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Article: John Stroger, first Black president of Chicago's Cook County Board, dies at 78.(CENSUS)(Obituary)
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- February 4, 2008
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Former Cook County Board President John Stroger, the board's first Black president, recently died from complications related to a stroke, according to his son, current Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. John Stroger was 78.
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The elder Stroger was head of the Cook County board from 1994 to 2006. During his tenure, the county replaced the 88-year-old Cook County Hospital with a $623 million facility and named the new building after him. When it opened in December 2002, the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital was one of Chicago's most expensive public works projects.
"I think that his biggest legacy is building Cook County ...