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Mike Lawrence - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Mike Lawrence began his journalistic career in the mid-1960s, spending much of it with the Quad City Times-Democrat while reporting on Illinois' political scene. In 1987 Lawrence went to work as Press Secretary for Secretary of State Jim Edgar, and followed Edgar when he became Governor in 1991. Lawrence resigned in 1997, and moved to Carbondale to work at the Southern Illinois University Public Policy Institute.

Interview Links

Abstract

Interview Session 03 (Audio)

Early years with Sec of State Jim Edgar

Interview Session 04 (Audio)

Press Secretary for Edgar's first term

Interview Session 05 (Audio)

Edgar's second administration

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Journalists' View

See Mike Lawrence's full interview and transcript in the Journalists' View section.


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Caption
Mike, age 14, catches up on the news in the living room of the family home at 843 Greenleaf Street in Galesburg, Illinois.

Where:
Galesburg, IL

When:
Unknown

Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo



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