John Brennan

John Edward Gerschefske was introduced to the planet in 1933. He came from a railroad family in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The son of a railroad switchman and Motorola assembly line worker/nightclub singer. Also the grandson of the President of the Florist Drivers Union in the 1930s and 1940s. He was carted off to Roosevelt Military Academy soon after his parents separated in the early 1940s. He excelled in sports, music and academics. In the 8th grade he was #2 in the state of Illinois on the alto saxophone. He lettered in football, track and field and basketball. After graduating in the top 5% of his class, he worked for Motorola for a short time before enlisting in the United States Navy (1951). He became an Aviation Structural Mechanic and a member of the Glenview Naval Air stations' Crash Crew. After his stint in the service, he studied broadcasting and became a jazz disc jockey with WNIB in Chicago, and WNIB in Muskegon, Michigan. When he wasn't on the air