Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2018-711

• Record #: R2018-711
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 6/27/2018
• Final action: 6/27/2018
• Title: Congratulations extended to William Recktenwald on receipt of Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Lifetime Achievement Award for investigative journalism
• Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2018		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
6/27/2018	81169	City Council	Adopted	Pass

WHEREAS, William Recktenwald, retired award-winning journalist with the Chicago Tribune and former Chief Investigator for the Better Government Association of Chicago, is one of three legendary city reporters recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chicago Headline Club at the 41st Annual Peter Lisagor Awards Dinnes for undercover work on the famous 1978 Mirage Tavern Investigation; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of William Recktenwald winning this distinguished award by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Chicago native William Recktenwald attained an Associate of Arts Degree from the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and attended the National Writers Workshop sponsored by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in various years; and
WHEREAS, William Recktenwald began his professional career as an Investigator with the Cook County State's Attorney's office in 1962, completing four years of service in 1966; and
WHEREAS, In 1967 William Recktenwald joined the staff of the Better Government Association, a non­partisan news organization and civic watchdog agency advocating greater transparency and accountability in Illinois government as a media affairs specialist; and
WHEREAS, While on leave from the Better Government Association in 1974-1975, William Recktenwald served as Chief Investigator on the subcommittee of Long Term Care for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; and
WHEREAS, Between November 1971 to March 1978 while serving as Chief Investigator for the Better Government Association, William Recktenwald supervised a staff of more than a dozen investigators uncovering waste and corruption in public agencies, abuses committed by private ambulance companies and nursing homes; and
WHEREAS, Following the completion of his work with the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, William Recktenwald returned to Chicago to join a special investigative team with Chicago Sun-Times reporters Zay Smith and Pam Zekma...