Eugene McEvoy:  

CLASS OF 1960
Chicago VocationalClass of 1960
Chicago, IL

Eugene's Story

I ATTENDED COLLEGES AFTER CVS TAKING ACCOUNTING AND HISTORY. I ENTERED THE ARMY IN 1966 AND WAS HON DISC.IN 1968 FROM FT. SHERIDAN,ILL.I WAS AT FT.BENNING GA. OCS SCHOOL FOR 6 MO BUT I REJECTED THE COMMISSION AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETION OF PGM BECAUSE THE PROMISED COMMISSION WAS NOT COMPLIED WITH,IE,THEY BREACHED THEIR PROMISE OF INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION AND WERE GOING TO GIVE ME INFANTRY--SOMETHING I DID NOT BARGAIN FOR.I WAS AT THE 68 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AS A SPECTATOR-NON DELIGATE. I SANG SONGS WITH PETER,PAUL AND MARY IN FRONT OF THE CONRAD HILTON HOTEL WHILE ACTIVE DUTY AT FT SHERIDAN.CREATING FOR ME A DUAL ROLE OF PARTICIPATION. DURING MY FIRST COLLEGE SEMESTER I MET JFK ON NOV4,1960 WHILE WAITING FOR HIM DURING MAYOR DALEY'TORCH LIGHT PARADE PRIOR TO GOING TO THE COLLESIUM. IT WAS FRI NIGHT AND JFK WAS STANDING ATOP A WHITE 1960 FORD CONV. HIS CAR STOPPED MOMENTARILY AND I SCOLDED HIM FOR NOT GIVING ME A FIRM HANDSHAKE. HE LAUGHED AND REDID IT.THEN SAID"IS THAT BETTER". MESMERIZED. I SAID HELL YEA! HE LAUGHED AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT IN HISTORY HE AND I WERE ONE ON ONE. I WAS A JUNIOR AT U OF I IN URBANA,ILL WHEN HE WAS MURDERED . I SPENT THE NEXT 30 YRS STEADILY DISMANTLING THE OFFICIAL VERSION WHICH CLIMAXED IN 1994 WHEN,BY THAT TIME, I WAS WORKING AT 26TH CAL CRIM DIV CIRCUIT CT AS THE DIV ADMIN. EVENTS PROVED CONCLUSIVELY THAT THE CHGO OUTFIT WERE PART OF THE CRIM CONSPIRACY. DURING THE 1968 DEMO CONVENTION I MET MY FUTURE WIFE WHILE WAITING FOR SEN GENE MCCARTHY AT MIDWAY AIRPORT PRI...Expand for more
OR TO THE CONVENTION. IN 1998 I TOOK A BUYOUT FROM THE COUNTY AND THEN JOINED THE CHGO POLICE DEPT IN 1999 AT AGE 58 ROOKIE COP. THE NEXT 6 YRS WERE FORMIDIBLE IN THAT MY EXPERIENCES CHANGED MY WORLD VIEW DRAMITICALLY. I HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS,ERICA-AGE 26,GRAD M.I.T.,B.S. PHYSICS,MATH,AND PLANETARY SCIENCE WITH MINOR IN ASTRONOMY IN 2004.THE FOLLOWING YR.M.S. IN ASTROPHYSICS FROM M.I.T. SHE NOW IS COMPLETING HER PHD. IN ASTROPHYSICS. MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER IS CLARISSA AGE 16, A JR. MOTHER MCAULEY. MY SON MICHAEL AGE 28 IS ENGAGED IN YOGA STUDIO CLASSES WITH HIS COMPANION DAWN SOON HEADING OUT TO OREGON ,AND CALIF. MY OTHER SON,GABRIEL AGE 11 FROM MY RECENT MARRIAGE TO MY WIFE PATRICIA AS OF JAN 2006 AT THE CURRENT SUPREME CT OF ILL. BY MY FORMER BOSS JUSTICE THOMAS FITZGERALD WHO I REPORTED TO FOR 10 YRS AT 26TH AND CAL WHEN HE WAS THE CHIEF JUDGE THERE.NOW I AM TEACHING IN CHICAGO AND LIVE IN A VERY SPACIOUS HOME WITH MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND HER SON. I AM FORTUNATE TO STILL LOOK APPRECIABLY YOUNGER THAN MY 65 YRS. SHE IS CONSIDERABLY YOUNGER THAN I BUT IT HAS MADE ZERO DIFFERENCE. I AM IN GOOD HEALTH, I READ VORACIOUSLY THE PAST 20 YRS WHICH HELPS COUNTER THE MEDIA BIASES SO PREVELENT.THANK GOD FOR THE INTERNET WHICH HAS OPENED UP A HUGE LIBRARY.U-TUBE-WITH PREVIOUSLY UNACCESSED INFO.CRITICAL THINKING STILL APPLIES HOWEVER. IN THE 80'S I ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL FOR 2 YRS COMPLETING ALL REQUIRED COURSES, DEATH OF MOTHER CANCELLED 3RD YR ELECTIVES BUT I WAS MADE THE DIV ADMIN AT 26CAL. MORE TO FOLLOW IN FUTURE
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