Aaron Jaffe — a renowned former Illinois state lawmaker, judge and chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board — passed away last week.
Jaffe died Wednesday, Sept. 10. He was 95 years old.
Jaffe was born in Chicago on May 16, 1930. He grew up on the city’s West Side and attended Marshall High School, according to an Illinois court history document. He attended UCLA and the University of Illinois Chicago campus at Navy Pier, and earned his J.D. from DePaul University in 1953, according to the Illinois Digital Archives.
Jaffe moved to Skokie in 1959, and served as Niles Township Democratic committeeman from 1969 to 1973. Meanwhile in 1971, Jaffe was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives…