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Richard Buell Ogilvie (February 22, 1923 – May 10, 1988) was an American attorney and law enforcement officer who served as the 35th governor of Illinois and served from 1969 to 1973. A wounded combat veteran of World War II, he became known as the mafia -fighting sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, in the 1960s before becoming governor.
May 11, 1988 · Richard B. Ogilvie, who served as Governor of Illinois from 1968 to 1972, died yesterday a day after suffering a heart attack and undergoing emergency bypass surgery at Northwestern Memorial...
RICHARD B. OGILVIE was born on February 22, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1947, and from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1949 with a LL.B. Ogilvie was a World War II veteran, serving as a tank commander and earning a Purple Heart and two Battle Stars.
May 11, 1988 · Former Illinois Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie died Tuesday after suffering a massive heart attack a day earlier at his downtown law offices. He was 65.
Oct 18, 2018 · Fifty years ago, Richard B. Ogilvie was elected governor of Illinois. He faced a colossal financial crisis, just as we do today, so it is worth reviewing what he did to turn Illinois around.
- George Ranney
Aug 8, 2021 · Former Illinois Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, 65, a no-nonsense politician who helped rescue the state from near-bankruptcy and governmental obsolescence, died Tuesday, a day after suffering a heart...
Richard Buell Ogilvie (February 22, 1923 – May 10, 1988) was the 35th Governor of Illinois. He was governor from 1969 to 1973. Obilvie was wounded in World War II. In the 1960s, before becoming governor, he became known as the mafia -fighting sheriff of Cook County, Illinois .
