constituency birth_place party office name birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end birth_name alma_mater
10th ward , chicago chicago , illinois , u.s. republican city of chicago alderman president of the city council edward vrdolyak 28 december 1937 1971 1977 chicago , illinois , u.s. edward vrdolyak
 1987 1983 edward robert vrdolyak mount of chicago law school carmel high school st. joseph 's college university
edward vrdolyak

edward robert vrdolyak -lrb- ; born december 28 , 1937 -rrb- is a convicted chicago lawyer and politician .
he was a powerful longtime chicago alderman and also head of the cook county democratic party and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of chicago on the illinois solidarity party and republican party tickets .
vrdolyak , born to croatian immigrant parents , entered a catholic seminary at age 13 , but decided against joining the priesthood .
he graduated from mount carmel high school in chicago , then from st. joseph 's college in rensselaer , indiana .
he received his law degree from the university of chicago law school in 1963 and began a legal career in private practice , specializing in personal injury cases .
today , the vrdolyak law group consists of 16 attorneys .
vrdolyak and his three sons are partners in the firm .
