Corinne Wood biography details education and career path
Corinne Wood born in Elgin grew up in Lake County. Phi Beta Kappa from Illinois and Loyola Law. Served as general counsel to Illinois Commissioner of Banks and Trusts 1979 to 1983. Elected to General Assembly in 1996 and sworn lieutenant governor in 1999. Married to Paul since 1978. they reside in Lake Forest with three children.
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Wood
Elgin
Lake County
University of Illinois
Loyola University School of Law
Illinois Commissioner of Banks and Trusts
Chicago
General Assembly
George Ryan
Paul
Lake Forest
Roland Burris Profile: From Centralia Roots to Illinois Statesman
Roland Burris grew up in Centralia Illinois with four generation roots. His father worked for the Illinois Central Railroad and his mother ran a corner grocery. He studied at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and earned a law degree from Howard University. He held roles from bank examiner to state official and led Operation PUSH as executive director. He has served as Illinois comptroller and attorney general. He is married to Berlean Burris and teaches at Moody Bible Institute with two children.
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Burris
Centralia
Southern Illinois
Illinois Central Railroad
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Howard University Law School
Washington, D.C
Continental Illinois National Bank
Illinois Department of General Services
Illinois
Berlean M. Burris
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Jim Ryan career milestones and life summary
Jim Ryan, born in Chicago and raised in Villa Park, was a boxing champion in 1964 and earned a political science degree in 1968 from Illinois Benedictine College and a 1971 law degree from Chicago-Kent. He served as DuPage County state’s attorney, later became attorney general, and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1996. The Ryans raised four sons and one daughter in Bensenville and Elmhurst.
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Ryan
Chicago
Villa Park
Illinois Benedictine College
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology
DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office
DuPage County
Ryans
Bensenville
Elmhurst
Paul Vallas A Chicago native with deep blue collar roots
Paul Vallas born in Chicago to a Serbian immigrant father worked in a steel plant and meatpacking. A Golden Gloves boxer, he earned degrees from Northwestern and Pepperdine, and built a career as a prosecutor, Illinois legislator, and public school chief. He and his wife have three sons.
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Blagojevica
Chicago
Northwestern University
Pepperdine University
Cook County
Illinois House
Congress
Jesse Jackson
Belgrade
U.S
Patricia
Vallas
Springfield
State Senate Democrats
Illinois National Guard
Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission
Richard M. Daley
Daley
Chicago Public Schools
Sharon
Patrick O Malley O Malley Life Story Highlighting Public Service
Patrick O Malley born into a 14 child family in the Chicago suburbs. He attended Marist High School, studied economics at Purdue, earned an MBA, then a law degree from John Marshall in 1979. He ran a nursery, worked as a loan officer, practiced law, served on Palos Fire Protection District and Moraine Valley Community College board, and raised two children with wife Mary Judith Stump in Palos Park.
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Vallas
Chicago
Moraine Valley Community College
Western Illinois University
O’malley
Marist High School
Purdue University
Central National Bank
John Marshall Law School
Palos
Reiner's Twain project and Hollywood honors
Beverly Hills based actor director Carl Reiner reflects on Mark Twain and his own career. He records Twain writings for audio books while star of Ocean's Eleven and Baby Bob plans. He cites Twain, Mel Brooks, and Kennedy Center prize as key inspirations and awards.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
God
Carl Reiner
Reiner
Mel
Mel Brooks
Paul Robeson
Mark Twain
Dick van Dyke
Brooks
Kennedy Center
Warner Bros
Twain
New Millennium Audio
Sid Ceasar
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Jim Ryan
Rod Blagojevich
Paul Vallas
Patrick O'Malley
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Giant City Rd
Kroger
Carbon Rd
Blockbuster Video
Mt. Vernon
Broadway
Circus
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
South Main
East Gladys
Clearwave Communications
Marion
Carterville
Harrisburg
Afel Wireless
Heartland Wireless
Jackson
Q Audio & Video Store
H&h Computers Centralia
RJ Electronics and Video
Murphysboro
Suncom1.com
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