Given the question: Facts: - party: republican - predecessor: charles connor - birth date: 4 july 1933 - branch: united states navy - order: mayor of joliet , illinois - death date: 26 november 2011 - spouse: frances jacksa - term end: 2011 - serviceyears: 1950 & ndash ; 1954 - name: arthur schultz - death place: joliet , illinois - birth place: joliet , illinois - successor: thomas giarrante - alma mater: joliet catholic high school - occupation: retired police officer , politician - children: 5 children and 8 grandchildren - term start: 1991 - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of arthur schultz .
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arthur '' art '' schultz -lrb- july 4 , 1933 -- november 26 , 2011 -rrb- was an american republican politician .he was a five-term mayor of joliet , illinois , the fourth largest municipality in the state after chicago , aurora , and rockford .he was last elected in april 2007 .prior to his first election , he served in the united states navy and in the joliet police department .he finished as the first runner-up in the joliet city council election of 1989 , but when a sitting councilwoman died a few months after the election he was passed over several times for the nomination .this was controversial as the nomination is customarily given to the runner-up in the most recent election .he returned to elective politics to defeat the mayor , who did not nominate him in the subsequent election in 1991 .in his time in office , joliet changed from an economy of a prison town with declining population to a fast-growing entertainment and tourism economy , focused on riverboat casinos .residential and commercial construction increased and racing tracks , a baseball stadium , and several civic works developed as a result of the booming economy .