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    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
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    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors

    By Dale Maley

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    Fairbury is a small town located in Central Illinois. It is 100 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles east of Peoria. It was founded in 1857 when the railroad first crossed Central Illinois.
    This short story attempts do documents all the Fairbury citizens who have authored books over the years.
    Several of these book authors are major figures in the history of Fairbury. Additional biographical and historical information for these book authors is included in this short story.
    It turned out to be a challenging task to identify all of the book authors from Fairbury. If anyone has inadvertently not been included, the author apologizes in advance for any mistakes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDale Maley
    Release dateSep 5, 2015
    ISBN9781311960078
    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
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    Dale Maley

    Dale C. Maley is the author of the 19999 book Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your Financial Life and Beat the Pros.He is also a contributing author to Chapter 18 Seeking Help from Professionals in the 2009 book The Bogleheads Guide to Retirement Planning.He is a very successful private investor who has been a student of Financial Planning and Investing for over 30 years. He was trained as an engineer at the University of Illinois and has been a practicing engineer for 32 years. His accomplishments as an engineer include the granting of 16 U.S. Patents and authorship of over 500 professional technical papers. He is also a member of the International Society of Automotive Engineers and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.He also has earned an MBA (Masters Degree in Business Administration) degree from Illinois State University. His background in mathematics, engineering, and business provides him with the excellent basis for understanding and teaching investments and financial planning.He is also a very successful investor who has been investing in common stocks and mutual funds since 1980. He has also personally invested in both 401(K) and IRA plans, so he is familiar with participation and management of these types of investments. He has been investing in indexed common stock mutual funds since 1990.Dale became a Registered Financial Advisor in the State of Illinois in 2006 and is currently launching his business as a fee-only financial planner. He is President of Maley Financial Planning LLC.

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