Stan Banash

Stan Banash, a.k.a. "Tex," graduated from Northwestern University and Roosevelt University, is an Air Force veteran (Strategic Air Command), and the author of three books, Best of Dee Brown's West, Dee Brown's Civil War Anthology and Roadside History of Illinois. In 1987, he wrote the speech that Chicago Cubs Billy Williams delivered at his induction ceremony into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. In 2014, the Illinois House of Representatives passed H.R. 1124, introduced by State. Rep. Sandra Pihos, that congratulated Banash for his book, Roadside History of Illinois. He also received a 2015 Superior Achievement Award from the Illinois State Historical Society for his book, Roadside History of Illinois. Banash is a native Illinoisan and lives on Chicago's far northwest side. He was a close personal friend of the award-winning historian and author Dee Brown, and Brown's last piece of professional writing was his special introduction to Banash's book on Illinois.