death_place death_date children birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
chicago , illinois , united states 27 april 1937 helen horan curran 1886 05 nonie corbett jerry horan
 jerry horan labor leader president , building service employees international union
jerry horan

jeremiah j. horan -lrb- aka jerry horan -rrb- -lrb- may 1886-april 28 , 1937 -rrb- was an organized crime figure and president of the building service employees international union from 1927 until his death in 1937 .
although praised by newspapers for reducing the level of overt violence and graft which plagued the union under his predecessor , william quesse , horan nonetheless still engaged in bribery , extortion , physical intimidation , and other crimes , and permitted george scalise -lrb- his successor -rrb- to enter and rise within the organization .
horan established the kickback scheme whereby scalise would eventually loot the union treasury of millions of dollars in member dues .
