Richard Whitney:
CLASS OF 1973
Randolph High SchoolClass of 1973
Randolph, NJ
Michigan State University - CommunicationsClass of 1977
East lansing, MI
Michigan State University - James Madison CollegeClass of 1977
East lansing, MI
Cos Cob Elementary SchoolClass of 1967
Cos cob, CT
Richard's Story
Life
After high school, I went to Michigan State University in 1973, first at James Madison College, then switching to Communications. I graduated in 1977 and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where I lived and worked as a political activist and journalist for 15 years, met my current wife, and raised three children, all of whom are now grown and out of the nest. In 1993, I decided it was time for a change and the family and I moved to Carbondale, Illinois, near the southern end of the state (kind of like the Beverly Hillbillies in reverse but without oil money being involved), where I went to law school at Southern Illinois University. I am now in my 14th year of practice as a lawyer, where I specialize in employment law (on the workers' side), civil rights law and criminal defense. I am also active in the Illinois Green Party and ran f...Expand for more
or Governor of Illinois on the Green Party ticket in 2006, winning over 10 percent of the vote. I ran again in 2010 but did not do as well for a number of reasons (among them, there were 5 people on the ballot that year, including a millionaire who spent millions of dollars of his own money). I have mostly good memories of RHS and MSU and occasionally get nostalgic and curious as to what became of others in our class -- which drew me to this website. I don't have a lot of spare time but I do like corresponding with old classmates occasionally. I'm also on Facebook. The photo is from my 2010 campaign, marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago. There was a cold mist blowing in from Lake Michigan that day so the smile on my face was probably frozen! When I die, I hope to be buried in Chicago, so I can remain politically active . . . .
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