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5 unusual facts about Naperville


Beatmania IIDX 14: Gold

The build was first seen at a location test at Brunswick Zone Naperville in Naperville, Illinois.

Chicago Festival Ballet

Sister to the Chicago Festival Ballet Company is the Von Heidecke School of Ballet, with studios in Naperville, Joliet, and Chicago, Illinois.

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies

In 1996, Brilliant and Guevara contacted the Health Research Institute - Pfeiffer Treatment Center in Naperville, Illinois to perform tests on some of the hairs from Dr. Guevara's share.

Naperville, Illinois

Employers contributing to the population explosion of the 1980s and 1990s included: Bell Labs and Western Electric (now Alcatel-Lucent), Amoco (now BP and Ineos), Nalco, Nicor, and Edward Hospital.

The Boys of Fall

Much of this video was shot at Celina High School in Celina, Texas (one of the state's dominant football teams); other parts of it were filmed in Naperville, Illinois, at BattleGround Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, and at Gibbs High School in Tennessee where Chesney played football.


Bellmac 32

The teams that developed the Bellmac 32 were in three different locations: AT&T Bell Labs in Indian Hill (Naperville, Illinois), AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey and AT&T Bell Labs Murray Hill, New Jersey.

Chris Derrick

As a high school senior at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois, Derrick gained recognition when he won the Illinois state cross country championship and set the course record on the altered Detweiller Park course, possibly eclipsing the time that Craig Virgin (the only American to ever win at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships) ran on the original course.

Debbie Keller

Born in Winfield, Illinois, Keller was raised in Naperville where she attended Waubonsie Valley High School and played for the women's soccer team where her mother was the head coach.

Ian Krol

Krol was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the seventh round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft out of Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois, despite not pitching in his senior year due to an alcohol-related offense.

James Conahan

His artwork has been exhibited at the Point Gallery in Naperville, Illinois, the Fieldstone Gallery in Door County, Wisconsin, and the Daley Center in Chicago.

John Giannini

He attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park, and received a bachelor's degree in psychology from North Central College in Naperville.

Lisle High School

Brian Dugan is a convicted killer, who confessed to the killing of Naperville girl, Jeanine Nicarico.

Matthew John Armstrong

He attended Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois, where he played football and was the two-time Defensive Player of the Year in the DuPage Valley Conference.

Naperville High School

Naperville Central High School, Naperville, Illinois, the original Naperville High School, or officially Naperville Community High School


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