James Dunlap Nowlan

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: James Dunlap Nowlan

Pen Name: James D. Nowlan

Genre: Non-Fiction

Born: 1941 in Kewanee, lllinois

Website: igpa.uillinois.edu/person/james-d-nowlan

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[edit] Illinois Connection

Nowlan was born in Kewanee, Illinois and now resides in Galesburg, Illinois. He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Nowlan has been an Illinois legislator, state agency director, statewide candidate and campaign manager for US senatorial and presidential candidtaes.

He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1968 at age twenty-six. Four years later he was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, running mate of Governor Richard B. Ogilvie. In 1978, he managed the successful re-election campaign of US Senator Charles H. Percy and the follwing year organized the national presidential campaign of US representative John B. Anderson. During the Governorship of James R. Thompson, Nowlan served in eight different capacities, including trouble-shooting state agency director (three times), special assiatnat for education, and executive director of a speical transition team that bridged the Governor's third and fourth terms.

Nowlan received his PhD in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana. A former community newspaper owner and publisher, Nowlan served as president of the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois from 1991 - 1994. He is a senior fellow at the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs and an adjunct professor of public policy at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

[edit] Published Works

• The Politics of Higher Education, Lawmakers and the Academy in Illinois, University of Illinois Press, 1976

• Inside State Government in Illinois, A Primer for Illinois Managers, University of Illinois Press, 1982

• A New Game Plan for Illinois, Neltnor Press, 1989

• Illinois Politics and Government, The Expanding Metropolitan Frontier, University of Nebraska Press, 1996 - written with Samuel K. Gove

• The Itinerant, A Heartland Story, Conversation Press, Inc., 2000

• Glory, Darkness, Light, The Union League Club of Chicago, A History, Northwestern University Press, 2004

• The Editor's Wife, AuthorHouse, 2005

• Illinois Politics: A Citizen's Guide, University of Illinois Press, 2010 - written with Samuel K. Gove and Richard J. Winkel Jr.

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

The Politics Of Higher Education : Lawmakers And The Academy In Illinois ISBN: B000OQ3D9A Release Date: 1977 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Itinerant: A Heartland Story ISBN: 0963439561 Release Date: 2000-05-03 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Glory, Darkness, Light: A History of the Union League Club of Chicago ISBN: 0810115492 Release Date: 2004-02-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Editor's Wife ISBN: 1420853996 Release Date: 2005-11-18 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Illinois Politics: A Citizen's Guide ISBN: 0252077024 Release Date: 2010-01-15 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

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[edit] External Links

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James Dunlap Nowlan on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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