A graduate of Loyola University and Boston College, Gene Reineke served for nearly twenty years in the public policy arena. Reineke worked as Governor Jim Edgar’s Chief of Staff and as a member of his cabinet. He currently acts as the Chief Operating Officer for Hill and Knowlton, a global public relations company
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Abstract
Interview Session 01 (Audio)
Early life through service with the Jim Thompson administration
Interview Session 02 (Audio)
Service during Gov. Jim Edgar’s first term, including an executive asst.
Interview Session 03 (Audio)
Service as Gov Edgar’s COS from Dec 2004 thru Feb 2008
Transcript
Photos
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Caption:
Photo of Governor Edgar and then executive director for the state Republican Party as they appeared in the January 22, 1992 edition of the Springfield State Journal-Register. The photo caption reads “Gov. Jim Edgar, chairman of President Bush’s re-election campaign in Illinois, is accompanied by Gene Reineke, executive director of the state Republican party, as he filed petitions on behalf of Bush at the Board of Elections office Tuesday.”
Where:
Illinois
When:
January 22, 1992
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Narrator's photo
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Gov. Jim Edgar and Gene Reineke (then George Bush’s Illinois campaign chief) are on the floor of the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston Texas during the hot days of August. The photo appeared on page 3 of the August 24-30, 1992 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business.
Where:
Houston Texas
When:
August 1992
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Governor Edgar and Gene Reineke huddle during a fundraiser for the Cook County Republican Party in 1991 on the north side of Chicago. Former Governor Jim Thompson, behind Edgar, is having his own conversation.
Where:
Chicago, Illinois
When:
1991
Ownership:
Narrator's photo
Caption:
Governor Edgar and Gene Reineke are working an issue out at
A Republican Party event in 1992 in Southern Illinois. The mayor of Mt. Vernon, Roland Lewis, appears in the forefront of the picture.
Where:
Southern Illinois
When:
1992
Ownership:
Narrator's photo
Caption:
Gene Reineke at a political event taking notes from Governor Edgar.
Where:
Illinois
When:
circa 1992
Ownership:
Narrator's photo
Caption:
Governor Edgar and Chief of Staff Reineke work through an issue in the Governor’s office in one of many legislative strategy sessions in 1995. Mike Lawrence, sporting his characteristic suspenders, is in the rear.
Where:
Illinois
When:
1995
Ownership:
Narrator's photo
Caption:
Gene Reineke poses with Andy Foster (left) at the Republican National Convention in Houston Texas, August 1992.
Where:
Houston Texas
When:
August 1992
Ownership:
Narrator's photo