Joan Giangrasse Kates

Joseph Mendrick began his 35-year career with the Oak Park Police Department in the mid-1960s as a patrol officer. As he rose through the ranks, he saw how the lack...

During a long career as a pianist and percussionist, Robert Wessberg performed with numerous bands and ensembles, including his own. Wessberg was a studio musician on countless radio and TV...

Prentice "Hank" Marshall Jr. wanted to follow the example set by his father, the late Judge Prentice Marshall Sr., who as a law partner at Jenner & Block during the...

Robert Grimes joined Chicago Public Schools in the late 1950s as a middle school teacher. Later in his career, as principal of the adult education program based at elementary schools...

Marion Quig's future husband, Robert, launched what would become Quig's Orchard in Lake County as a roadside stand in 1947. It became a mom-and-pop operation after they married a few...

Hanuman Didwania, who spent a career in chemical engineering as a paper chemist, was also concerned about the environmental impact of mass producing paper products. His innovative work, which earned...