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Rodney
Kath (police chief) Police Chief of
Arlington
Heights
Police Department from 1980-2004. Father of the
late great Terry Kath of the rock group
Chicago.
Terry Kath (musician)
Guitarist and singer for the rock band
Chicago
(iTunes: singer solist Colour
My World,
and lead singer Make
Me Smile,
Wishing
You Were Here
and more). Died from an accidental gunshot wound
in 1978. Terry Kath's father was police
chief of Arlington Heights Police Department.
Joe Kelly (jazz musician, trumpet,
joekellyjazz.com)
Played the Gaslight Lounge (13 E. Huron in
Chicago) under the name Joe Kelly's
Four-Plus-One name. Began calling horses to the
post at the inaugural Arlington Million in 1981
and continued calling the horses to the post at
Arlington
Park
until 2003. Rich Koz (horror movie host)
Son of Svengoolie, now just Svengoolie,
hosted the WFLD channel 32 horror show in
Chicago from 1979-1986. Michael Krasny
founded Computer Discount Warehouse, now
CDW,
started with a $3 classified ad in Chicago
Tribune to sell his computer. Frederick A.
Krehbiel (manufacturing executive) from
Hindsdale with his brother John, Jr. inherited
Molex
founded by his grandfather. Frederick
August Krehbiel invented
Molex,
a plastic material, and founded Molex Products
Company in 1938. John Krehbiel,
Sr. son of Frederick August turned
Molex
into one of largest suppliers of electrical and
optical connectors. John Hammond Krehbiel
(manufacturing executive) from Hindsdale
with his brother Frederick inherited
Molex
founded by his grandfather. Bill Kristol
Aid to Vice President Dan Quayle (for which the
New Republic dubbed him "Dan Quayle's Brain.")
Conservative network television commentator.
Editor of the Weekly
Standard.
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