Richard Buell Ogilvie (February 22, 1923 – May 10, 1988) was governor of Illinois from 1969 to 1973. A wounded combat veteran of World War II, he achieved notoriety as the mafia-fighting Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois in the 1960s.
He graduated from high school in Port Chester, New York in 1940. While attending Yale University, he enlisted in the United States Army in 1942. As a tank commander in France he was wounded and received the Purple He...
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Richard Buell Ogilvie (February 22, 1923 – May 10, 1988) was governor of Illinois from 1969 to 1973. A wounded combat veteran of World War II, he achieved notoriety as the mafia-fighting Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois in the 1960s.
He graduated from high school in Port Chester, New York in 1940. While attending Yale University, he enlisted in the United States Army in 1942. As a tank commander in France he was wounded and received the Purple Heart and two Battle Stars. Discharged in 1945, he resumed studies at Yale and in 1947, he earned a Bachelor of Arts majoring in American history. In 1949, he earned a Bachelor of Laws from Chicago-Kent College of Law. From 1950 to 1950 he practiced law in Chicago and served as an assistant United States Attorney from 1954-1955. From 1958 to 1961 he served as a special assistant to the United States Attorney General heading an office fighting organized crime in Chicago.
Ogilvie was elected as Cook County Sheriff in 1962 where he served until...
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