Background
Lois Jean Wille was born on September 19, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She is the daughter of Walter and Adele (Taege) Kroeber.
303 E Upper Wacker Dr Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Lois Wille completed her master’s degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1954. She also attended Medill for her bachelor’s degree, which she earned a year earlier in 1953.
401 North Wabash, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Wille began writing for the Chicago Daily News in 1956. While working as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, Willie wrote extensively about the gap in providing birth control information to women in Illinois.
30 N. Racine Ave., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60607, USA
When the Chicago Daily News folded in 1978, Wille joined the Chicago Sun-Times as associate editor.
160 N. Stetson Ave. Chicago, IL 60601, USA
In 1984, Wille became assistant editorial page editor at its rival paper, the Chicago Tribune, rising to the rank of editorial page editor within three years. She retired from the Tribune in 1991.
303 E Upper Wacker Dr Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Lois Wille completed her master’s degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1954. She also attended Medill for her bachelor’s degree, which she earned a year earlier in 1953.
401 North Wabash, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Wille began writing for the Chicago Daily News in 1956. While working as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, Willie wrote extensively about the gap in providing birth control information to women in Illinois.
30 N. Racine Ave., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60607, USA
When the Chicago Daily News folded in 1978, Wille joined the Chicago Sun-Times as associate editor.
160 N. Stetson Ave. Chicago, IL 60601, USA
In 1984, Wille became assistant editorial page editor at its rival paper, the Chicago Tribune, rising to the rank of editorial page editor within three years. She retired from the Tribune in 1991.
(Illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs, W...)
Illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs, Wille's book tells how Chicago's lakefront has survived a century of development. The story serves as a warning to anyone who thinks the struggle for the lakefront is over, or who takes for granted the beauty of its public beaches and parks.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226898717/?tag=2022091-20
1972
(Lois Wille’s illustrated account provides behind-the-scen...)
Lois Wille’s illustrated account provides behind-the-scenes insight into how a small number of Chicago business leaders transformed the dangerous and seedy South Loop into an integrated and thriving community in the heart of the central city.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809321262/?tag=2022091-20
1997
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Lois Jean Wille was born on September 19, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She is the daughter of Walter and Adele (Taege) Kroeber.
Lois Wille completed her master’s degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1954. She also attended Medill for her bachelor’s degree, which she earned a year earlier in 1953.
Wille began writing for the Chicago Daily News in 1956. While working as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, Willie wrote extensively about the gap in providing birth control information to women in Illinois.
When the Chicago Daily News folded in 1978, Wille joined the Chicago Sun-Times as associate editor. In 1984, Wille became assistant editorial page editor at its rival paper, the Chicago Tribune, rising to the rank of editorial page editor within three years. She retired from the Tribune in 1991 and since then, she works as a freelance writer.
Lois Wille is best known as a journalist, who served for three Chicago newspapers from 1956 until her retirement in 1991. During that time, she produced investigative series on urban schools, women’s health care, slum housing, infant mortality, and the response (or lack of it) from public and private leadership to these and similar conditions.
Wille is particularly known as the author of two works, such as Forever Open, Clear, and Free: The Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront and At Home in the Loop: How Clout and Community Built Chicago's Dearborn Park.
(Lois Wille’s illustrated account provides behind-the-scen...)
1997(Illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs, W...)
1972Wille is married to Wayne M. Wille since June 6, 1954. The couple has no children.
