Glenn Dawson | |
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Member of the Illinois Senate from the 14th district 30th district (1978-1981) | |
In office December 3, 1978 –January 14, 1987 | |
Preceded by | Samuel C. Maragos |
Succeeded by | Howard B. Brookins Sr. |
Personal details | |
Born | January 31,1944 Chicago,Illinois |
Died | March 23,2021 Michigan City,Indiana |
Political party | Democratic |
Children | Three |
Residence | Chesterton,Indiana |
Alma mater | Saint Joseph's College |
Glenn V. Dawson is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979-1980 and the Illinois Senate from 1980-1987.
Dawson was born January 31,1944,in Chicago. [1] He attended Annunciata grade school and George Washington High School. He attended college at Calumet College of St. Joseph. He also attended the Chicago Marine Navigation School. He became a licensed Master and First Class Marine Pilot by the United States Coast Guard. [2]
Dawson's business career has centered around maritime industries. In the 1980s,he owned Chicago Fleeting and Marine Repair Service,a firm which was later accused of inappropriately using public resources. [3] Dawson owns Chicago Cruises Company,which operates the MV Chicago. [4] In 2000,it was revealed that one of his companies was misrepresented as a female owned business,costing its contracts with the City of Chicago. [5] As of 2013,he owns Dawson Marine Services. [6]
Dawson was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in the 1976 general election and sworn into office November 14,1976. [7] After Dawson was elected to the Illinois Senate,Maragos resigned which allowed Dawson to take office a month early. [8] After the decennial reapportionment,Dawson was slated into a majority-black district,but was able to be re-slated by the district's committeemen. [9]
During his time in the legislature,he opposed additional landfills in Hegewisch,where he resided. [10] Dawson opted to run for the Democratic nomination for Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the 1984 United States House of Representatives election against incumbent Gus Savage. Savage won renomination with 55,137 votes (45.05%) to Dawson's 26,868 votes (21.95%). Dawson placed second of the five candidates finishing ahead of Leon Davis,Robert Shaw,and James C. Taylor. [11]
He lost the 1986 Democratic primary to Howard Brookins,a State Representative from Washington Heights. [12] Dawson,who had once been considered heir apparent to Ed Vrdolyak's city council seat,chose to back Clem Balanoff in the 1987 aldermanic election after Ed's brother Victor Vrdolyak was appointed instead. Dawson had previously run against Balanoff for Democratic Committeeman as an Ed Vrdolyak ally after the latter switched to the Republican Party. [13]
East Side is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago,Illinois. It is on the far south side of the city,between the Calumet River and the Illinois-Indiana state line,13 miles (21 km) south of downtown Chicago. The neighborhood has a park on Lake Michigan,Calumet Park,and a forest,Eggers Grove Forest Preserve. The forest preserve has hiking/walking trails,picnic grounds and birdwatching. It is served by U.S. Highway 12,U.S. Highway 20,and U.S. Highway 41.
Hegewisch is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago,Illinois,located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west,the East Side to the north,the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond,Indiana to the east. The community area is named for Adolph Hegewisch,the president of U.S. Rolling Stock Company who hoped to establish "an ideal workingman's community" when he laid out the town along a rail line in 1883,six years before Chicago annexed the town.
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