JEFFERSON PARK — A Jefferson Park man convicted of robbing a bank as a teenager — and who has since become one of the Far Northwest Side's most prominent philanthropists — was pardoned last week by former Gov. Pat Quinn.
Lionel Rabb, who founded the Ed Paschke Art Center in Jefferson Park and is the president of the National Veterans Art Museum's board of directors, said he was humbled and "very, very surprised" by the news of his pardon, which came as Quinn left office on Jan. 12.
"I didn't have any idea it was coming," said Rabb, who applied for the pardon in 2010 or 2011. "I don't know the governor. If I see him, I'd probably thank him."
On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Heather Cherone discusses Rabb's history and the recent pardon:
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