William S. Bike
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William S. Bike is an author, editor, and communications and political consultant living in Chicago, Illinois. He wrote Streets of the Near West Side (ACTA Publications, Chicago, 1996, and 1st Books Library, Bloomington, IN, 2002), a book about the names of streets on the Near West Side of Chicago, and Winning Political Campaigns (Denali Press, Juneau, AK, 1998 and 2001), a how-to book about all aspects of political campaigning. He also is is the editor of Essays on Earl Renfroe: A Man of Firsts (UIC College of Dentistry Press, 2001), a biography of pathbreaking African-American orthodontist Dr. Earl W. Renfroe, and The Dentofacial Complex: Lectures of Dr. Allan G. Brodie (UIC College of Dentistry Press, 2004), a craniofacial textbook.
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[edit] Early life
Bike is the only son of William F. Bike, a retired truck driver, and Jean A. Bike, a homemaker and retired factory worker. Born in Chicago April 9, 1957, he attended St. Sylvester's Grammar School, Gordon Technical High School, and DePaul University, where he was editor of the school newspaper, The DePaulia, and earned a B.A. in political science in 1979.
[edit] Journalism/public relations
Bike worked for Business Insurance Magazine from 1979 to 1981, and then at the age of 24 became the editor-in-chief of the Oak Park News and Berwyn-Cicero News in 1981. The next year, he was hired by Dental Products Report magazine. In 1984, he began his university publications/public relations career when he was hired by Loyola University Chicago, where he was editor of several magazines and a newspaper and eventually became publications director for the university. In 1993 he moved to the University of Chicago to become publications director for the Graduate School of Business and was the editor of the magazine GSB Chicago, and in 1995 he joined the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, where he is director of advancement and alumni affairs communications and is editor of a magazine, Vision, and two newsletters.
Additionally, in 1983, he and Editor and Publisher Mark J. Valentino founded The Gazette (Chicago), where Bike serves as associate editor and a member of the board. In 1993, Bike and his wife, Anne M. Nordhaus-Bike, whom he married in 1986, founded ANB Communications, a communications and political consulting firm based in Chicago.
[edit] Politics
Bike has frequently covered politics for newspapers and magazines, and has worked on several campaigns. He was a member of the Lake View Citizens Council from 1988 to 1993. He served as a Cook County Election Judge from 1996 to 2003. In 1997, he began a career as a political pundit and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs. He was a member of the political organization Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century from 1992 to 2005, and served as the organization's communications chair from 1995 to 2004.
[edit] Honors
Bike has won many local, national, and international journalism and communications awards, including several Peter Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club, the highest award in Chicago journalism. In 1997, the Chicago City Council passed a resolution honoring him for Streets of the Near West Side.
