The program mitigates one of the city’s most notorious decisions: the routing of the I-94 freeway through the Rondo neighborhood, home to the vast majority of St. Paul’s African American residents.
Beloved husband, father, and grandfather, age 92, died peacefully on January 16, 2023, at St. Luke’s hospital. Bill was born June 25, 1930, the youngest of two children of Eustis and Violet LeNeau, all of whom preceded him in death. He attended the University of Minnesota, Duluth, for his undergraduate studies. This academic stint was interrupted by service in the US Navy. After his discharge, Bill returned to Duluth to complete his studies. He and his wife, Joan, then moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to begin his professional career with the Simmons Corporation. Three years later, Bill and his young family returned to Duluth, where he started his work in the financial industry with the Bardon Higgins Firm. During the next several years, Bill worked in public equity and debt sales while completing his master’s degree with an emphasis in banking from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Bill then changed careers for the final time when he went to work for Northern City National Bank, w