Background
Wynn, Thomas Joseph was born on August 30, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Thomas Joseph Wynn
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AB, DePaul University, 1941; Juris Doctor, DePaul University, 1942.
Career
Special investigator, Phoenix & Murphy, Chicago, 1942;
private practice law, Chicago, 1946-1959;
partner, Wynn & Ryan, Chicago, 1959-1979;
associate judge, Circuit Court Cook County, Illinois, 1979-1983;
judge chancery division mechanic's lien section, Circuit Court Cook County, Illinois, 1983-1996;
retired, Circuit Court Cook County, Illinois, 1996. Lecturer business law Latin American Institute, Chicago, 1946-1947. Member of faculty College Commerce, DePaul University, Chicago, since 1947, associate dean Evening division, 1957-1973, professor, 1972-1979, part-time faculty, 1979-1983, Adjunct Professor business law, since 1983.
Assistant attorney general Illinois, 1957-1958. Board directors, general counsel Suburbanite Bowl, Inc., 1958-1979. General legal counsel Chicago Consortium Colls. andUnivs., General Motors Tool Corporation.
President, board directors Metroplex Leasing and Financing, Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Candidate for alderman Chicago City Council, 1951. Candidate for judge Municipal Court Chicago, 1956. Executive secretary, board directors Illinois Good Government Institute, 1958-1979.
Member advisory board to dean College Law DePaul University, since 1992. Ensign-Lieutenant (Singapore) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association (member arbitration and alternative dispute resolution committee, civil practice committees, member international law committee, member judiciary committee, member circuit court committee), Illinois Judges Association (committee mandatory arbitration alternate dispute resolution, committee publications), Association University Evening Colleges (past chairman), American Business Law Association (president 1972-1973), American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, Chicago Area Evening Deans and Directors Association, United States Adult Education Association, Illinois Adult Education Association, American Right-of-Way Association (advisor chairman, national educational committee, 1963-1964), St. Vincent DePaul Society, DePaul Law Alumni Association (past president), Smithsonian Institute, President's Club, (DePaul University since 1986), Blue Key, Gamma Eta Gamma, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Mu Delta.
Connections
Son of Phillip H. and Delia B (Madden) W. Married Bernadette L. Lavelle, April 17, 1948. Children: Thomas Joseph, John P.
