died Jan. 25 at age 83 of pneumonia while vacationing in Palm Springs, Calif.
A graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, Mr. Burns was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation before serving in the Navy during World War II. He was an assistant Cook County state's attorney from 1960 to 1968, and assistant to the County Board president for 22 years.
Mr. Burns owned Consolidates Concessions, which operated refreshment stands in Chicago parks, at beaches, Soldier Field, the Adler Planetarium and Field Museum between 1948 and 1992.
Byron Connell
Retired Cairo and Mounds attorney Byron L. "Connie" Connell Jr. died Aug. 15 at age 63. A 1961 graduate of the Vanderbilt University Law School, he practiced for several years with his father, Byron L. Connell.
An All Big Ten golfer while an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, Mr. Connell was inducted into the Southern Illinois Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1996.
A former assistant attorney general and counsel to several southern Illinois school districts, Mr. Connell retired in 1995 for health reasons. He was involved in building the "supermax" prison in Tamms.
Mary Denison
Retired attorney Mary Smith Denison, formerly of Winnetka, died Dec. 30 at age 76 in a Hanover, N.H., retirement community. She was a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law.
Quentin Goodwin
Retired Chicago attorney and former state legislator Quentin J. Goodwin died Jan. 9 at age 81. A graduate of the Brooklyn School of Law, he was an Army intelligence captain during World War II in the South Pacific.
Mr. Goodwin began practicing in New York in 1950 and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1956, when he relocated to Chicago to join his cousin, Reginald Goodwin. He later was with the firm of Johnson & Armel.
Mr. Goodwin was appointed to the Chicago Civil Service Commission in 1964 and elected in 1978 to one term in the Illinois House of Representatives. He was past president of the Douglas neighborhood development corporation.
Terry Harn
Former Peoria prosecutor Terry G. Harn died Jan. 2 at age 51 in his Chapel Hill, N.C., home after a 14-month battle with a brain tumor. A photograph he made in 1985 of the Peoria skyline was used extensively in marketing by the Economic Development Council.
A 1973 graduate of the Drake University Law School, Mr. Harn joined the Peoria County state's attorney staff and became chief felony prosecutor. He was appointed an assistant U.S. attorney in 1977.
Mr. Harn joined the Peoria firm of Allen, Clark & Cullinan in 1982 and subsequently moved to North Carolina. In addition to his private practice, he was a prosecutor for the Orange County district attorney.
Herman Kaplan
Skokie attorney Herman Kaplan, formerly of Chicago, died in January at age 88. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1937.
John Lagorio
Former Chicago attorney John D. Lagorio Jr., a retired vice president of the Chicago Title Insurance Co., died Jan. 18 at age 88 in Nokomis, Fla., where he had moved 26 years ago from Prospect Heights.
A 1937 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law, Mr. Lagorio served in the Army during World War II.
James Landgren
Former Arlington Heights attorney James F. Landgren died Jan. 14 at age 77 in Grand Rapids, Mich. A 1949 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he was a certified public accountant.
Mr. Landgren served in the Army during World War II and was wounded and captured at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium shortly before Christmas 1944. He was in a prisoner of war camp until the war ended.
A longtime resident of Northbrook, Mr. Landgren was a partner in Landgren & Sabin with a law school classmate, Robert J. Sabin.
Joseph LaRocco
Chicago attorney Joseph J. LaRocco Sr. died in January at age 80. A 1948 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, he was an Army infantry captain during World War II.
Rea Markin
Retired Chicago attorney Rea T. Markin died Jan. 10 at age 93 in her home. Born in Russia, she was a social worker after graduating from the University of Chicago and became a legal secretary after her husband's death in 1949.
Mrs. Markin attended night classes for seven years at The John Marshall Law School while working in a law office, and she graduated in 1964. She joined the Cook County state's attorney's office in 1966 and helped develop the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Support Act.
Mr. Markin retired from full-time service in 1986 but remained a part-time assistant state's attorney until 1992.
David Michaelson
David Max Michaelson, a retired partner in Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, died Jan. 3 at age 74 in an Evanston hospital of leukemia. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he served in the Navy during World War II.
A 1951 graduated of the University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Michaelson joined the Chicago firm that year and retired in 1990. He was a resident of Highland Park.
Donald Miller
Donald W. Miller of Elmhurst, who was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1958, died in January at age 69. A veteran of service during the Korean War, he was president of the K. J. Miller Corp. in Elkhart, Ind., from 1967 to 1995.
Mr. Miller was a volunteer mentor for the Jump Start Program of the DuPage County Juvenile Detention Center.
Rudolph Miller
Rudolph Miller of Palatine, a retired partner in Hinshaw & Culbertson, died Jan. 22 at age 83. A 1940 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, he was in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He served several terms as judge advocate of the Palatine American Legion post.
Thomas O'Boyle
Former Chicago attorney Thomas Patrick O'Boyle, a Kenilworth resident, died Jan. 18 at age 79 in Evanston Hospital of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
A Navy fighter pilot during World War II on the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill, Mr. O'Boyle shot down four Japanese planes. He was a 1948 cum laude graduate of the Harvard University Law School.
Mr. O'Boyle practiced in Chicago for six years before going into business in Macomb. He joined the Trans Union Corp. as treasurer in 1958 and rose to senior vice president of the firm and president of Ecodyne Corp., a subsidiary, before retiring in 1982.
A member of the Mundelein College Board of Trustees for 15 years, including about 10 years as chair, Mr. O'Boyle led a capital campaign for a new facility of Little Sisters of the Poor. He was active in Meals on Wheels for the homebound.
Vernon Rhinehart
Chicago attorney Vernon Morel Rhinehart died Jan. 7 at age 64 of pneumonia. He had filed as a candidate in the primary election for Cook County Circuit Court shortly before his death.
A 1966 graduate of the Howard University Law School, Mr. Rhinehart worked in the legal departments of International Harvester, the Brunswick Corp. and First National Bank of Chicago.
Mr. Rhinehart had been in private practice since 1974 and was an adjunct professor of business law at Malcolm X College. He was a member of the American Society of Law and Medicine.
Roberto Roque
Roberto Roque, an attorney who emigrated from the Philippines to Chicago in 1969, died Jan. 1 at age 70 in his Rogers Park home at age 70.
A compliance contract coordinator for the City of Chicago Purchasing Department, Mr. Roque founded the Filipino American Social Services Center in 1985.
Richard Sandberg
Glen Ellyn attorney Richard J. Sandberg died Jan. 11 at age 72 in a Winfield hospital. He was a 1953 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law.
Mr. Sandberg was president of Nuclear Data in Schaumburg before forming the Wheaton firm of McGrath & Sandberg with William J. McGrath.
Quinten Spivey
Retired St. Clair County judge Quinten Spivey, a resident of Belleville, died Dec. 28 at age 92. He was a founding member of the Signal Hill Volunteer Fire Department in 1946 and a volunteer firefighter for several years.
Mr. Spivey also began his judicial career in 1946 when he was elected a probate judge. He lost a re-election bid but was elected in 1951 to the circuit court, serving until his retirement in 1972. He held a thoroughbred horse trainer's license and trained horses in Florida until 1985.
Robert Stern
Retired federal attorney Robert L. Stern, a resident of Winnetka, died Jan. 17 at age 91 in Tucson, Ariz., as a result of Alzheimer's disease.
A magna cum laude graduate of the Harvard University Law School in 1933, Mr. Stern joined the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C., and participated in several major cases. He was acting solicitor general in 1952-53.
Mr. Stern joined Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago in 1954, retired in 1995 and was senior counsel until his death. During the 1970s, he worked with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in reviewing and editing amicus briefs for the American Bar Association.
Mr. Stern was co-editor of "Supreme Court Practice," which originated in 1950 and is in its seventh edition. He followed it with "Appellate Practice in the United States" in 1989.
Louis Stocks
Retired Cook County judge Louis B. Stocks died Dec. 6 at age 100 in a St. Augustine, Fla., nursing home. A former resident of Riverside, he was police magistrate from 1937 until 1960 and a circuit court judge from 1960 until he retired in 1066 and moved to Florida.
Thomas Swabowski
Chicago attorney Thomas J. Swabowski of Bischoff & Swabowski died Dec. 26 at age 48 in his Tinley Park home. He was a 1977 cum laude graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Mr. Swabowski began practicing in the Illinois Commerce Commission Division of the Illinois attorney general's office. He was with Barclay, Damisch & Sinson until the firm of Bischoff, Maurides & Swabowski was founded in 1987.
Leo Witz
Leo W. Witz of Glencoe, a graduate of the DePaul University College of Law who became an electrical contracting executive, died Dec. 14 at age 87 of cancer in his winter home at Scottsdale, Ariz.
After law school, Mr. Witz joined his hather's company, Continental Electrical Construction, and ran it until his retirement in 1973. He was past president of the Cook County Electrical Association and founder of the Continental Charitable Foundation.
An oil painting hobbyist who studied at the American Academy of Art, Mr. Witz designed the mural on the front of the Continental Electric building in Skokie.
Richard Young
Richard Owen Young of New Orleans, La., a 1961 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, died Dec. 21 at age 70. A Korean War veteran, he had lived in Louisiana for 15 years.
Richard Zolla
Chicago art dealer Robert Zolla, a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, died Dec. 16 at age 87 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Mr. Zolla opened the Zolla-Lieberman Gallery in 1976 as the only art gallery on West Huron Street and was instrumental in development of the River North art district in the 1980s to its present total of 65 galleries.
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