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Redd F. Griffin (December 3, 1938 - November 20, 2012)〔 was a prominent member of the community of Oak Park, Illinois. He served as a member of the Illinois General Assembly from 1980 to 1983, representing the state's 21st legislative district, which included Oak Park and neighboring areas. He was a leading supporter of several local organizations in the Oak Park area, and for many years served as a trustee of Shimer College. ==Early life and education== As a child, Griffin lived on the grounds of the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center, then known as the Illinois State Mental Hospital, where his father was superintendent.〔 He commuted from there to Oak Park to study at the Bishop Quarter Junior Military Academy.〔 Griffin attended high school for two years at the Oak Park and River Forest High School. In 1954, he left high school to attend Shimer College, a small Great Books college then located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, where he enrolled through the school's early entrance program.〔 He attended on a scholarship from the Ford Foundation, which funded the early entrance program during this period. Griffin left Shimer in 1958 to work in production at WTTW, Chicago's public television station.〔 He returned to Shimer in 1959, graduating with an AB degree in 1960.〔〔 Griffin subsequently studied at the postgraduate level at Chicago State University, Northwestern University, and Columbia College of Chicago.〔 He served in the Army Security Agency from 1961 to 1964. There he founded "Das Tor," an organization dedicated to improving understanding between Americans and Europeans.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Redd Griffin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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