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<html> <head> <title>Evanston, IL</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Evanston, IL CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.cityofevanston.org/">http://www.cityofevanston.org/</a> Population: 74239 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1857County: <a href="/geo/514/000142088/">Cook County</a> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/264/000082018/">St. George High School, Evanston, IL</a></td><td><center>1927</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/263/000082017/">Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL</a></td><td><center>1883</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/521/000068317/">Northwestern University</a></td><td><center>1851</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/378/000165880/">Alex Agase</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-2007</tt></td> <td>Head Coach at Northwestern, Purdue</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/325/000168818/">Robert J. Allison, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Anadarko Petroleum, 1979-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000129447/">Carlos Bernard</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Tony Almeida on 24</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000118856/">Bruce Chapman</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder of the Discovery Institute</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/645/000023576/">William Christopher</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-2016</tt></td> <td>Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/387/000115042/">Kit Clayton</a></td> <td><center>Electronic Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Orthlorng Musork</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/927/000402718/">James M. Cole</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Deputy Attorney General, 2010-15</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/893/000025818/">Joan Cusack</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Grosse Pointe Blank</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/787/000022721/">John Cusack</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>High Fidelity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000168625/">Justin Dart</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1984</tt></td> <td>Drug store magnate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/930/000140510/">Patrick Dennis</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1976</tt></td> <td>Auntie Mame</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000261983/">Robert Dold</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Illinois 10th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/028/000196437/">Paddy Driscoll</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td>NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Halfback</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000127486/">Thomas C. Foley</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Ireland, 2006-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000357216/">Willie Geist</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Way Too Early with Willie Geist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/808/000101505/">Charles Gibson</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Good Morning America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000350176/">Zach Gilford</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1982</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Matt Saracen on Friday Night Lights</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/380/000109053/">Alicia Goranson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Becky on Roseanne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/664/000342635/">John Maxwell Hamilton</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Journalism's Roving Eye</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/726/000061543/">Laurens Hammond</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1973</tt></td> <td>Hammond Organ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000033150/">Barbara Harris</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Freaky Friday</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/961/000022895/">Charlton Heston</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-2008</tt></td> <td>The Ten Commandments</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/721/000169214/">David R. Hunter</a></td> <td><center>Administrator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-2000</tt></td> <td>Progressive fund advisor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/158/000127774/">Edgar D. Jannotta</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman, William Blair & Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000350509/">Jake Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Nick on New Girl</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/119/000117765/">Walter Kerr</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1996</tt></td> <td>New York Times drama critic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000039389/">Jim Kolbe</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Arizona, 1985-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/558/000128174/">John J. Louis, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1995</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the UK, 1981-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/611/000061428/">Lynn Martin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000025759/">Elizabeth McGovern</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cora on Downton Abbey</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/499/000162013/">Josh Meyers</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>MADtv</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000127666/">Mary E. Minnick</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>VP at Coca Cola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/885/000173366/">John Naber</a></td> <td><center>Swimmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Four Olympic Gold Medals in 1976</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/043/000028956/">Ajay Naidu</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Samir in Office Space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/243/000140820/">Tom Neal</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1972</tt></td> <td>Detour</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/762/000350709/">James Olson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rachel, Rachel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/528/000051375/">Drew Pearson</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1969</tt></td> <td>Washington Merry-Go-Round</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/670/000026592/">William L. Petersen</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CSI, Manhunter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/537/000138123/">Edmund S. Phelps</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Golden Rules of Economic Growth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/644/000121281/">John Edward Porter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/636/000114294/">Richard Powers</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Gold Bug Variations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000213533/">Dotson Rader</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>I Ain't Marchin' Anymore!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/634/000023565/">Donald Rumsfeld</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/574/000128190/">Leonard D. Schaeffer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of WellPoint, 1992-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000110545/">Grant Shaud</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Miles Silverberg on Murphy Brown</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000163749/">Richard B. Shull</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1999</tt></td> <td>Holmes and Yo-Yo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000023052/">Grace Slick</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Jefferson Airplane and Starship</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000159801/">Daniel Sunjata</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Franco Rivera on Rescue Me</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/992/000023923/">Peter Ueberroth</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000025618/">Eddie Vedder</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lead singer, Pearl Jam</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000057898/">John C. Whitehead</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-2015</tt></td> <td>US Deputy Secretary of State, 1985-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000160763/">Brad Will</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-2006</tt></td> <td>American journalist murdered in Oaxaca</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000118485/">Roger Williams</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Texas Secretary of State, 2004-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000166903/">Richard S. Williamson</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-2013</tt></td> <td>Special Envoy to Sudan</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000207964/">Edwin G. Booz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1951</tt></td> <td>Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000165061/">Algis Budrys</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-2008</tt></td> <td>Rogue Moon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/513/000177979/">LeRoy T. Carlson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-2016</tt></td> <td>Founder of Telephone and Data Systems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/706/000165211/">George Connor</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-2003</tt></td> <td>Chicago Bears tackle, Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000091473/">Charles G. Dawes</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1951</tt></td> <td>US Vice President, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000213558/">Melville J. Herskovits</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1963</tt></td> <td>The Myth of the Negro Past</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/070/000173548/">Jock Hutchison</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1977</tt></td> <td>Winner of 2 Majors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000119712/">Robert S. Ingersoll</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-2010</tt></td> <td>CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000399040/">Richard W. Leopold</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-2006</tt></td> <td>Robert Dale Owen: A Biography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000364774/">Robert V. Remini</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-2013</tt></td> <td>Andrew Jackson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000160152/">Theodore W. Schultz</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1998</tt></td> <td>Investment in Human Capital</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000024161/">Gene Siskel</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1999</tt></td> <td>Siskel and Ebert</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000166903/">Richard S. 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