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Robert J. Egan (Illinois politician)
American politician
Robert J. Egan (November 11, 1931 – September 15, 2003) was an American politician, lawyer, and judge.
Egan was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the Loyola Academy and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Egan received his bachelor's degree from St. Norbert College and his law degree from Loyola University Chicago in 1958. He served as an assistant trial judge in the Chicago Municipal Court System and in the office of the Illinois Attorney General. Egan served in the Illinois Senate from 1971 to 1973 and from 1975 to 1984. He was a Democrat. In 1995 and 1996, Egan served as an Illinois Circuit Court judge for Cook County, Illinois. Egan died from stomach cancer at his home in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2]
Notes
- ^'Illinois Blue Book 1983-1984,' Biographical Sketch of Robert J. Egan, pg. 66
- ^'Robert J. Egan, 71,' Chicago Tribune, Barbara Sherlock, September 17, 2003
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Born in Arkansas
Lived 1920 - 2001
Years of Discovery: Late 1950s
His Improvements Standardized Mammography and Led to it Becoming Routine
Robert Egan had an auspicious start at school. In 1920s Arkansas he attended a one-room school and refused to continue in first grade – because he was bored and already knew how to read. The same thing occurred for second grade. Finally, in third grade he relented to going, but his teacher quickly bumped him to fifth grade. The precocious boy graduated college at 19 and became a metallurgical engineer in a Pittsburg steel mill. But that didn’t last either, as he switched to the University of Pittsburg and got his medical degree at the age of 30.
In turn, Robert Egan began his study of mammography inauspiciously. Early in 1956 Gilbert Fletcher, head of radiation at the Anderson Cancer Center at UT, where they worked, was confronted with a woman whose breasts were diseased such that they could not be examined. He told Egan, “You are a diagnostic radio
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PlayMakers:Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam.
Robert Egan has served as Artistic Director/Producer of the Ojai Playwrights Conference since 2002. He is also Founder and President of RHEgan Productions, LLC where he conceives, writes, produces and directs major live events and media projects celebrating non-profits like Cure Autism Now, Operation Smile, LA Team Mentoring, Global Green USA and Homeboy Industries. In 2012 he was named the Artistic Director/Producer of Wattsmedia, Inc., one for the nation’s leading companies in strategizing and creating live events and media for corporations and non-profits across the country. Prior to the Ojai Playwrights Conference, Robert served for 20 years as Producing Artistic Director at the Mark Taper Forum, where he was Director of New Play Development and Founder and Producing Artistic Director of its prestigious New Work Festival. He was also Associate Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre. Robert has produced, directed and dramaturged more than 350 new plays in the United States and Europe.