A Representative from Illinois. Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. , May 29, 1910. Attended the Chicago public schools. Ph. B. , Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis. , 1936. M. A. , University of Southern California, 1939. Member of the United States Olympic Team in 1932 and 1936. Track coach and political science instructor, Xavier University, New Orleans, La. , 1936-1942. Served as first lieutenant in United States Army. Received Legion of Merit for program planning as director of physical training. Director, Department of Civil Rights for Commission on Human Relations, 1945. Illinois State Athletic Commissioner, 1949-1952. Elected Democratic committeeman (Third Ward), 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968. Elected alderman in 1955, 1959, 1963, and 1967. Elected president pro tempore, Chicago City Council, 1969. Appointed by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, a member of the National A. A. U. And N. C. A. A. Sports Arbitration Board. Former member, Chicago Planning Commission, 1964. Member, Austin Committee to investigate the civil disturbance in Chicago following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Delegate to Illinois State Democratic conventions, 1953-1972. Delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1952-1972. Member of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, 1975-1977. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1971, until his death October 10, 1978, in Chicago, Ill. Had been a successful candidate in the primary to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Worth, Ill.
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