Glen Ellyn, Illinois - People from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Laurie Anderson, Bill Ayers, Peter Roskam, Glenbard West High School (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: People from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Laurie Anderson, Bill Ayers, Peter Roskam, Glenbard West High School, Werner Krieglstein, College of DuPage, Sean Hayes, Bill Pullman, Matt Bowen, Hadley Junior High School, Glenbard South High School, Amy Carlson, Jeffery Deaver, College of DuPage Library, The Girl Who Owned a City, Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District, John Drury, Patricia Tallman, Stacy's Tavern, Alfred A. Schiller House, Mike Hall, Tom Pukstys, Betty Wagner Spandikow, Village Links of Glen Ellyn, Molly Worthen, Bob MacLeod, George Baker House, Glen Oak Country Club, Lewis University College. Excerpt: William Charles "Bill" Ayers (born December 26, 1944) is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960s activism as well as his current work in education reform, curriculum, and instruction. In 1969 he co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings during the 1960s and 1970s, in response to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He is a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, formerly holding the titles of Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar. During the 2008 US presidential campaign, a controversy arose over his contacts with candidate Barack Obama. He is married to Bernardine Dohrn, who was also a leader in the Weather organization. Ayers grew up in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He attended public schools there until his second year in high school, when he transferred to Lake Forest Academy, a small prep school. Ayers earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in American Studies in 1968 (his father, mother and older brother h...