Bob Schillerstrom | |
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Chairman of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Board | |
In office June 2015 –January 2019 | |
Chairman of the DuPage County Board | |
In office December 1998 –December 2010 | |
Preceded by | Gayle Franzen |
Succeeded by | Dan Cronin |
Personal details | |
Born | March 2,1952 |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Naperville,Illinois |
Alma mater | Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois College |
Profession | Attorney |
Robert Schillerstrom (born March 2,1952) is an American politician and the former DuPage County,Illinois board chairman. He currently resides in Naperville,Illinois,and has been a resident of DuPage County for over 40 years. Schillerstrom is a suburban leader and lifelong Illinois resident. Schillerstrom was elected as county board chairman in 1998 with two-thirds of the vote.
Schillerstrom graduated from Naperville Community High School and soon went on to Jacksonville,Illinois,where he attended Illinois College and obtained a bachelor's degree in religion and history,graduating with honors. Schillerstrom was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Upon graduating from Illinois College,Schillerstrom obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law.
From 1980 to 1983,Schillerstrom prosecuted cases as an assistant state's attorney for DuPage County. [1] He later served as chairman of the DuPage County Board from December 1998 through December 2010. On June 28,2009,Schillerstrom announced to a group of about 200 supporters in Naperville that he would seek the office of Governor of Illinois. [2] On January 22,2010,Schillerstrom withdrew from the race for governor and endorsed fellow Republican Jim Ryan. [3]
In June 2015,Schillerstrom became chairman of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority,having been appointed by Governor Bruce Rauner. [4] He resigned in January 2019,after an investigation by the Daily Herald discovered that he had been awarding high paying jobs within the tollway authority to firms with political connections and relatives. [5]
After leaving the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority,he became a partner at Ice Miller LLP law firm. His department is in Ice Miller's Public Affairs and Public &Municipal Finance Groups. [1] He also became a trustee of Morton Arboretum. In the 2022 elections,he ran for president of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. [6]
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