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7 unusual facts about Oak Park


Cecil Bothwell

Bothwell was born 1950 in Oak Park, Illinois, lived in several states and held several jobs in the area of Asheville, North Carolina.

Christina Tobin

She grew up in Texas and Illinois and graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois.

John Giannini

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

Knight engine

Backed by Chicago entrepreneur L.B. Kilbourne, an experimental engine was built in Oak Park, Illinois in 1903.

Oak Park, San Diego

Over the years, management changed hands and in the mid-80s briefly became The Grove and received a pastel-influenced makeover.

Richard Oruche

Oruche, whose parents are originally from Nigeria, was born in Oak Park, Illinois holds dual citizenship in Nigeria and the United States.

WHNE-LD

Therefore, the station has filed an application to relocate its transmitter to WMYD's tower in Oak Park and broadcast on channel 20, focusing on the Metro Detroit area.


Felicity LaFortune

Felicity LaFortune (born December 15, 1954 in Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.) is an actress and singer, best known for appearing on daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope as Leigh Kirkland Fenelli (1983-1985, 1988-1989) and All My Children as Laurel Banning Dillon (1993-1996).

History of the Jews in Metro Detroit

It later relocated to the Oakland County municipalities of Oak Park, Southfield, and West Bloomfield.

Linda Parks

Linda Parks (born February 21, 1957) is an American politician who is currently a Ventura County Supervisor representing the second district, which covers Bell Canyon, Casa Conjeo, Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Point Mugu, Santa Rosa Valley, Somis, Thousand Oaks and Ventu Park.

Marc Laurick

In 1997, he assisted Scott Black with the Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple Restoration Fund concert series in Oak Park, IL.

Philander Smith

Among the early settlers at Oak Park, Illinois, Smith and wife Adeline provided financial assistance to Methodist missions in India, China, and Japan.

Robert Zuppke

Prior to coaching at the University of Illinois, Zuppke coached at Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan and Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois, where he tutored future Pro Football Hall of Famer George Trafton.

Tetrapod Spools

Tetrapod Spools was an Encinitas, California, USA based independent record label founded in Oak Park, Illinois in 1969 by Louie Easley Hanley and Mark Tucker.

Vincent Gregory

He represents the 14th Senate District, which is located in southern Oakland County and includes Southfield, Farmington Hills, Farmington, Ferndale and Oak Park.

William Eugene Blackstone

On June 5, 1866, Blackstone married Sarah Lee Smith (daughter of Philander Smith) and settled in Oak Park, Illinois in 1870, where he very successfully engaged in the "business of building and property investments".


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Horton Smith

When he resigned as head professional of Oak Park Country Club in River Grove, Illinois, in 1936, his brother Ren replaced him at the club.

Isabel Roberts

After Wright went off to Europe with Mamah Borthwick Cheney in 1909, Isabel Roberts was among the remaining Oak Park Studio employees working to complete Wright's unfinished commissions.

Jean C. Alexandre

Dr Alexandre has been an attending physician at the following Hospitals: Foster G. McGaw Hospital, Loyola University, Oak Park Hospital, Westlake Community Hospital, Melrose Park, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

Milt Ghee

Born in Wilmette, Illinois, Ghee attended Oak Park High School before enrolling at Dartmouth College.

Oak Park Arms

Run by the Polish National Alliance, WPNA, has been broadcasting since 1951 from the Oak Park Arms at 1490 on the AM dial.

River Forest, Illinois

Although not as many famous persons have resided there as have in its neighboring suburb Oak Park, former Mystery Science Theater 3000 actor Kevin Murphy grew up in River Forest.

Rooster potato

It was originally bred at the Teagasc Oak Park Research Centre in Carlow by Harry Kehoe who was one of the top potato breeders at Oak Park Research Centre, Ireland.

Tarik Ergin

Ergin now coaches the Oak Park Lacrosse Varsity team at Oak Park High School in Ventura County.

Walsall Wood

Across the road from Oak Park is a Fitness First gym, and several shops including a Tesco Express, a Co-Operative Supermarket opening in 2012 (this had been delayed until Spring 2013), a fish and chip shop, newsagents and more recently an Indian restaurant.

WBMX

WVAZ, a radio station (102.7 FM) licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, United States, which used the call signs WBMX and WBMX-FM until 1988

WPNA, a radio station (1490 AM) licensed to Oak Park, Illinois, United States, which used the call sign WBMX from 1984 to 1987

Worth, Illinois

Most of the village is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district which is represented by William Lipinski (D-Chicago); the area south of 115th Street and east of Harlem Avenue, and also between 114th Place and 115th Street from Harlem to Oak Park Avenue, is in the Illinois' 1st congressional district which is represented by Bobby Rush (D-Chicago).