Background
Arthur M. Petacque was born on July 20, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was the son of Ralph David Petacque and Fay Nora (Brauner) Petacque.
Arthur Petacque graduated from Chicago's Austin High School in 1942.
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Arthur Petacque studied at the University of Illinois.
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Arthur Petacque received a Doctor of Philosophy from Southern Illinois University in 1987.
Arthur M. Petacque was born on July 20, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was the son of Ralph David Petacque and Fay Nora (Brauner) Petacque.
Arthur Petacque graduated from Chicago's Austin High School in 1942. He studied at the University of Illinois and received a Doctor of Philosophy from Southern Illinois University in 1987.
Petacque was hired at the Chicago Sun in 1942 as a copy boy. He was appointed at the Sun-Times in 1947. Arthur covered the crime beat until 1957 when he became an investigative reporter and later a columnist. Petacque often wrote about the mobsters, including Joseph Ferriola, Sam Carlisi, Joey Aiuppa, Joseph Andriacchi, Jackie Cerone and Tony Accardo. He also served for Chicago's WLS-TV as a commentator on the station's afternoon newscasts.
Arthur Petacque was a member of B'nai B'rith, Chicago Newspaper Guild, Jewish War Veterans, Sigma Delta Chi and Sigma Alpha Museum.
Quotes from others about the person
Neil Steinberg: "a colorful presence from a vanished age, with wild, unkempt eyebrows and a soggy cigar, drawing scraps of paper and matchbooks out of his pockets, reading notes on the doings of mobsters and madams...Art Petacque was a police captain when he needed to be a police captain, and a doctor when he needed to be a doctor. He could be a burglar, too, if necessary, slipping into a basement window to snatch a photo for a story."
Arthur Petacque married Regina Battinus on December 10, 1944. They had two children - Susan Petacque Block and William Scott.