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Frank
Palmatier (1924-2004) (patent attorney,
village planner, Arlington Heights village board
member 1965-1989) Arlington Heights board member
responsible for bringing Lake Michigan water to
Arlington Heights, developing Lake Arlington and
planning flood control. Albert Parson
(1848-1887) member of Chicago's Social
Revolutionary Club, rejected socialism and
became anarchist and Haymarket martyr, executed
for role in Haymarket Massacre. Walter Payton
(1954-1999) (running back) Chicago Bears #34
contributed 16,726 rushing yards with 100
touchdowns during his career with the Bears ...
missed only one game in his career. Did charity
work for neglected and abused children. Died of
bile duct cancer that was discovered during his
treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis, a
rare liver disease (Payton34.com).
Reverend Michael Louis Pfleger (Catholic Priest) pastor of the mostly African American Saint Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood. Controversial in outreach to prostitutes, erecting billboards against 'disrespectful' rappers, defacing signs of businesses selling drug paraphernalia, and support of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Brian Piccolo (football running
back) Chicago Bears #41 was just 26 years old
when he died of a rare form of cancer, embryonal
cell carcinoma, on June 16, 1970
(www.brianpiccolo.org). Thomas James Perkins (born 1932) is an American businessman, capitalist, and was one of the founders of leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. Served as a director of Applied Materials, Compaq, Corning Glass, Genentech, Hewlett-Packard, and Philips Electronics. He served as the only chairman of Tandem Computers, from its founding in 1974 until its 1997 merger with Compaq and was also chairman of Genentech from 1976 until 1990.
During the HP/Compaq merger fight in 2001, Perkins was a member of the Compaq board and an outspoken supporter of the merger. He joined the HP Board of Directors in the merger, retired, and officially rejoined the HP board days before Carly Fiorina was fired from her posts as chairman and chief executive officer of HP. Jim Peterik (Singer/songwriter)
(www.jimpeterik.com)
Co-founded Ides of March with schoolmates in
Berwyn, Illinois in 1965. Wrote and sang
'Vehicle' with The Ides of March. Co-wrote hits
Rocking Into the Night, Hold on
Loosely, Caught Up in You,
Wild-Eyed Southern Boys, and Fantasy
Girl for .38 Special. Co-founded band
Survivor in 1978, which had their first million
seller with Eye of the Tiger (Rocky III
theme) ... and much more.

Liz Phair (Indie rock singer) Born in
Connecticutt and raised in Winnetka,
Illinois. Liz
Phair Music on
Amazon .
Frederik Pohl (fiction writer) lived
in Palatine and was awarded grand master of
science fiction by the Science Fiction and
Fantasy Writers of America. His best books are
said to be The
Gateway Trip : Tales &
Vignettes
and Man
Plus.
Robert A. Pritzker ... Thomas J. Pritzker
... George Mortimer Pullman American
utopian industrialist and inventor of the
Pullman sleeping car.
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