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About William G. Barr
- William G.
- Barr (January 18, 1920 – February 25, 1987) was an American businessman and politician. Barr was born in Joliet, Illinois.
- His father Richard J.
- Barr was a lawyer and served in the Illinois Senate.
- Barr attended Joliet public schools and later the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin.
- He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
- He then worked as a rent control examiner for the United States Government in Kankakee, Illinois.
- In 1953, Barr served as the director of the Office of Rent Stabilization in Washington, D.C..
- Starting in 1954, Barr was a building contractor in Joliet, Illinois, where he built homes and apartment buildings.
- He also started ACF Properties in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with D.
- J.
- Antonelli, Jr.
- involving real estate and management.
- In Joliet, Barr served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971.
- He was a Republican and then switched to the Democratic Party.
- In 1970, Barr ran for mayor of Joliet, Illinois and lost the election.
- During the 1970 Joliet mayoral election, he was seriously injured in a car bombing and lost his right leg.
- Barr established the Institute for the Advancement of Prosthetics in Lansing, Michigan.
- He hosted a twice-weekly radio program on 1510 WJRC from November 11, 1986 until his death in February 1987.
- He died at his home in Joliet, Illinois.
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