Lisle High School Alumni
Lisle, Illinois (IL)
John Grochowski
Lisle High School
Class of 1970
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JOHN'S PROFILE
| First Name | John |
| Last Name | Grochowski |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1970 |
| Gender | Male |
| City | N/A |
| State/Province | IL |
| Country | United States |
| Occupation | Writer/editor/broadcaster |
| Married | Yes |
| Favorite School Memory | Mr. Jensen, first day of freshman science class: "When you're juniors and seniors taking physics and electronics, you'll get to play with all the cool stuff in this room. But right now, you're freshmen, AND I HATE F...(read more) |
| About Me | Went to U. of Illinois, was sports editor of the Daily Illini. Started a newspaper career that took me to the Suburban Trib and to the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph as a sports writer, then the Waukegan News-Sun and Chicago Sun-Times as a copy editor. Starting writing a weekly column on casino games in 1994, which now is syndicated to various newspapers and Web sites. I also write for a number of magazines, and have had a half dozen books published. I host one-minute segments on WBBM-AM radio in Chicago, and do a weekly one-hour talk show on WCKG-FM. Married Marcy in 1988, son Dave was born in '91. Was a contestant on ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000, won $125,000. Fair amount of travel -- one fun trip was a Beatles tour of Liverpool. Got to ride the Magical Mystery Tour bus, stopped in Blackburn, Lancashire, and got to be a "hole" for a magazine photo. Marcy & I had our wedding at the Coco Palms resort in Kauai, same...(read more) |
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