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Follett recalls Oak Park village manager movement origins
Dwight Follett and Millie Follett recount the 1952 Oak Park village manager campaign led by the Village Manager Association. They describe three motivating threads political party strife education for democracy and broader dissatisfaction with local governance. The VMA formed July 1952 won the 1953 election and has since steered subsequent trustee and village president slates.
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Village Manager Association
VMA
Oak Park Village
Oak Park
Follett
National Municipal League
Municipal League
Illinois
Education For Democracy
Robert Kubicek
River Forest
Congress
Si Giddings
Senior Citizens Highrise
Stewart Cockrin
Kay McDaniel
Juce Bell
Giddings
Wallis Austin
Oak Park Trust and Savings Bank
Tom Blatchford
Charles Freeman
Bruce Bell
Republican Party of
Inter-Church Council
Art Kaiser
Roosevelt
Millie Follett
Kaiser
Dwight Follett