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Hyde Park attorney and musician shaping community
Atty Richard B Truitt, lifelong Hyde Park leader and former Woodlawn business president, reflects on his varied career from musician to lawyer. He helped broaden Hyde Park through South East Commission reforms, supported new schools, and promotes a future of civic pride. His wife Cleon Johnson Truitt, a psychologist, shares in community work including brain research initiatives.
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Chicago ‘‘Herald and Examiner
Richard B. Truitt
J.M. Truitt
Morrison Hotel
Roger Wolff Kahn
New York
Truitt
Wieboldt
Wayne King
Hoagy Carmichael
Bix Beiderbeck
Slim Garn
Ray Fisk
Oscar Horn
Hulk O’hare
Benson Orchestra
Chicago
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Atty. Truitt
Leo
Woodlawn
Woodlawn Businessmen’s Association
Windermere Hotel
Truitt, Brown & Truitt
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Blackstone Avenues
South East Commission
Atty
American Bar Association
Truitts
45Th and
Ellis
64Th
Minerva
Kiwanis Club
Cleon Johnson
Natalie
Miami University Chorus
University of Chicago
Chicago Bureau of Child Study
Brain Research Foundation
San
Richard Hunt Truitt
Carl Bucir
Atty. David Truitt
Walter Palmer
Truitt, Brown and Truitt
Diana Schull
Columbus Smith