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A UAW visionary
A Special Birthday Greeting for Pat Greathouse
Although retired International Vice President and former Region 4 Director
Pat Greathouse lives in Detroit, he still enjoys coming back to the education
center that he purchased for the UAW in 1949 and was named in his honor.
Greathouse says he gets great satisfaction from observing current and
future leaders of our union coming together at the Pat Greathouse Education
Center in Ottawa, Ill., to discuss issues and educate themselves on the
challenges we face. During his presentations on labor history, he often
explains how difficult it was to do this before Region 4 had its own educational
facility.
Last year, Greathouse attended the retiree leadership training weeks,
the women’s conference, and all regional summer schools. During the
week of June 19, delegates discovered that it was Greathouse’s 85th
birthday. They had a huge cake made for him. Greathouse was pleased that
his fellow retirees “made such a big deal about my birthday.”
Greathouse is a pioneer of the UAW and one of the treasures of our great
region. A charter member of UAW local 551, representing workers at the
Ford Chicago assembly plant, Greathouse was a member of our union’s
International Executive Board from 1947 to 1980. He served as Region 4
director for nine years and then was elected UAW vice president in 1956.
Greathouse was one of the first union leaders to recognize the growth
of multi-national corporations and the rise of the global economy. In
1977, he became co-chairman of the UAW’s International Affairs Dept.
and traveled extensively around the world, developing personal relationships
with labor leaders in many countries. Since his retirement in 1980, Greathouse
has continued to attend seminars and lecture on a variety of labor subjects
in the U.S. and abroad.
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Region 4
Paul Korman, director
Dennis Williams, assistant director
Region 4
Office
2700 South River Road, Suite 200
Des Plaines, IL 60018-4105
847-699-2020 • fax: 847-699-1725
Sub-Regional
Offices
1530 46th Avenue, Suite F
Moline, IL 61265-7019
309-764-3584 • fax: 309-764-3846
112 N. Second
Street
Rockford, IL 61107-4051
815-962-0601 • fax: 815-962-3353
3 West Old State
Capitol Plaza
Suite 1
Springfield, IL 62701-1220
217-535-4030 • fax: 217-535-4018
2525 East Euclid,
Suite 201
Des Moines, IA 50317-6090
515-265-9877 • fax: 515-265-8474
3116 Kimball
Avenue
Waterloo, IA 50702-5253
319-233-5236 • fax: 319-291-6497
Riverview Office
Tower
8009 34th Ave. South, Suite 1275
Bloomington, MN 55425-1624
612-854-5323 • fax: 612-854- 0419
7435 S. Howell
Avenue
Oak Creek, WI 53154-2109
414-762-3200 • fax: 414-762-2571
5425 Superior
Avenue
Sheboygan, WI 53083-3448
920-458-1351 • fax: 920-458-6246
Editor:
Dennis Williams
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