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People


Chicago
White Sox
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John
Wayne Gacy (serial killer) born in
Chicago, murdered 33, died by lethal injection
at Joliet -- Paul V. Galvin
(manufacturer) founder of Galvin
Manufacturing in 1928, commercialized car radios
and police radios which became Motorola
in 1947.
Robert William Galvin (manufacturer)
expanded Motorola
into international market, became premier
manufacturer of cellular phones in the 1980's.
George Gattas (educator) Purple Heart
Veteran for injuries suffered while fighting for
the 65th Infantry Division near Nuremburg in
World War II. Gattas was Athletic Director at
Prospect High School. He started as a physical
education and sociology teacher, assistant
football and track coach in 1962. Retired from
Prospect High School in 1984. Prospect High
School football stadium named George Gattas
Memorial Stadium in September 2004. Jason
Gedrick (actor)
born in Chicago and appeared in numerous films,
including Backdraft ,
a film about two brothers in the Chicago Fire
Department. Jami Gertz (actress)
attended Maine East High School in Park Ridge,
IL. Her big screen debut was also the big screen
debut of Tom Cruise in Endless
Love
(IMDB
1981). Moved up in Hollywood with her appearance
in Twister
(1996) Sam "Momo" Giancana
(organized crime boss) born in Chicago,
considered head of Chicago mafia in 1960's, shot
and died in Chicago. Ed Gillespie RNC
Chairman during 2004 presidential election.
Rob Glaser (technology leader) CEO of
Real
Networks.
Financial backer of Air
America Radio.
Board member of Mother
Jones.
Steve Goodman, (folk singer) Grammy award winner ... graduated in 1968 from Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois and Lake Forest College in 1970. The Earl of Old Town was Goodman's musical home turf, where audiences would know his "Lincoln Park Pirates" (a song about a notorious towing company) from its first notes. Steve Goodman died of leukemia in 1984 at the age of 36; his ashes are buried under home plate at Wrigley Field.
List of Steve Goodman's
Audio CD's on Amazon.com
Ulysses S. Grant (18th
U.S. president,
Civil War General) At the outbreak of the Civil
War, Grant was working at his father's leather
store in Galena, Illinois. Famous as a key
fighter in the Civil War, cutting the
confederacy in two with the winning of Vicksburg
on the Mississippi and later forcing forcing the
surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of
Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on
April 9, 1865. Alan Greenspan Federal
Reserve Board Chairman. Ozzie Guillen
(baseball
player,
manager) Manager of Chicago
White Sox,
winners of 2005 American League Division
Series (ALDS against the Boston Red Sox), 2005 American League Championship
Series (ALCS, American League Pennant against the Los Angeles Angels) , winners of the World Series in 2005 (against the Houston Astros), 1917 (against the New York Giants), and 1906 (against the Chicago Cubs). The
Venezualen-born shortstop (#13) played for the
White Sox from 1985 to 1997. |
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