Obejas, writer and journalist Amy Spindler, fashion critic and style editor of The New York Times Magazine Ted Thorne, Chicago news anchor, local radio host Politicians Naomi Anderson, a black suffragist Pat Boy, member of the Indiana House of Representatives Richard G. Hatcher, mayor of Gary, Indiana John Huppenthal, Republican State senator in the Arizona State Legislature David E. Lilienthal, Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority 1941–1946; Chairman, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1947–1949 Zeola Hershey Misener, suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly Scott Pelath, former Indiana House of Representatives member John L. Sieb, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, barber Sports Abe Gibron, Chicago Bears football player and head coach Anita King, racecar driver, actress, and thoroughbred racehorse owner Mike LaRocco, professional Supercross and Motocross racer Don Larsen, Major League Baseball pitcher John Parry, former National Football League official Donnie Thomas, former linebacker for the New England Patriots Artists Charles Freeman Lee, jazz trumpeter in the 1950s and 1960s, taught Science at Krueger School in Michigan City after retiring from music See also References External links City of Michigan City, Indiana website Cities in LaPorte County, Indiana Northwest Indiana Cities in Indiana Indiana populated places on Lake Michigan 1830 establishments in Indiana populated places established in 1830