Images: Bob Gilliam Through the Years
Images of Bob Gilliam. The longtime Elgin councilman, who lost a re-election bid in 2013, died Tuesday in Arizona. Gilliam, 69, served 40 years on the council and 34 years in Elgin Area School District U-46. City hall was renamed in his honor in September. He was also the city's first black on the council when he won a seat at age 28.
Elgin Community College President David Sam congratulates Elgin City Councilman Bob Gilliam on the ECC Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009.
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Bob Gilliam, Elgin City Council candidate
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Daily Herald Leadership Team judges included Bob Gilliam in 2002.
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Members of the Elgin City Council unveiled a rendering of the new sign after the renaming of city hall and the municipal complex as the Robert Gilliam Municipal Complex. Gilliam served on the city council for 40 years until 2013.
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City of Elgin councilwoman Marie Yearman shares a laugh with fellow council member Bob Gilliam before the start of a 2003 meeting at city hall. The meeting was Yearman's first since recovering from brain surgery.
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Elgin Mayor Ed Schock, far right, and city council members John Walters and Bob Gilliam, blow out Elgin's 150th birthday cake at the city's Sesquicentennial Ceremony in the Heritage Ballroom at The Centrein 2004.
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Elgin councilman Bob Gilliam and his wife lived in a top floor condominium in the Fountain Square building in 2008.
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Elgin City Council incumbents John Walters, Juan Figueroa, and Bob Gilliam prepare to pose for their supporters for pictures at the conclusion of an election returns reception in 2005 at the Service Employees International Union hall in Elgin. All three candidates succeeded in the primary.
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Charles Burnidge of Burnidge and Cassell Associates shows Elgin City Council members Bob Gilliam and John Steffen the view from 18 N. State St. during the 2008 Artspace Project tour.
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Darlene Castelvecchi of Elgin greets Bob Gilliam before a renaming ceremony at Elgin City Hall. "He is a wonderful person and he definitely deserves this honor today," Castelvecchi said of her longtime friend.
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Elgin City Clerk Loni Mecum and city manager's assistant Diane Robertson, right, unveil a replica of the new street sign honoring Marie Yearman as council member Bob Gilliam looks on during a 2004 ceremony.
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Bob Gilliam in 1997.
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