Robert Dawson Conn III, U.S. Army Vet. Korean War, beloved husband of Anna, nee Dunsmuir; dear father of Barbara (Jim) Boyd, Robert (Mary) Conn and Sandra Panek Conn (Douglas Coonen); cherished grandfather of Christopher, Nicole, Leslie and Doug; preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Evelyn. Services Thursday 11 a.m. at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Rd., at Northwest Hwy., Mt. Prospect. Interment private. Visitation Wednesday 3 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials to VITAS Hospice Care, 580 Waters Edge, Suite 100, Lombard, IL 60148. 847-255-7800 .
![The hot-button lawsuits related to Northwestern University’s hazing scandal — some alleging widespread abuse on the football team, another claiming ex-coach Pat Fitzgerald was wrongly fired — will be consolidated for the time being, a Cook County judge ruled this week. The decision came after attorneys representing ex-players accused Northwestern’s lawyers of using confidential information obtained in the ex-players’ lawsuit to help craft their strategy in the separate Fitzgerald case. A lawyer for Northwestern denied that accusation in court this week. But as a consequence, the cases are now on far different tracks than they were just a few weeks […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ctc-l-wildcats-hazing-lawsuit_181443613.jpg?w=525 "The hot-button lawsuits related to Northwestern University’s hazing scandal — some alleging widespread abuse on the football team, another claiming ex-coach Pat Fitzgerald was wrongly fired — will be consolidated for the time being, a Cook County judge ruled this week. The decision came after attorneys representing ex-players accused Northwestern’s lawyers of using confidential information obtained in the ex-players’ lawsuit to help craft their strategy in the separate Fitzgerald case. A lawyer for Northwestern denied that accusation in court this week. But as a consequence, the cases are now on far different tracks than they were just a few weeks […]")
