Edward McCarthy:  

When I was born, my family lived on the south side of Chicago. I was a toddler when we moved to Des Moines, Iowa. I attended kindergarten at Wallace Public School in Des Moines and then Visitation Grade School until fourth grade. In 1957 we moved to Palos Park, Illinois. I attended St. Michael School in Orland Park for 5th, 6th and 7th grade. Then St. Michael went to a short day schedule and my parents moved me to Palos West for 8th grade. I graduated in 1961 and then attended Carl Sandburg High School from 1961 to 65. After leaving Carl Sandburg HS, I attended Michigan State University until 1967. I was in the Army from 1967 to 1969 and spent two years in Viet Nam. After working several years, I went back to college at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana and married a woman I met at college in September of 1973. In 1975 I received an undergrad degree with a major in History and a minor in English. In 1978 I received a Law Degree (cum laude -- surprised me too) from the U of I Law School. I clerked for the Minnesota Supreme Court from August 1978 to August 1979. Then I became an Associate Attorney at a lawfirm in the Chicago loop, Rothschild, Barry & Myers. Among other cases, we represented McDonnell Douglas in cases arising from the DC-10 Crash in Elk Grove Village in 1979 and represented the Chicago Transit Authority in the CTA strike of 1979. My daughter Mary was born in May 1980. My wife and I separated in the first half of 1981, and divorced later that year. In July of 198...Expand for more