Whitaker? Any relation to "I don't know anything about cars" Ed Whitacre the new CEO of GM? You know, the guy who made a nation-wide ad lying to America about GM repaying all the money taxpayers gave them. I see a difference in the spelling of the surname but that could be a typo in this article.
New GM Chair: 'I Don't Know Anything About Cars'; He's Just the Latest in a Long Line
Coinkydink or cronyism?
Nope. This Whitaker is a crony from Chi Town. He was some kind of appointed State Health Commissioner or something and quit that job to work at the same hospital as MO. His name is linked to other Obozo pals like Rezko and Blago.