Holli, Melvin G. (Personal Name)

His Reform in Detroit, 1969.

Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 2/22/33)

Chicago tribune WWW site, viewed Jan. 29, 2016 (in obituary dated Jan. 24, 2016: Melvin Holli; longtime University of Illinois at Chicago history professor Melvin G. Holli specialized in Chicago history and mayoral history in particular; also an archivist, Holli spent a considerable amount of time creating and promoting a collection of primary research sources about the social, political and cultural history of Chicago; Hollis, 82, died Jan. 7 in Carol Stream; born and raised in Ishpeming, Mich.; attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, where he earned a master's degree in American history and then a doctorate in the subject in 1965; in 1965, Holli joined the faculty at UIC; in addition to teaching history courses, Holli established an urban historical collection at UIC containing manuscripts, historical documents and primary resources for researchers)