RIP, Greg Spevok

I knew Greg Spevok, but not very well. He was a professional acquaintance of mine. In recent years he was managing director - corporate and real estate capital markets, to use his professional title at LaSalle Bank, and in that capacity I interviewed him a few times about the (to me) opaque world of commercial mortgage-backed securities. He, along with some other colleagues at LaSalle, was on the cover of my magazine about two years ago.

From Monday’s edition of the Chicago Tribune: “Illinois State Police said Gregory Spevok, 46, of the 500 block of Earlston Road in Kennilworth, died Sunday morning when the Chevy Suburban he was driving hit a stalled box truck on inbound Interstate Highway 90 near the Keeler Avenue exit in Chicago.”

And the Tribune obituary: “Gregory J. Spevok, age 46, beloved husband of Elizabeth A. Pratt; loving father of Katherine, Eleanor and Phillip; dear son of Catherine and Stanley Spevok; loving son-in-law of Audrey and Robert Pratt, M.D.; brother-in-law of Thomas (Kathleen) Pratt and Karen (Michael) Forster; uncle of Avery and Brendan Pratt.”