Background
Sprayregen, Joel Jay was born on March 10, 1934 in Jersey City. Son of Charles and Genevive (Schatell) Sprayregen.
Sprayregen, Joel Jay was born on March 10, 1934 in Jersey City. Son of Charles and Genevive (Schatell) Sprayregen.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science, 1955). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1958). Member, Character and Fitness Commission of Illinois Supreme Court, since 1985.
Staff counsel Illinois division American Civil Liberties Union, 1958-1960. Associate Aaron, Aaron, Schimberg & Hess, Chicago, 1960-1966, partner, 1967-1984, Shefsky & Froelich Ltd., Chicago, since 1984. General counsel George J. London Memorial Hospital, since 1973.
Member Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Character and Fitness, since 1985. Board directors First Bank of Highland Park, Hunter Corporation.
Author: The Paradox of the Professor and the Police, The New Serfdom, Routes and Roots to Tiberias. Co-author: The Night of the Murdered Poets.
Chairman Glencoe (Illinois) Democratic Committee, 1966. Member Glencoe Village Caucus, 1968-1970. Vice chairman National Conference on Soviet Jewry, 1973.
Member executive committee United States Senate council on religious rights in Eastern Europe. Member American Bar Association (chairman subcommittee libel and privacy section individual rights and responsibilities), Chicago Bar Association (chairman mental health committee), Yale Law School Association (executive committee 1969-1976, president Illinois chapter 1967), Anti-Defamation League (chairman Chicago executive committee, chairman international affairs division 1988-1990, national vice chairman since 1990), Tau Delta Phi, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Marilyn Mandell, June 5, 1955. Children: Michele Beth, Linda Robin, James Howard.