Images: Former Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson with the village skyline in the background.
Daily Herald file photo 1991
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson holds up the U.S. Conference of Mayors Partner America Small Business Advocate Award he received Tuesday at the Schaumburg Business Association’s monthly breakfast meeting. The award honors Larson’s efforts to help small businesses grow in Schaumburg.
Daily Herald file photo 2014
Schaumburg mayor Al Larson tosses candy at the 2011 Septemberfest parade.
Daily Herald file photo 2011
Schaumburg’s Mayor Al Larson cries tears of joy after he learns he was reelected in 2012.
Daily Herald file photo 2012
Newly elected Schaumburg Village President Al Larson promises four years of hard work as the village’s chief elected official.
Daily Herald file photo 1987
Mayor Al Larson throws out the first pitch before the Flyers' 2005 opening day game.
Daily Herald File Photo 2005
Schaumburg Village President candidate Al Larson at the Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary.
Daily Herald file photo 1987
Schaumburg Village President Al Larson meets with dignitaries from the village's sister city, Schaumburg County, West Germany.
Daily Herald file photo 1990
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson gets a congratulatory hug from Trustee Frank Kozak after winning a seventh term in office.
Daily Herald file photo 2011
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson and Capt. Jack Sparrow impersonator Rick Aspen greeted golfers during the School District 54 Foundation’s 16th annual golf outing at Schaumburg Golf Club.
Daily Herald file photo 2013
Mayor Al Larson and Santa throw the switch to light the Christmas tree night in Schaumburg.
Daily Herald file photo 2015
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson signs the beam during a topping-out ceremony for the placement of the highest piece of iron at Zurich North America’s new 750,000 square-foot headquarters in Schaumburg. The building, located on the Motorola Solutions campus, is expected to open next year.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com 2015
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson waves to the crowd during Schaumburg’s Septemberfest parade along Summit Drive on Monday. Larson was this year’s parade marshal, in recognition of his 40 years as an elected official.
Daily Herald file photo 2105
Village Clerk Marilyn Karr swears in Al Larson Tuesday.
Eric Peterson/epeterson@dailyherald.com 2015
Schaumburg President Al Larson receives congratulations from Schaumburg resident Carolyn Bolger after a ceremony to rename the Prairie Center of the Arts for Larson.
Daily Herald file photo 2017
This photograph from the 1987 night Al Larson was elected mayor of Schaumburg has been hanging in the mayor’s office for 32 years. His youngest daughter, Jenny, was 5 years old.
Daily Herald file photo
Newly elected Schaumburg Village President Al Larson poses for a photo in Schaumburg in April of 1987. Larson remained village president until he deduced not to run in the April 2019 election.
Daily Herald file photo 1987
Schaumburg mayor Al Larson takes a picture with Donovan Pepper, National Director of Government Relations of Walgreens at the annual state of the Village address at the Schaumburg Business Association on Tuesday.
Daily Herald file photo 2018
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson, left, and Village Trustee Tom Dailly greet members of Schaumburg’s business community at the annual state of the village address before the Schaumburg Business Association Tuesday.
Daily Herald file photo 2018
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson looks over an artist’s rendering of Woodfield Mall’s expansion plans with John Simon, senior vice president, and mall general manager Jim Linowski.
Daily Herald file photo, 1993
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson, left, tosses out candy during the 48th annual Septemberfest Parade along Summit Drive Monday in Schaumburg.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com 2018
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson and Village Manager George Longmeyer take a village bike path on “Bike to Work Day” in 1992.
Daily Herald file photo, 1992
Schaumburg Village President Al Larson talks with Ron and Ann Anderson of Rolling Meadows after the dedication of Heritage Park in Schaumburg on Sunday. Ron Anderson is a descendant of the Quindel family, one of the original families in Schaumburg.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com 2019
Mayor Al Larson tosses buttons signed by officials into a bucket of cement that would be dumped on the roof at the topping-off ceremony for the Schaumburg Convention Center in July 2006.
Daily Herald File Photo 2006
New Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly, left, shakes hands with predecessor Al Larson after being sworn in during a special meeting Tuesday at village hall.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com 2019
Santa and Schaumburg Village President Al Larson, along with Larson’s granddaughter Lauren Gallagher, flip the switch during the village’s annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony outside the Prairie Center for the Arts.
Daily Herald File Photo 2016
Newly elected Schaumburg Village President Al Larson promises four years of hard work as the village’s chief elected official.
Daily Herald file photo 1987
Former Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson, died Tuesday at the age of 85.
Larson, a visionary leader guided the community for more than four decades as it grew into the second largest economic hub in Illinois,
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