Biography
A Representative from Illinois. Born in Chicago, Ill. , June 17, 1917. Attended St. Ignatius Grammar School and Loyola Academy, Chicago, Ill. A. B. , Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. , 1939. J. D. , Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn. , 1947. United States Air Force, Eighth and Twelfth Air Force, 1941-1945, attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1947. Commenced practice in Chicago. Member, Will County, Ill. , Board of Supervisors, 1956-1964. Legislative Advisory Committee to Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, 1970-1971. Member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1970-1971. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and served until his death on July 17, 1986 (January 3, 1973-July 17, 1986). Died on July 17, 1986, in Bethesda, Md. Interment in Resurrection Cemetery, Lockport, Ill.
