University of Illinois Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Charles Simpson
Simpson, Charles R. Jun. 16, 1921 - Jan. 28, 2015 Charles R. Simpson was born in Danville, IL in 1921 and moved to Champaign in 1941. He received both his BA degree and his JD degree from the University of Illinois, and his LLM degree from Harvard. He represented the Champaign District in the General Assembly from 1947 through 1950. He married Ruth V. Thompson in 1948. She passed away in 2012. In 1951 he moved to the Washington D.C. area where he was with the Internal Revenue...
