RESUME John J. Quirk 4943 N. Kenmore Chicago, Illinois 60640 (773) 561-4234  (Extension 608) Education: Oak Lawn Community High School – Oak Lawn, Illinois Graduated June 1963 University of  Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Major: Political Science Credits: 104 Semester Hours Truman College – Chicago, Illinois Major: History Credits: 21 Semester Hours Work Experience: Recycle Plus – January 2002-Present 6428 N. Maplewood  Chicago, Illinois 60645 Supervisor: Gary Zuckerman (773) 761-5937 Wage: $6.50 per hour Part-time Duties: Bookkeeping, letters, telephone (sales and customer relations) Free-lance Writer – June 1967 to August 1975 New York City, New York; Chicago, Illinois Self-employed Duties: Writing articles, news reports, book and movie and TV reviews Independent Bookseller – September 1975 to November 1997 Chicago, Illinois Duties: Operate book search service, sell to public and dealers, and relate to partners and staff Special Accomplishments: Captain, “It’s Academic” TV contest team for Oak Lawn high school Participant, University of Illinois Centennial Symposium, 1967 Participant, Annenberg School of Communications conference, University of  Pennsylvania, “Communications Technology and Social Change” April 1972. Publications: The Activist, American Scholar, Boston Globe, Commonweal, Dissent, Advertising Age, Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Sun-Times Honorary Society: Phi Eta Sigma Leadership Activities: High School Kiwanis, President September 1962-June 1963 Worth Township Teen-Age Republicans, Executive Committee September 1962-June 1963 University of Illinois Young Democrats, President November 1964-May 1965 Students for Free Speech, Steering Committee February to June 1967 Americans for Democratic Action, State and Local Affairs Commission, 1966-1969 National Association for Irish Justice, national committee member, November 1969-November 1970 Lakeview Citizens Council, member October 1976-June 1981 Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, election judge March 1998 to Present Other Jobs  Part Time: Jewish Labor Committee, New York City, Public Relations October 1967-March 1968 Independent Voters of Illinois, Public Relations and Research Director, July 1968 to January 1969 Gypsy Village Highsight, state-funded bilingual education project, Director of Studies, September-December 1973 Thresholds Experience: Thresholds Rehabilitation Industries. Piece work: putting sales labels on hardware (plumbing fixtures) August 1998-May 1999 Happiness Group, moderators Mark Furlong and Mary Rigner   Participant  2004 to Present Happiness Group, moderators John Tenbusch and Nicole Richardson Co-facilitator, March to May 2005 (Thresholds Experience, continued) Wellness Recovery Action Plan, Sherry’s Place Peer Support Rap Group, Sherry’s Place, 2003 References: Mark Furlong, Associate Director Thresholds Bridge North 4101 N. Ravenswood – Chicago, Illinois 60613 (773) 327-7214 John Tenbusch, Director Thresholds Bridge North 4101 N. Ravenswood – Chicago, Illinois 60613 (773) 327-7214 Professor John A. Kearney 1133 S. Lyman – Oak Park, Illinois 60304 (708) 383-3097 Richard Schukraft, Bookseller 2261 W. Leland Ave. – Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 293-3171