Mr. Speaker. last week George William Dunne. one of the giant figures of Chicago and Cook County politics in the last half of the 20th century passed at age 93. George Dunne came from humble circumstances. the son of Irish immigrants. He graduated from De La Salle Institute on Chicagos South Side. the alma mater of such stalwarts of Cook County politics as Mayor Martin Kennelly. Cook County board president Dan Ryan. and Mayor Richard J. Daley. 0] 2230 He attended Northwestern University and served his country in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War.
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