Early Life and Education
Suffredin was born October 5, 1947 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, and grew up in Westchester, Illinois. He was the first of eight children born to Lawrence J. Suffredin Sr., a World War II combat veteran, and Patricia Mulrainey Suffredin. His father worked as a Chicago policeman and then became the "Printer to South Water Market". As the owner of Chicago Produce Publishing Company, the elder Suffredin published numerous reports on the Chicago fruit and vegetable market, and published a newspaper, "The Chicago Fruit and Vegetable Reporter" from 1955 to 1986.
After studies at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, he received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago in 1969 and his law degree from Georgetown University in 1972.
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