passenger rail line connecting the two airports would have a station in La Grange. La Grange was once home to a municipal air field called Stinson Airport. The airport was closed in the late 1950s and is now a large quarry. Health care AdventHealth La Grange, operated by AdventHealth, is a level-two trauma center. The hospital has 270 inpatient beds. A$79 million renovation and expansion of the facility was completed in early 2007. Notable people John Briscoe, pitcher for the Oakland Athletics Sarah Wayne Callies, actor (Prison Break and The Walking Dead) Patrick Chovanec, business professor at Tsinghua University, economics and political commentator John Curulewski, guitarist, vocalist, composer, teacher, producer, and original member of Styx Luis Armand Garcia, actor (the George Lopez TV series) Kevin Guilfoile, novelist and essayist residing in La Grange David Hasselhoff, actor (Baywatch) and German pop superstar Fred Herbert, pitcher for the New York Giants Jeff Hornacek, basketball player, NBA All-Star and former coach of New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns Otto Hunziker, educator and technical innovator in the dairy industry Richard H. Jeschke, Marine Corps Brigadier General during World War II Jason Karnuth, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers Reed G. Landis (1896–1975), military aviator and flying ace during World War I. He resided in La Grange in 1947. John Lewis, jazz pianist, composer and arranger; founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet Helen Lynd, professor and author Benjamin Roy Mottelson, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1975 Marie Newman, congresswoman George Paskvan, fullback and defensive back for the Green Bay Packers Alfred F. Schimek, architect Tim Stapleton, retired NHL forward Quint Studer, founder and CEO of the health care consulting company Studer Group, LLC; co-owner of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos Ty Warner, toy manufacturer, businessman, actor; founder of Ty Inc., which manufactures and distributes Beanie Babies Leona Woods, physicist and youngest member of the Manhattan Project team Art Young, radical cartoonist and author References External links Village of La Grange official website La Grange Public Library La Grange Area Historical Society City-Data.com Chicago Tribune Article about the 2019 Pet Parade Local newspaper article about 'stars' who've attended the La Grange Pet Parade Pet Parade Website Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 1830 Villages in Cook County, Illinois Chicago metropolitan area 1830 establishments in Illinois