Scrapbook, November 11, 1989.
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USS Abraham Lincoln Commissioning Committee.
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A board of business and civic leaders from throughout Illinois who were appointed, by Governor James R. Thompson, to work with the Navy on plans for commissioning the Nimitz class aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, which at that time was the nation's newest and largest warship. From the description of Scrapbook, November 11, 1989. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49931086 ...
USS Abraham Lincoln (Aircraft carrier : CVN-72)
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Thompson, James Robert, 1936-2020
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James R. Thompson, Illinois’ 39th governor, held the record for being Illinois’ governor with the longest term in office. Thompson, a Republican, was elected for a two year term in 1976, and reelected for 3 four year terms. After 14 years in office, Thompson did not run for another four year term in 1990. Thompson was born in Chicago on May 8, 1936. From 1959 to 1964 Thompson was a prosecutor for the Cook County States Attorney’s Office. In 1969 he was appointed Chief of the Department of Law En...
