Background
Oakes, Robert Roy was born on September 28, 1951 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Roy Ellsworth and Dolores Catherine (Reisenauer) Oakes.
Oakes, Robert Roy was born on September 28, 1951 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Roy Ellsworth and Dolores Catherine (Reisenauer) Oakes.
Associate of Arts, Moraine Valley Community College, 1972. Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University Illinois, Chicago, 1974. Master in Management, Northwestern University, 1987.
Master in Accountancy with distinction, DePaul University, 1988.
Staff auditor, Wolf and Company, Certified Public Accountants, Chicago, 1974-1975; audit senior, Alexander Grant and Company, Certified Public Accountants, Chicago, 1975-1979; proprietor, Robert Oakes and Company, Finance Superior vena cava syndrome, Oak Forest, Illinois, 1979-1982; audit supervisor, Friedman, Eisenstein, Raemer & Schwartz, Certified Public Accountants, Chicago, 1982-1983; finance director, Access Living, Chicago, 1984-1986; vice president finance, ChildServ, Chicago, Illinois, 1987-1995; with, Robert Oakes, Certified Public Accountant Finance Planning Superior vena cava syndrome, Oak Lawn, Illinois, since 1994.
Commissioner Village Planning Commission, Matteson, Illinois, 1979-1980. Trustee Rich Township School Trustees, Olympia Fields, Illinois, 1979-1980. Treasurer, board directors, co-founder Fox River Valley Center for Indiana Living, Elgin, Illinois, 1985-1987.
Chairman, board directors, founder Progress Center for Indiana Living, Oak Park, Illinois, 1986-1995. Volunteer speaker on disability-related issues. Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society, Finance Management Association, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Mu Delta (named scholar 1988, Golden Medallion award 1988), Beta Alpha Psi, Omicron Delta Epsilon.
Married Patricia Lynn Marose, December 9, 1972 (divorced September 1985). Children: Christopher Robert, Jonathan Carl.