Jane Byrne AKA Jane Margaret Burke Born: 24-May-1933 [1] Birthplace: Chicago, IL [2] Died: 14-Nov-2014 Location of death: Chicago, IL Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: Mayor of Chicago, 1979-83 Defeated by Harold Washington in the 1983 Democratic primary. [1] As given in memoir. Many sources list 1934.
[2] John B. Murphy Hospital, 620 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL.
Father: William Patrick Burke (VP of Inland Steel) Mother: Katherine Marie Nolan Husband: William P. Byrne (d. 1959 airplane crash, one daughter) Daughter: Kathy (attorney) Husband: Jay McMullen (newspaper writer)
High School: Saint Scholastic High School, Chicago, IL University: St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Terre Haute, IN (transferred) University: BS Chemistry and Biology, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL (1955)
Mayor of Chicago (16-Apr-1979 to 29-Apr-1983) Illinois State Official Dir. of Consumer Affairs, Chicago (1968-77)
Author of books:
My Chicago (1992, memoir)
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