Heinz Suppan, a Springfield, Illinois native received his Associate of Arts Degree at Springfield Junior College, a Bachelor’s Degree in German and History at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, and a Master’s degree at the University of Illinois in Springfield. He has lived in Ottawa for the past 33 years and since 1983 has taught German and a variety of history classes at Marquette Academy in Ottawa. Suppan also taught German and history at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Illinois, and from 2001 taught a variety of history classes as an adjunct instructor at Joliet Junior College. In 2015 Suppan’s book Remember Indian Creek! In the Shadow of the Black Hawk War was published. In September 2013 Suppan presented his paper on the Indian Creek Massacre at the Conference on Illinois History which is held annually in Springfield. In 2014 he presented a second paper on Pana, the Crossroads of Crisis, and in 2015 his paper about the Radium Girls in Ottawa was featured. He still teaches at Marquette Academy and Joliet Junior College and resides with his wife Leslie in Ottawa.
Marking Time
The Radium Girls of Ottawa
by Heinz-Dietrich Suppan

Marking Time
The Radium Girls of Ottawa
by Heinz-Dietrich Suppan
Published Mar 14, 2016
79 Pages
Genre: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)