, Chicago's board of trustees appointed its president Hirman Hugunin to be the inaugural occupant of this position.
Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied [a] but which were almost [b] always entitled to two alderpersons. In the early 20th century it was decided that reducing the number of alderpersons to a ward to one would be a cost-saving measure, and an ordinance to that effect was passed in 1920 ...
George Leonard, 86, American writer, editor and educator, pioneer of the Human Potential Movement, after long illness. [86] Graham Leonard, 88, British Church of England Bishop of London (1981–1991), subsequently a Roman Catholic priest. [87] Ivan Medek, 84, Czech music publicist, theorist and critic, collaborator of Václav Talich and ...
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