The most independent of them all
Chicago alderman Leon Despres is portrayed as an institution in Hyde Park. He discusses local politics, school segregation, Daley's machine, and his independence from higher office while focusing on ward needs and planning for 20 years ahead.
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Cheryl Fries
Chicago
Kizzener
Hyde Park
Fifth Ward
Leon Despres
Despres
United States
Francis X. Lawlor
Daley
Antiblack
Lawlor
Brether
Turkevich Earns Dartmouth BA At 201st Commencement
Leonid A. Turkevich of 1445 E 56th St. joined 749 fellow graduates in Dartmouth College 201st commencement. Turkevich, magna cum laude in Mathematics and Physics, was Phi Beta Kappa and Danforth fellow, active in the Cosmopolitan Club and Phi Tau. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A Turkevich. Outdoor address by Gunnar Myrdal. Dartmouth founded 1769 by Eleazer Wheelock.
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Leonid A. Turkevich
E. 56Th St
Dartmouth College
Eleazer Wheelock
Dartmouth
Yale
Turkevich
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Dartmouth Experimental College
Cosmopolitan Club
Phi Tau Fraternity
Danforth
Phi Beta Kappa