An interview with Mary Lee Leahy / Mary Lee Leahy ; Mark R. DePue, interviewer. 2010.

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An interview with Mary Lee Leahy / Mary Lee Leahy ; Mark R. DePue, interviewer. 2010.

An interview of Mary Lee Leahy conducted by Mark DePue for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. This interview covers Governor Rod Blagojevich; Governor George Ryan; Illinois Personnel Code; Illinois Civil Service Commission; the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; Rutan v Republican Party of Illinois Supreme Court Case; and Governor Jim Thompson.

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.

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DePue, Mark R.

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Leahy, Mary L. C. (Mary Lee C.), 1940-

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Born on Apr. 28, 1940 in Chicago Ill., and grew up in the Rogers Park neighborhood on north-side Chicago. This interview is a supplement to a series of interviews with Ms. Leahy in the spring of 2008, and focuses on Mary Lee's work on the Advisory Board for newly elected Governor Rod Blagojevich's transition team. From the description of An interview with Mary Lee Leahy / Mary Lee Leahy ; Mark R. DePue, interviewer. 2010. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 59...

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Illinois' first civil service law (approved May 11, 1905; in effect Nov. 1905) established the Civil Service Commission. The commission initially had jurisdiction over non-supervisory employees at state institutions, assumming various responsibilities including position classification; eligibility lists; appointment approval; record keeping (e.g., transfers; promotions); complaint investigations; employee removal; personnel rule filing; salary authorization; and annual report submission to Gover...

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Ryan, George H.

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Illinois representative (Republican) from the forty-third district (1973-1982). Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House and House Minority Leader. Member of Appropriations Committee, Revenue Committee, Rules Committee, Legislative Council, Legislative Information System, Illinois Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation and Legislative Reference Bureau. Elected Secretary of State in November 1990. From the description of Papers, 1977-1982. (Abraham Linco...

Blagojevich, Rod R., 1956-

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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...