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3THE PEOPLE’S MAYOR REMEMBERED
ROOSEVELTa magazine for alumni and friends of roosevelt university REVIEW SPRING 2008
ALUMNUSHAROLD WASHINGTON
We
are
plea
sed
to a
nnou
nce
the
esta
blis
hmen
t of
the
Emal
ie
and
Arth
ur M
. Gut
term
an E
ndow
ed S
chol
arsh
ip a
t Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
.
Arth
ur G
utte
rman
maj
ored
in m
arke
ting
at R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity
and
grad
uate
d w
ith a
bac
helo
r’s d
egre
e in
195
8. H
e is
cha
irman
of
Jel
mar
LLC
, a s
ucce
ssfu
l, pr
ivat
e co
mpa
ny th
at m
anuf
ac-
ture
s hou
seho
ld c
lean
ing
prod
ucts
such
as C
LR a
nd T
arn-
X.
Wan
ting
to g
ive
back
to A
rthur
’s a
lma
mat
er a
nd to
hel
p st
u-de
nts,
the
Gut
term
ans
have
est
ablis
hed
a sc
hola
rshi
p w
ith a
n in
itial
gift
of
$100
,000
, whi
ch is
ear
mar
ked
for
mar
ketin
g or
ad
verti
sing
maj
ors
in th
e W
alte
r E. H
elle
r Col
lege
of B
usin
ess
Adm
inis
tratio
n. T
he E
mal
ie a
nd A
rthur
Gut
term
an E
ndow
ed
Scho
lars
hip
will
last
in p
erpe
tuity
.
Nam
ed sc
hola
rshi
ps a
t Roo
seve
lt ar
e th
e re
sult
of o
utrig
ht g
ifts
or e
stat
e or
pla
nned
gift
s. M
any
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
ts a
re th
e fi r
st
in t
heir
fam
ilies
to
purs
ue a
uni
vers
ity e
duca
tion
and
man
y w
ould
not
be
able
to c
ompl
ete
thei
r ed
ucat
ion
with
out t
hese
cr
ucia
l fun
ds.
Cre
atin
g a
nam
ed s
chol
arsh
ip is
a p
ower
ful w
ay to
hel
p st
u-de
nts.
For a
min
imum
gift
of $
5,00
0 yo
u ca
n cr
eate
an
annu
al
nam
ed sc
hola
rshi
p, w
hich
will
pro
vide
scho
lars
hip
supp
ort u
ntil
the
mon
ey is
com
plet
ely
awar
ded.
To
crea
te a
n en
dow
ed sc
hol-
arsh
ip th
at w
ill la
st in
per
petu
ity, a
min
imum
gift
of $
25,0
00 is
ne
eded
.
Tofi n
d ou
t mor
e ab
out c
reat
ing
a le
gacy
thro
ugh
an o
utrig
ht
gift
or th
roug
h yo
ur e
stat
e pl
an, p
leas
e co
ntac
t:
AN
NO
UN
CIN
G T
HE
EM
AL
IE
AN
D A
RT
HU
R M
. G
UT
TE
RM
AN
EN
DO
WE
D S
CH
OL
AR
SH
IP
MA
KIN
G A
DIF
FE
RE
NC
E
in
the
live
s th
at fo
llow
Offi
ce o
f Pla
nned
Giv
ing
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
430
S. M
ichi
gan
Ave
., R
oom
827
Chi
cago
, IL
6060
5
Phon
e: (3
12) 3
41-6
455
Fax:
(312
) 341
-649
0Em
ail:
plan
nedg
ivin
g@ro
osev
elt.e
du
HA
RO
LD
WA
SHIN
GT
ON
(B
A, ’
49
), P
AG
E 4
If th
ey k
new
Ro
osev
elt, i
f the
y kn
ew w
hat i
t sto
od
for .
.. th
ey w
ould
kn
ow m
e.
SPR
ING
200
8R
EVIE
WR
OO
SEV
ELT
4Th
e Peo
ple’
s May
orLA
UR
A JA
NO
TA
How
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
Sha
ped
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
9 S
eate
d in
Hist
ory
LAU
RA
JAN
OTA
11Fo
llow
ing
in H
arol
d’s F
oots
teps
LAU
RA
JAN
OTA
Rece
nt R
oose
velt
Alu
ms B
egin
Pub
lic S
ervi
ce
14Fr
om th
e Str
eet t
o th
e Sea
tPA
UL
GR
EEN
RU P
rofe
ssor
and
WG
N P
oliti
cal A
naly
st Pa
ul G
reen
D
iscus
ses W
ashi
ngto
n’s D
ynam
ic C
aree
r
17C
alle
d to
Ser
veLA
UR
A J
AN
OTA
From
Loc
al B
oard
s to
Cong
ress
, RU
Alu
ms S
eek
Publ
ic O
ffi ce
20C
omm
ence
men
t Add
ress
BO
BBY
RU
SH
24M
ichi
Peñ
a: A
City
and
Alu
mni
Lea
der
TOM
KA
RO
W
26K
eepi
ng th
e New
Dea
l Aliv
eK
AT
IE C
OPE
NH
AV
ER
28Ill
inoi
s Pro
fess
or o
f the
Yea
rTO
M K
AR
OW
Stev
en A
. Mey
ers:
A Co
mm
itmen
t to
Educ
atio
n
31Po
litic
s and
Eco
nom
ics
LAU
RA
JAN
OTA
Roos
evel
t’s F
irst D
ecad
e
33D
evel
opin
g Le
ader
sEI
LEEN
O. D
AD
AY
Partn
ersh
ip w
ith S
chau
mbu
rg B
usin
ess A
ssoc
iatio
n Fu
rther
s
Le
ader
ship
Insti
tute
Suc
cess
spot
light
PAU
L G
REE
N, P
AG
E 14
“ M
y w
ife E
mal
ie a
nd I
hav
e al
way
s be
lieve
d th
at e
duca
tion
is
one
of
the
mos
t im
port
ant
and
ever
last
ing
inve
stm
ents
you
can
poss
ess,
and
that
can
nev
er b
e ta
ken
from
you
. With
this
in m
ind
we
have
a u
niqu
e op
port
unity
to e
nric
h th
e liv
es
of
you
ng p
eopl
e no
w a
nd i
nto
the
futu
re. M
y ed
ucat
ion
at
Ro
osev
elt U
nive
rsity
left
an in
delib
le m
ark
on m
y lif
e. W
ith
th
is sc
hola
rshi
p, w
e kn
ow th
at w
e ar
e pa
ssin
g on
not
onl
y th
e
oppo
rtun
ity fo
r an
edu
catio
n bu
t als
o a
help
ing
hand
tow
ard
a
full
and
succ
essf
ul li
fe.”
A
RT
HU
R M
. G
UT
TE
RM
AN
(B
A, ’
58
)
Sprin
g 20
08, V
olum
e 13
, Num
ber 1
Tom
Kar
ow: E
dito
rD
enis
e C
zupr
ynsk
i: C
reat
ive
Dire
ctor
Laur
a Ja
nota
: Ass
ocia
te E
dito
rP
atric
k Ly
tle: P
rodu
ctio
n M
anag
erC
aris
sa G
ilber
tson
, Rig
ht A
ngle
Stu
dio:
Des
ign
John
McK
eith
, Ste
ve B
ecke
r: P
hoto
grap
hy
Roo
seve
lt R
evie
w is
pub
lishe
d th
ree
times
a y
ear b
y R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity,
430
S. M
ichi
gan
Ave
., C
hica
go, I
L 60
605.
The
re is
no
subs
crip
tion
fee.
Edito
rial B
oard
J. M
icha
el D
urni
l, V
ice
Pre
side
nt fo
r Gov
ernm
enta
l Affa
irs a
nd U
nive
rsity
Out
reac
h
Jam
es G
andr
e, In
terim
Pro
vost
and
Exe
cutiv
e V
ice
Pre
side
nt
Laur
a Ja
nota
, Pub
lic R
elat
ions
Spe
cial
ist
Thom
as R
. Kar
ow, S
enio
r Dire
ctor
of P
ublic
Rel
atio
ns
Cha
rles
R. M
iddl
eton
, Pre
side
nt
Pat
rick
Woo
ds, V
ice
Pre
side
nt fo
r Ins
titut
iona
l Adv
ance
men
t
2
Edito
r’s C
ircl
e TO
M K
AR
OW
3Pr
esid
ent’s
Per
spec
tive
CH
UC
K M
IDD
LETO
N
35
Uni
vers
ity N
ews
3920
06-0
7 Fi
scal
Yea
r Rep
ort
41In
stitu
tiona
l Adv
ance
men
t44
Alu
mni
New
s49
Whe
re R
U?
52In
Mem
oria
m
On
th
e co
ver:
Follo
win
g h
is e
lection a
s C
hic
ago m
ayor,
Ha
rold
Wa
sh
ing
ton
(B
A, ’4
9)
retu
rne
d to
his
alm
a m
ate
r, R
oo
se
ve
lt U
niv
ers
ity,
wh
ere
he
de
live
red
a C
om
me
nce
me
nt
ad
dre
ss
an
d
rece
ive
d
an
h
on
ora
ry
de
gre
e f
rom
th
e U
niv
ers
ity in
19
84
.
2
RO
OS
EV
EL
T R
EV
IE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
83
PR
ES
ID
EN
T’S
P
ER
SP
EC
TI
VE
BY
P
RE
SI
DE
NT
C
HU
CK
M
ID
DL
ET
ON
Elec
tion
year
s st
retc
hing
bac
k as
far a
s I c
an re
mem
ber (
Eise
n-ho
wer
/Ste
vens
on i
n 19
52)
have
al
way
s be
en ti
mes
of
grea
t pub
-lic
dra
ma.
Cer
tain
ly 2
008
has
alre
ady
had
its f
air
shar
e an
d th
ere
will
no
doub
t be
muc
h m
ore
as th
e m
onth
s unf
old.
It’s t
oo b
ad, f
or m
any
reas
ons,
that
Har
old
Was
hing
ton,
to
who
se m
emor
y th
is i
ssue
of
the
Roos
evel
t Rev
iew
is d
edic
ated
, cou
ldn’
t be
here
to se
rve
as o
ne
of th
e m
any
com
men
tato
rs o
n th
e cu
rren
t pol
itica
l sce
ne. W
hen
you
coup
le th
e pr
esid
entia
l cam
paig
n (o
r is
that
cam
paig
ns?)
w
ith th
e dy
nam
ics
of I
llino
is s
tate
pol
itics
you
get
ple
nty
of
fodd
er fo
r ana
lysi
s.It
may
be
the
case
that
all
univ
ersi
ty p
resi
dent
s lik
e to
read
w
idel
y an
d de
eply
abo
ut th
e hi
stor
y of
thei
r ins
titut
ion.
For
me,
th
is re
adin
g is
driv
en b
y m
ore
than
the
usua
l pre
side
ntia
l cur
i-os
ity a
bout
the
rhyt
hms,
the
peop
le a
nd th
e hi
stor
ic v
alue
s of
R
oose
velt.
My
acad
emic
dis
cipl
ine
is h
isto
ry, s
o re
adin
g ab
out
the
past
is a
lway
s a p
leas
urab
le e
xper
ienc
e. R
eadi
ng h
isto
ry fo
r m
e te
ache
s as
it re
laxe
s, in
form
s as
it p
ique
s ne
w c
urio
sitie
s to
be
exp
lore
d.It
was
in th
is v
ein
that
I pi
cked
up
Dem
psey
Tra
vis’
Har
old:
The P
eopl
e’s M
ayor
. I ac
tual
ly k
new
of t
he b
ook
but h
ad n
ot y
et
read
it w
hen
I fi rs
t wen
t to
see
Trav
is (B
A, ’
49) a
bout
ano
ther
m
atte
r. H
is li
vely
que
stio
ning
of w
hat I
kne
w a
bout
his
cla
ss-
mat
e, fr
iend
and
Chi
cago
’s fu
ture
may
or q
uick
ly re
veal
ed th
at
I had
muc
h to
lear
n. T
hank
fully
he
is a
s go
od n
atur
ed a
s he
is
succ
essf
ul, s
o he
mer
ely
chid
ed m
e to
lear
n m
ore.
In g
radu
ate
scho
ol t
hey
teac
h bu
ddin
g hi
stor
ians
in
one
of th
e fi r
st s
emin
ars
that
we
all t
ake
that
his
torie
s, in
clud
ing
biog
raph
ies,
writ
ten
by p
eopl
e w
ho li
ved
thro
ugh
the
even
ts
desc
ribed
and
who
kne
w t
he p
artic
ipan
ts p
erso
nally
are
ric
h w
ith te
xtur
ed u
nder
stan
ding
s tha
t lat
er g
ener
atio
ns w
ould
nev
er
othe
rwis
e ac
cess
. The
trut
h of
this
was
bro
ught
hom
e as
I re
ad
of H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n th
e man
and
the p
oliti
cian
, to
be su
re, b
ut
mos
tly th
e co
nsum
mat
e le
ader
and
citi
zen
of h
is c
omm
unity
.O
f cou
rse,
oth
er R
oose
velt
grad
uate
s ha
ve g
one
on to
hol
d el
ecte
d an
d ap
poin
ted
lead
ersh
ip p
ositi
ons
in lo
cal,
stat
e an
d na
tiona
l gov
ernm
ents
. The
y ar
e al
l rem
arka
bly
tale
nted
wom
en
and
men
who
wor
k pa
ssio
nate
ly fo
r the
thin
gs th
at th
ey b
elie
ve
in. T
hose
who
m I
have
com
e to
kno
w p
erso
nally
hav
e un
iform
-ly
impr
esse
d m
e w
ith th
eir
inte
llige
nt a
nd th
ough
tful w
ay o
f di
scus
sing
and
dea
ling
with
com
plex
issu
es.
But
ther
e is
ano
ther
con
side
ratio
n th
at tr
ansc
ends
, or r
athe
r, in
corp
orat
es th
e w
ork
of th
is c
ateg
ory
of le
ader
s. Fo
r me,
the
conc
ept o
f le
ader
ship
stre
tche
s fa
r be
yond
the
polit
ical
are
na.
We
have
cap
ture
d th
is la
rger
pur
pose
in o
ur M
issi
on S
tate
men
t
IT
’S
AL
L A
BO
UT
LE
AD
ER
SH
IP
in w
hich
we s
tate
that
“Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
is a
natio
nal l
eade
r in
educ
atin
g so
cial
ly co
nsci
ous c
itize
ns fo
r act
ive a
nd d
edic
ated
liv
es a
s lea
ders
in th
eir p
rofe
ssio
ns a
nd th
eir c
omm
uniti
es.”
This
is a
bol
d cl
aim
that
too
ofte
n ev
en o
ur m
ost d
edic
ated
an
d su
ppor
tive
alum
ni a
nd fr
iend
s ha
ve n
ot a
lway
s th
ough
t to
be e
ntire
ly a
ccur
ate.
I be
g to
diff
er. F
rom
the
very
beg
inni
ng o
f m
y pr
esid
ency
it w
as c
lear
to m
e th
at o
ur q
ualit
y ou
tper
form
ed
our r
eput
atio
n. W
e w
ere
too
mod
est i
n pr
ocla
imin
g su
cces
ses
and
in n
otin
g th
em in
pub
lic f
orum
s, pe
rhap
s, bu
t the
sto
ries
wer
e th
ere
just
wai
ting
for t
he sp
otlig
ht to
fall
upon
them
.W
e ha
ve s
et o
ut to
cha
nge
that
ret
icen
ce a
bout
pro
clai
m-
ing
to t
he w
orld
our
man
y su
cces
ses.
This
is
bein
g do
ne i
n m
any
venu
es, n
ot le
ast a
mon
g th
em in
the
Roos
evel
t Rev
iew
.B
y ex
pand
ing
its
issu
es
from
one
to th
ree
annu
ally
w
hile
wor
king
to
enha
nce
the
qual
ity o
f th
e w
ritin
g an
d th
e va
riety
of
the
sto-
ries,
we
striv
e to
brin
g to
lig
ht so
me
of th
e le
ader
ship
ac
com
plis
hmen
ts
gran
d an
d sm
all,
inte
rnat
iona
l an
d in
the
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d,
pers
onal
and
col
lect
ive
that
ha
ve d
efi n
ed th
e R
oose
velt
expe
rienc
e for
mor
e tha
n 60
ye
ars. To
sus
tain
thi
s tra
di-
tion
is o
ur c
halle
nge
and
we
have
take
n it
up in
ear
nest
. G
ettin
g ou
t the
stor
y of
pas
t su
cces
ses
is v
ery
impo
rtant
to
be
sure
, but
we
mus
t alw
ays s
trive
to e
duca
te o
ur c
urre
nt st
u-de
nts i
n w
ays t
hat w
ill e
nsur
e th
at th
eir s
torie
s in
the
futu
re w
ill
rival
and
eve
n su
rpas
s tho
se o
f the
fi rs
t six
dec
ades
. Th
is i
s no
t ju
st i
mpo
rtant
wor
k in
the
con
text
of
the
Uni
vers
ity. I
t is v
ital w
ork
for o
ur c
ount
ry a
nd fo
r the
cou
ntrie
s fr
om w
hich
our
inte
rnat
iona
l gra
duat
es h
ave
com
e an
d to
whi
ch
they
will
ret
urn
infu
sed
with
Roo
seve
ltian
idea
ls. F
or d
emo-
crat
ic in
stitu
tions
to p
rosp
er, t
hose
who
are
the
best
edu
cate
d m
ust b
e co
mm
itted
to a
ssum
ing
lead
ersh
ip ro
les
in a
ll as
pect
s of
life
. In
the
end
your
Roo
seve
lt de
gree
ent
ails
an
oblig
atio
n no
t mer
ely
to d
o w
ell b
ut a
lso
to d
o go
od.
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
unde
rsto
od t
his
truth
and
it
shap
ed
his
life
in a
ll th
at h
e ac
com
plis
hed.
His
is th
e R
oose
velt
stor
y pl
ayed
out
upo
n bu
t on
e st
age.
As
we
cele
brat
e hi
s lif
e an
d re
call
his a
ccom
plis
hmen
ts, l
et u
s als
o re
mem
ber t
hat t
here
are
m
any
othe
r sta
ges
whe
re th
at s
tory
is b
eing
ena
cted
with
gre
at
succ
ess a
s wel
l.
ED
IT
OR
’S
C
IR
CL
E
We
wel
com
e yo
ur
lett
ers.
Ple
ase
sen
d th
em to
:
Edito
r,Ro
osev
elt R
evie
wR
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity43
0 S.
Mic
higa
n A
ve.
Chi
cago
, IL
6060
5Le
tter
s m
ay b
e sh
orte
ned
for s
pace
con
side
rati
on.
Tom
Kar
owEd
itor
Man
y of
the C
hica
go ar
ea’s
mos
t pro
min
ent p
oliti
cian
s be
gan
thei
r po
litic
al li
ves
at R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity.
And
mos
t say
that
the
less
ons
they
lear
ned
insi
de
and
outs
ide
Roo
seve
lt cl
assr
oom
s he
lped
them
ach
ieve
pos
i-tio
ns o
f lea
ders
hip.
In t
his
them
ed i
ssue
of
Roos
evel
t Re
view
, w
e ex
amin
e R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity’s
ric
h tra
ditio
n of
pre
parin
g m
en a
nd
wom
en f
or c
aree
rs in
pub
lic s
ervi
ce, a
nd p
rofi l
e so
me
of o
ur
alum
ni w
ho a
re se
rvin
g at
the
loca
l, st
ate
and
natio
nal l
evel
s.Si
nce
its f
ound
ing,
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
has
bee
n w
idel
y re
cogn
ized
as
a fo
cal
poin
t fo
r po
litic
al d
isco
urse
. “Fo
r m
e,
goin
g in
to g
over
nmen
t pre
sent
ed a
n op
portu
nity
to h
elp
legi
s-la
te a
ll of
the
thin
gs w
e ha
d ar
gued
abo
ut a
t Roo
seve
lt,”
form
er
Con
gres
sman
Ray
Cle
veng
er (
BA
, ’49
) to
ld A
ssoc
iate
Edi
tor
Laur
a Ja
nota
. C
leve
nger
and
his
cla
ssm
ate,
Har
old
Was
hing
ton,
the
late
m
ayor
of
Chi
cago
, wou
ld ta
lk f
or h
ours
abo
ut th
eir
idea
s fo
r m
akin
g th
ings
bet
ter.
Bot
h m
en w
on t
heir
fi rst
ele
ctio
ns a
t R
oose
velt,
Cle
veng
er s
ervi
ng a
s pr
esid
ent o
f Roo
seve
lt’s
stu-
dent
cou
ncil
and
Was
hing
ton
as th
e co
unci
l’s v
ice
pres
iden
t an
d pr
esid
ent.
You
can
lear
n m
ore
abou
t how
Roo
seve
lt sh
aped
W
ashi
ngto
n’s
polit
ical
car
eer
in t
he a
rticl
e, “
The
Peop
le’s
M
ayor
,” b
egin
ning
on
page
4.
One
of t
he g
radu
ates
feat
ured
in th
is is
sue
is B
obby
Rus
h,
a na
tive
of A
lban
y, G
a., w
hose
stor
y ep
itom
izes
the
publ
ic se
r-vi
ce c
omm
itmen
t of m
any
Roo
seve
lt gr
adua
tes.
Rus
h co
-fou
nded
the
Illi
nois
Bla
ck P
anth
er P
arty
in
the
1960
s an
d w
as a
n ac
tive
mem
ber
of th
e St
uden
t Non
-Vio
lent
C
oord
inat
ing
Com
mitt
ee. A
s a m
embe
r of t
hose
org
aniz
atio
ns,
he o
pera
ted
a fre
e bre
akfa
st p
rogr
am fo
r chi
ldre
n an
d de
velo
ped
the
natio
n’s fi
rst m
ass s
ickl
e ce
ll an
emia
test
ing
prog
ram
. A
fter
earn
ing
a B
ache
lor
of G
ener
al S
tudi
es d
egre
e w
ith
hono
rs f
rom
Roo
seve
lt in
197
4, R
ush
used
his
edu
catio
n an
d ac
tivis
m to
hel
p hi
m w
in e
lect
ion
to th
e C
hica
go C
ity C
ounc
il an
d U
.S. H
ouse
of R
epre
sent
ativ
es. A
s a
mem
ber o
f Con
gres
s, R
ush
has s
pons
ored
legi
slat
ion
desi
gned
to im
prov
e hea
lth ca
re,
tech
nolo
gy, c
ivil
right
s, co
mm
unity
dev
elop
men
t an
d ho
me-
land
secu
rity.
Rus
h’s a
ccom
plis
hmen
ts w
ere r
ecog
nize
d by
the U
nive
rsity
in
Dec
embe
r whe
n he
rece
ived
an
hono
rary
doc
tor o
f hum
ane
lette
rs d
egre
e an
d w
as in
vite
d to
del
iver
the
Com
men
cem
ent
addr
ess,
a co
py o
f whi
ch is
prin
ted
in th
e m
agaz
ine.
Serv
ing a
long
side
Rus
h in t
he U
.S. H
ouse
of R
epre
sent
ativ
es
is M
elis
sa B
ean
(BA
, ’02
) who
bel
ieve
s the
Uni
vers
ity’s
div
erse
st
uden
t bod
y ha
s hel
ped
her t
o do
a b
ette
r job
of u
nder
stan
ding
ot
her p
eopl
e’s v
iew
poin
ts. I
n th
e ar
ticle
“C
alle
d to
Ser
ve,”
you
ca
n re
ad ab
out B
ean
and
othe
r Roo
seve
lt al
ums w
ho w
ere e
lect
-ed
to
posi
tions
of
lead
ersh
ip, i
nclu
ding
Coo
k C
ount
y B
oard
m
embe
r Mik
e Q
uigl
ey (B
A, ’
81) w
ho is
now
teac
hing
par
t tim
e at
Roo
seve
lt in
pol
itica
l sci
ence
.In
“Fo
llow
ing
in H
arol
d’s
Foot
step
s” o
n pa
ge 1
1, w
e pr
es-
ent
a nu
mbe
r of
rec
ent
Roo
seve
lt gr
adua
tes
who
are
get
ting
a ta
ste
of p
oliti
cal l
ife b
y se
rvin
g as
con
gres
sion
al a
ides
and
lo
bbyi
sts
in W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C. T
hey
got t
he p
oliti
cal b
ug fr
om
Paul
Gre
en, a
hig
hly
rega
rded
pol
itica
l pun
dit a
nd th
e A
rthur
R
ublo
ff P
rofe
ssor
of
Polic
y St
udie
s. G
reen
’s e
ssay
abo
ut
Har
old
Was
hing
ton,
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
and
his
gra
ndfa
ther
is
one
you
won
’t w
ant t
o m
iss.
In t
he y
ears
ahe
ad,
I am
sur
e th
ere
will
be
man
y m
ore
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
ts w
ho w
ill b
e pur
suin
g ca
reer
s in
gove
rnm
ent.
Publ
ic se
rvic
e is
, afte
r all,
a R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity tr
aditi
on.
We w
elco
me y
our c
omm
ents
abou
t the
stor
ies i
n th
is sp
ecia
l ed
ition
. If y
ou kn
ow of
othe
r Roo
seve
lt gr
adua
tes w
ho ha
ve m
ade
gove
rnm
enta
l ser
vice
thei
r ca
reer
, ple
ase
tell
me
abou
t the
m.
Sinc
erel
y,
U. S
. R
epre
senta
tive B
obby R
ush (
BG
S, ’7
4)
is h
ooded b
y Inte
rim
Pro
vost
Jam
es G
andre
(le
ft)
and c
ongra
tula
ted b
y P
resid
ent C
huck M
iddle
ton a
fter
receiv
ing a
n h
onora
ry d
egre
e in r
ecognitio
n o
f his
“p
ers
onal, p
olit
ical and
public
serv
ice life”
during C
om
mencem
ent cere
monie
s o
n D
ec. 21.
A n
ew
book, H
arol
d! P
hoto
gra
phs
from
the
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
Yea
rs,
fea
ture
s i
co
nic
images o
f C
hic
ago’s
late
mayor.
© Antonio Dickey
4
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OS
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EL
T R
EV
IE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
85
The
late
Chi
cago
May
or H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n (B
A, ’
49)
once
had
som
e ad
vice
for t
hose
who
thou
ght h
im to
be
an e
nigm
a.“I
f the
y kn
ew R
oose
velt
(Uni
vers
ity),
if th
ey k
new
wha
t it
stoo
d fo
r, if
they
kne
w th
e kin
d of
stud
ents
that
it tu
rns o
ut, t
hey
wou
ld k
now
me,
” he
told
stud
ents
at t
he U
nive
rsity
in 1
987,
the
year
he
was
re-e
lect
ed m
ayor
and
the
sam
e ye
ar h
e di
ed.
A li
ttle
mor
e th
an 2
0 ye
ars l
ater
, as R
oose
velt
and
othe
r ins
ti-tu
tions
cel
ebra
te W
ashi
ngto
n’s
lega
cy w
ith e
vent
s th
at a
re p
art
of th
e H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n C
omm
emor
ativ
e Y
ear,
it’s
clea
r tha
t Ch
icag
o’s 4
2nd
may
or w
as u
nlik
e an
y w
ho c
ame
befo
re o
r afte
r. “H
e w
as o
ne o
f a k
ind,
a u
niqu
e m
ayor
, who
gav
e a
feel
ing
of p
ossi
bilit
y to
thos
e w
ho, i
n th
e pa
st, h
ad la
cked
a v
oice
or
had
limite
d op
portu
nity
for u
pwar
d ec
onom
ic m
obili
ty a
nd su
c-ce
ss,”
said
Pau
l Gre
en, R
oose
velt’
s Arth
ur R
ublo
ff P
rofe
ssor
of
Polic
y St
udie
s and
the
auth
or o
f tw
o bo
oks o
n W
ashi
ngto
n.M
ake
no m
ista
ke. W
ashi
ngto
n w
as n
ot a
pol
itica
l out
side
r.“H
e w
as r
aise
d to
wor
k th
e pr
ecin
cts
in t
he T
hird
War
d on
Chi
cago
’s S
outh
Sid
e an
d he
was
par
t of
the
Dem
ocra
tic
Mac
hine
for m
ost o
f his
life
,” sa
id G
reen
. “H
e kn
ew th
e po
liti-
cal g
ame
as w
ell a
s any
one
and
he w
as n
ot n
aïve
,” h
e ad
ded.
That
sai
d, o
f al
l Chi
cago
may
ors,
Was
hing
ton
may
com
e cl
oses
t to
bein
g “T
he P
eopl
e’s M
ayor
,” w
hich
is n
ot o
nly
a tit
le
of a
198
9 W
ashi
ngto
n bi
ogra
phy
writ
ten
by R
oose
velt
alum
nus
Dem
psey
Tra
vis
(BA
, ’49
), bu
t als
o on
e th
at c
ontin
ues
to b
e us
ed to
day
whe
n ch
arac
teriz
ing
Was
hing
ton.
“He w
as in
tere
sted
in d
iver
sity
and
he w
as co
mm
itted
to p
arity
an
d eq
uity
for a
ll pe
ople
,” sa
id U
.S. D
istric
t Cou
rt Ju
dge
Blan
che
Man
ning
(MA
,’72)
, who
cred
its W
ashi
ngto
n w
ith re
com
men
ding
he
r for
app
oint
men
t in
1987
to th
e Ill
inoi
s App
ella
te C
ourt.
“And
I b
elie
ve h
is l
egac
y w
as t
o try
to
do t
he g
reat
est
good
for a
ll pe
ople
,” s
aid
Man
ning
, who
sits
on
the
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
Boa
rd o
f Tr
uste
es a
nd is
a m
embe
r of
the
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
Com
mem
orat
ive
Yea
r Ste
erin
g C
omm
ittee
.So
, who
was
thi
s m
an w
ho w
as s
o de
eply
ent
renc
hed
in
Chi
cago
’s D
emoc
ratic
Mac
hine
, but
was
love
d by
its p
eopl
e fo
r br
eaki
ng th
e m
old?
Doz
ens
of b
ooks
and
arti
cles
hav
e be
en w
ritte
n ov
er th
e ye
ars a
bout
Was
hing
ton,
incl
udin
g a c
onsi
dera
ble 1
986
Chi
cago
Trib
une
Mag
azin
e pi
ece,
whi
ch c
oncl
uded
that
“N
obod
y re
ally
kn
ows H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n” a
nd “
we
still
don
’t kn
ow h
ow g
ood
a m
ayor
he
can
be.”
BY
L
AU
RA
JA
NO
TA
Th
e Pe
opl
e’s
Ma
yor
“ If t
hey
kn
ew R
oose
velt
, if t
hey
kn
ew w
hat
it s
tood
f
or, i
f th
ey k
new
the
kin
d of
stu
den
ts th
at it
turn
s o
ut, t
hey
wou
ld k
now
me.
”–H
ar
old
Wa
shin
gt
on
(B
A, ’
49)
How
Roo
seve
lt U
niv
ersi
ty S
hap
ed H
arol
d W
ash
ingt
on
Left:
Roosevelt U
niv
ers
ity S
tudent
Council
Pre
sid
ent
Ray C
levenger
(BA
,
’49)
pre
sid
ed o
ver
a c
ouncil
meeting in 1
948. H
aro
ld W
ashin
gto
n (
BA
, ’4
9)
(fi fth
fro
m r
ight)
was a
t th
e tim
e a
mem
ber
of th
e s
tudent council.
Opposite: T
he late
Chic
ago M
ayor
Haro
ld W
ashin
gto
n (
BA
, ’4
9)
addre
ssed
Ro
ose
ve
lt
gra
du
ate
s
du
rin
g
the
U
niv
ers
ity’s
1
98
4
Co
mm
en
ce
me
nt
cere
mony.
cont
inue
d on
pag
e 6
© Gary Sigman
6
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OS
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T R
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“We
had
a lib
eral
ben
t, an
d w
e w
ere
real
ly p
ione
erin
g ou
r w
ay th
roug
h th
ings
bac
k th
en,”
add
ed K
enne
dy, w
ho w
as o
ne
of th
e ed
itors
of T
he T
orch
stud
ent n
ewsp
aper
dur
ing
the
1948
-49
aca
dem
ic y
ear w
hile
Was
hing
ton
was
pre
side
nt o
f the
stu
-de
nt c
ounc
il.
Foun
ded i
n 194
5 whe
n pro
fess
ors,
adm
inist
rato
rs an
d stu
dent
s w
alke
d ou
t of C
entra
l YM
CA
Col
lege
to p
rote
st a p
olic
y lim
iting
en
rollm
ent o
f bla
cks,
Jew
s an
d ot
her m
inor
ities
, Roo
seve
lt w
as
an in
cuba
tor fi
lled
with
div
erse
idea
s and
div
erse
peo
ple.
“If y
ou w
ant t
o un
ders
tand
wha
t it w
as li
ke in
the e
arly
day
s, yo
u ha
ve to
see
it in
term
s of
the
time
perio
d,”
said
Rol
f Wei
l, pr
esid
ent e
mer
itus
of th
e U
nive
rsity
and
pro
fess
or e
mer
itus
of
econ
omic
s who
had
Was
hing
ton
in se
vera
l of h
is c
lass
es.
“The
re w
as a
lot o
f dis
crim
inat
ion
in o
ur so
ciet
y at
that
tim
e ag
ains
t old
er p
eopl
e, a
gain
st w
omen
, aga
inst
Jew
s an
d ag
ains
t m
inor
ities
,” sa
id W
eil.
“Roo
seve
lt of
fere
d th
ose
who
wer
e di
scrim
inat
ed a
gain
st
a ch
ance
for
upw
ard
mob
ility
in a
n ur
ban
setti
ng,”
he
adde
d.
“And
it w
as o
ne o
f the
pla
ces
whe
re a
you
ng b
lack
man
cou
ld
com
forta
bly
deve
lop
as a
lead
er.”
The l
atte
r sta
tem
ent,
of co
urse
, rem
ains
una
nsw
ered
bec
ause
W
ashi
ngto
n di
ed o
f a h
eart
atta
ck a
t his
des
k in
Chi
cago
’s C
ity
Hal
l on
Nov
. 25,
198
7, le
ss th
an a
yea
r in
to h
is s
econ
d fo
ur-
year
term
.A
s th
e la
te m
ayor
is
hono
red
durin
g R
oose
velt’
s A
pril
25 a
nd 2
6 A
lum
ni W
eeke
nd, t
hose
who
kne
w h
im a
nd w
ho
unde
rsta
nd th
e U
nive
rsity
’s m
issi
on a
nd h
isto
ry b
elie
ve h
is
time
spen
t fr
om 1
946
to 1
949
at w
hat
was
the
n kn
own
as
Roo
seve
lt C
olle
ge h
elpe
d sh
ape
him
as
a po
litic
ian
for a
ll of
C
hica
go’s
peo
ple.
“T
hose
wer
e ex
citin
g tim
es a
t R
oose
velt
beca
use
the
Uni
vers
ity w
as so
new
that
we d
idn’
t hav
e any
set t
radi
tions
yet
,”
said
Win
ston
Ken
nedy
(BA
, ’49
), w
ho, l
ike
Was
hing
ton,
was
a
vete
ran
whe
n he
enr
olle
d at
Roo
seve
lt un
der t
he G
.I. B
ill.
Ken
nedy
rec
alls
goi
ng to
Spr
ingfi
eld
with
Was
hing
ton
to
test
ify a
gain
st a
sta
te le
gisl
ativ
e co
mm
issi
on’s
pro
be in
to a
lle-
gatio
ns th
at R
oose
velt
harb
ored
com
mun
ists
. In
fact
, a b
uslo
ad
of st
uden
ts fr
om R
oose
velt
and
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Chi
cago
trav
-el
ed to
Spr
ingfi
eld
to lo
bby
agai
nst w
hat w
ere
know
n as
the
“Bro
yles
Bill
s.”
In fa
ct, i
n th
ose
early
day
s w
hen
over
t rac
ism
and
seg
rega
-tio
n w
ere t
he n
orm
, Roo
seve
lt C
olle
ge w
as a
plac
e whe
re a
num
-be
r of b
lack
s, w
ho w
ould
go
on to
hav
e di
stin
guis
hed
care
ers,
wer
e de
batin
g ho
w to
mov
e fo
rwar
d an
d ch
ange
thin
gs.
Was
hing
ton,
who
bec
ame
a la
wye
r, Th
ird W
ard
prec
inct
ca
ptai
n, st
ate
law
mak
er a
nd a
con
gres
sman
bef
ore
his e
lect
ion
to
may
or, b
elie
ved
in w
orki
ng w
ithin
the
syste
m to
get
thin
gs d
one.
How
ever
, ot
her
stud
ents
dis
agre
ed p
hilo
soph
ical
ly w
ith
Was
hing
ton
incl
udin
g G
us S
avag
e (B
A, ’
51),
who
sta
rted
the
Law
ndal
e Bo
oste
r ne
wsp
aper
and
who
wen
t on
to b
ecom
e a
cong
ress
man
; B
enne
tt Jo
hnso
n, w
ho,
with
Sav
age,
in
1959
fo
rmed
the
Chi
cago
Lea
gue
of N
egro
Vot
ers,
Chi
cago
’s fi
rst
blac
k in
depe
nden
t mov
emen
t, w
hich
late
r tra
nsfo
rmed
into
an
inte
grat
ed p
oliti
cal g
roup
calle
d Pr
otes
t at t
he P
olls
; and
Cha
rles
Ham
ilton
(BA
, ’51
), w
ho is
a re
tired
Col
umbi
a Uni
vers
ity p
olit-
ical
sci
ence
pro
fess
or, a
mem
ber
of th
e R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity
Boa
rd o
f Tru
stee
s an
d a
lead
ing
civi
l rig
hts
activ
ist w
ho w
rote
th
e bo
ok B
lack
Pow
er: T
he P
oliti
cs o
f Lib
erat
ion
with
the
late
ci
vil r
ight
s act
ivis
t Sto
kely
Car
mic
hael
.“H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n w
as a
stro
ng le
ader
, but
he
was
ver
y m
uch
a re
alis
t, an
d w
as n
ot r
adic
al in
his
act
iviti
es,”
rec
alle
d R
ay C
leve
nger
(B
A,
’49)
, a
polit
ical
sci
ence
maj
or a
nd t
he
1947
-48
pres
iden
t of t
he s
tude
nt c
ounc
il w
ho w
ent o
n to
be
a M
ichi
gan
cong
ress
man
from
196
4 to
196
6.C
leve
nger
bel
ieve
s W
ashi
ngto
n’s
tole
ranc
e of
and
will
ing-
ness
to w
ork
with
div
erse
gro
ups
of p
eopl
e w
ere
his
grea
test
st
reng
ths.
One
of t
hose
who
m W
ashi
ngto
n, a
s vi
ce p
resid
ent o
f the
stu
dent
cou
ncil
in
1947
-48
and
as i
ts p
resi
dent
in
1948
-49
, wor
ked
wel
l with
was
Roo
seve
lt’s
foun
ding
pre
siden
t, Ed
war
d J.
Spar
ling.
“H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n’s
enth
usia
sm
for R
oose
velt,
and
his b
elie
f in
its o
pen-
door
pol
icy
wer
e un
ques
tione
d,”
said
Ti
mue
l B
lack
(B
A,
’49)
, w
ho k
new
W
ashi
ngto
n an
d w
ho s
poke
abo
ut h
is
lega
cy o
n M
arch
4, a
t Roo
seve
lt as
par
t of
the
Com
mem
orat
ive
Yea
r pro
gram
. “H
e w
as a
lway
s ver
y, v
ery
happ
y ab
out
his
expe
rienc
es a
t R
oose
velt,
” B
lack
sa
id o
f the
late
may
or.
One
of
th
e th
ings
W
ashi
ngto
n di
d w
as o
rgan
ize
a st
uden
t fu
ndra
is-
ing
driv
e an
d ev
ents
tha
t br
ough
t m
ore
than
$10
,000
into
the
coff
ers
for
Spar
ling’
s $3
mill
ion
capi
tal c
ampa
ign.
W
ashi
ngto
n al
so b
roug
ht to
the
adm
in-
istra
tion
stud
ents
’ co
ncer
ns o
n is
sues
ra
ngin
g fr
om th
e qu
ality
of f
ood
in th
e ca
fete
ria t
o th
e po
or c
ondi
tion
of t
he
cloa
k ro
oms.
“Har
old
was
the
pres
iden
t, an
d he
w
as w
orki
ng w
ith th
e Roo
seve
lt ad
min
-is
tratio
n,”
reca
lled
Ben
nett
John
son,
a
chem
istry
maj
or w
ho a
ttend
ed R
oose
velt
from
194
8 un
til 1
951
whe
n he
cau
ght t
uber
culo
sis
and
had
to b
e is
olat
ed fo
r mon
ths
in th
e co
unty
’s T
B sa
nita
rium
.“A
nd G
us S
avag
e an
d I w
ere
part
of a
gro
up o
f reb
els
and
two
of H
arol
d’s b
igge
st a
ntag
onis
ts,”
said
John
son.
Jo
hnso
n re
calls
he
and
Sava
ge c
onst
antly
cha
lleng
ing
thei
r st
uden
t cou
ncil
pres
iden
t by
invo
king
Rob
ert’s
Rul
es o
f Ord
er
durin
g st
uden
t cou
ncil
mee
tings
. The
pur
pose
was
to p
rovo
ke
deba
tes w
ith W
ashi
ngto
n.“R
oose
velt
was
an o
pen
type
of s
ocie
ty b
ack
then
. It e
ncou
r-ag
ed a
lot o
f diff
eren
t ide
as a
nd, y
ou n
ame
it, w
e w
ould
arg
ue
In the e
arly d
ays o
f th
e U
niv
ers
ity, H
aro
ld W
ashin
gto
n (
BA
, ’4
9)
(cente
r) a
nd o
ther
stu
dent council
mem
bers
join
ed togeth
er
to a
ddre
ss s
tudents
’ concern
s,
to r
ais
e funds a
nd to d
ebate
a m
yriad o
f socia
l and p
hilo
sophic
al is
sues.
The late
Chic
ago M
ayor
Haro
ld W
ashin
gto
n (
BA
, ’4
9)
retu
rned t
o t
he U
niv
ers
ity o
n m
any o
ccasio
ns
to t
alk
with s
tudents
, fa
culty a
nd o
ne o
f his
econom
ics p
rofe
ssors
, R
olf W
eil
(rig
ht)
, w
ho w
ent
on t
o
becom
e P
resid
ent of R
oosevelt U
niv
ers
ity.
“ He
was
on
e of
a k
ind,
a u
niq
ue
may
or, w
ho
gave
a fe
elin
g of
p
ossi
bilit
y to
thos
e w
ho,
in th
e p
ast,
had
lack
ed a
voi
ce o
r h
ad
lim
ited
opp
ortu
nit
y fo
r up
war
d e
con
omic
mob
ility
an
d su
cces
s.”
PA
UL
GR
EEN
, RO
OSE
VEL
T U
NIV
ERSI
TY
’S
A
RT
HU
R R
UB
LOFF
PR
OFE
SSO
R O
F PO
LIC
Y S
TU
DIE
S
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inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
cont
inue
d fr
om p
age
4
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abou
t it,
” sa
id J
ohns
on. “
That
’s h
ow H
arol
d be
cam
e su
ch a
sk
illed
par
liam
enta
rian.
”It
was
als
o a
time
perio
d w
hen
som
e R
oose
velt
stud
ents
ad
opte
d ra
dica
l app
roac
hes t
o fo
rce
chan
ge.
“A l
ot o
f us
wer
e to
the
lef
t, an
d ag
ains
t th
e C
hica
go
Mac
hine
,” re
calle
d H
amilt
on.
As
a R
oose
velt
stud
ent,
Ham
ilton
org
aniz
ed a
nd to
ok p
art
in s
it-in
s at
res
taur
ants
and
bar
ber
shop
s th
at w
ould
n’t s
erve
bl
acks
, and
in p
icke
ting
agai
nst d
iscr
imin
ator
y hi
ring
prac
tices
at
reta
il st
ores
like
Gol
dbla
tts o
n St
ate
Stre
et, w
hich
resu
lted
in
the
hirin
g of
the
fi rst
bla
ck sa
les c
lerk
on
Stat
e St
reet
. W
ashi
ngto
n w
as n
ot a
big
par
ticip
ant i
n su
ch a
ctiv
ities
, but
di
d ta
ke p
art i
n at
leas
t one
sit-
in a
t a r
esta
uran
t on
Con
gres
s ne
ar R
oose
velt
whe
re h
e w
as re
fuse
d se
rvic
e fo
r sitt
ing
with
a
whi
te g
irl (w
ho w
as a
fello
w R
oose
velt
stud
ent),
acc
ordi
ng to
B
enne
tt, w
ho re
mem
bers
the
rest
aura
nt’s
pol
icy
bein
g ch
ange
d sh
ortly
afte
r tha
t. “
I saw
him
(Was
hing
ton)
as
a po
litic
al g
uy. W
e ha
d di
ffer-
ence
s tha
t wer
e int
ense
but
civi
l, bu
t the
y w
ere m
ainl
y id
eolo
gica
l di
ffere
nces
, and
we
wen
t our
diff
eren
t way
s,” a
dded
Ham
ilton
.Y
ears
late
r, as
he
cons
ider
s Was
hing
ton’
s leg
acy,
Ham
ilton
ca
n’t
help
but
adm
ire t
he l
ate
may
or f
or b
eing
abl
e to
gai
n en
ough
mai
nstre
am p
oliti
cal a
ccep
tanc
e to
begi
n un
iting
peo
ple
all o
ver t
he c
ity o
f Chi
cago
.“I
t put
into
per
spec
tive
for m
e th
e fa
ct th
at fi
ghtin
g fo
r jus
-tic
e ca
n ta
ke m
any
rout
es, a
nd I
certa
inly
cam
e to
resp
ect w
hat
Was
hing
ton
was
tryi
ng to
do,
” he
said
.O
ne o
f Was
hing
ton’
s stre
ngth
s und
oubt
edly
was
his
abi
lity
to g
et a
long
with
a w
ide
varie
ty o
f pe
ople
incl
udin
g w
hite
s, bl
acks
, Jew
s and
wom
en.
“I c
ame
from
an
area
that
was
prim
arily
Jew
ish,
and
unt
il I c
ame
to R
oose
velt
I had
no
idea
wha
t it w
as li
ke to
ass
ocia
te
with
Afr
ican
Am
eric
ans,”
sai
d Ph
yllis
(Rap
pin)
Bow
er (B
SC,
’52)
, who
m W
ashi
ngto
n co
nvin
ced
to b
e se
cret
ary
of th
e st
u-de
nt c
ounc
il in
194
7-48
and
194
8-49
.Sh
e re
mem
bers
sitt
ing
in t
he A
udito
rium
Bui
ldin
g’s
old
fi rst
-fl oo
r caf
eter
ia, w
hich
fron
ted
on C
ongr
ess
Park
way
, with
W
ashi
ngto
n, S
avag
e an
d ot
hers
. “I
was
com
forta
ble
arou
nd
them
, and
I re
mem
ber j
ust s
ittin
g th
ere
and
disc
ussi
ng so
man
y th
ings
. It w
as a
n in
tere
stin
g ex
perie
nce,
” sa
id B
ower
.“W
e us
ed to
spe
nd a
lot o
f our
tim
e ta
lkin
g ab
out h
ow w
e co
uld
turn
the
scho
ol in
to a
pla
ce w
here
eve
rybo
dy w
ould
wan
t to
com
e an
d ge
t an
educ
atio
n,”
she
adde
d.Y
ears
lat
er,
durin
g W
ashi
ngto
n’s
fi rst
ter
m a
s m
ayor
, C
hris
toph
er R
eed
(BA
, ’63
; MA
, ’68
), pr
ofes
sor
emer
itus
of
hist
ory
at R
oose
velt,
wro
te a
n ar
ticle
for I
llino
is Is
sues
mag
a-zi
ne c
redi
ting
Was
hing
ton,
abo
ve a
ll, fo
r atte
mpt
ing
to b
uild
a
“bed
rock
dem
ocra
cy.”
Ree
d sa
ys W
ashi
ngto
n m
ade
prog
ress
tow
ard
that
goa
l on
a nu
mbe
r of f
ront
s.A
mon
g th
em, t
he la
te m
ayor
mad
e ci
ty g
over
nmen
t for
the
fi rst
tim
e “t
rans
pare
nt a
nd a
cces
sibl
e.”
He
open
ed u
p th
e ci
ty
budg
et p
roce
ss so
that
ave
rage
citi
zens
cou
ld e
xpre
ss c
once
rns;
he
sup
porte
d co
mm
unity
and
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d or
gani
zatio
ns,
inst
ead
of so
lely
big
-bus
ines
s and
dow
ntow
n co
ncer
ns, t
here
by
prov
idin
g se
rvic
es t
o ne
ighb
orho
ods
that
had
lon
g be
en l
eft
behi
nd; h
e op
ened
the
door
s of
gov
ernm
ent,
incl
udin
g hi
s ow
n ca
bine
t, to
wom
en; a
nd h
e ga
ve v
oice
to d
iver
se g
roup
s inc
lud-
ing
liber
al w
hite
s, bl
acks
, wom
en, L
atin
os a
nd A
sian
s.“I
t was
a m
atte
r of w
hite
, bla
ck, y
ello
w a
nd b
row
n jo
inin
g to
geth
er in
his
rain
bow
coa
litio
n,”
said
Ree
d. “
Ever
ybod
y ha
d a
voic
e, a
nd h
e w
as th
e fi r
st o
ne to
enc
oura
ge th
at.”
Like
man
y ot
hers
, Ree
d be
lieve
s Was
hing
ton’
s tim
e spe
nt at
R
oose
velt
enco
urag
ed a
ppre
ciat
ion
of d
emoc
ratic
gov
erna
nce.
“Was
hing
ton
was
pro
ud t
o ha
ve b
een
an a
lum
nus
of
Roo
seve
lt be
caus
e it
was
at
Roo
seve
lt w
here
he
coul
d se
e ho
w w
ell t
hing
s w
orke
d w
hen
peop
le p
ut th
eir
min
ds to
it,”
sa
id R
eed.
“Fo
r Was
hing
ton,
Roo
seve
lt w
as a
pra
ctic
al, l
ivin
g ex
ampl
e of
how
real
dem
ocra
cy c
ould
wor
k.”
“ Roo
seve
lt w
as a
n o
pen
t
ype
of s
ocie
ty b
ack
then
. It
en
cour
aged
a lo
t of d
iffer
ent
ide
as a
nd,
you
nam
e it,
we
wou
ld a
rgue
abo
ut it
. Th
at’s
h
ow H
arol
d be
cam
e su
ch a
s
kille
d pa
rlia
men
tari
an.”
B
ENN
ETT
JO
HN
SON
(R
U S
TU
DEN
T, 1
948
-51)
Be
nn
ett
Jo
hn
so
n,
a C
hic
ag
o p
ub
lish
er
an
d c
o-f
ou
nd
er
of
Ch
ica
go
’s fi
rst
ind
ep
en
de
nt
bla
ck p
art
y,
wa
s b
oth
a f
rie
nd
an
d p
olitica
l a
nta
go
nis
t o
f
Ha
rold
Wa
sh
ing
ton
wh
ile
th
e t
wo
att
en
de
d c
lasse
s a
t R
oo
se
ve
lt i
n t
he
late
Fort
ies.
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
BY
L
AU
RA
JA
NO
TA
Se
at
ed
inH
is
to
ry
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity’
s Gag
e G
alle
ry
will
hav
e mor
e on
disp
lay t
his s
prin
g
tha
n ju
st p
hoto
grap
hs o
f th
e la
teC
hica
go M
ayor
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
(BA
, ’4
9). I
ndee
d, th
e lea
ther
offi
ce ch
air (
at le
ft)
that
Was
hing
ton
used
as
Chi
cago
may
or
also
will
be
in th
e ga
llery
for
all t
o se
e.D
onat
ed
to
the
Uni
vers
ity
by
the
Chi
cago
His
tori
cal
Soci
ety
shor
tly a
fter
W
ashi
ngto
n’s
deat
h in
198
7, th
e ch
air
has
been
in st
orag
e fo
r a
num
ber
of y
ears
, sai
d D
enis
e Bra
nsfo
rd, c
hief
of s
taff
to R
oose
velt
Pres
iden
t Chu
ck M
iddl
eton
.R
ecen
tly r
esto
red
to it
s or
igin
al c
ondi
-tio
n, t
he c
hair
is
bein
g di
spla
yed
as p
art
ofH
arol
d! P
hoto
grap
hs f
rom
the
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
Year
s —
Mar
c Po
Kem
pner
’s
and
Ant
onio
Dic
key’
s sho
w o
f pho
togr
aphs
fr
om th
e rec
ent b
ook
of th
e sam
e titl
e, w
rit-
ten
by S
alim
Muw
akki
l and
pub
lishe
d by
N
orth
wes
tern
Uni
vers
ity P
ress
.D
icke
y vo
lunt
eere
d as
a
phot
ogra
-ph
er fo
r th
e hi
stor
ic 1
982
cam
paig
n w
hen
Was
hing
ton
anno
unce
d hi
s ru
n fo
r m
ayor
an
d ac
com
pani
ed h
im to
City
Hal
l, w
here
he
still
pho
togr
aphs
Chi
cago
’s m
ayor
.“H
is t
ime
at R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity w
as
very
im
port
ant
to M
ayor
Was
hing
ton,
” sa
id D
icke
y, w
ho r
ecal
ls t
he l
ate
may
or
spea
king
war
mly
of h
is y
ears
as
a st
uden
t at
Roo
seve
lt. “
And
we
thin
k ha
ving
the
ex
hibi
t at R
oose
velt
is v
ery
appr
opri
ate.
”
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
R
10
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
811
Chris S
arley (
BS
, ’0
2)
(cente
r) h
as w
ork
ed o
n W
ashin
gto
n,
D.C
.’s C
apitol
Hill
with a
num
ber
of polit
icia
ns inclu
din
g r
etire
d C
ongre
ssm
an a
nd H
ouse
Speaker
Dennis
Haste
rt (
left)
of Illin
ois
. T
he tw
o a
re p
ictu
red w
ith H
aste
rt’s
wife, Jean.
PoK
empn
er is
an
inde
pend
ent p
hoto
jour
nalis
t who
cov
ered
W
ashi
ngto
n’s h
isto
ric b
id fo
r may
or fo
r the
Chi
cago
Rea
der,
InTh
ese T
imes
,The
New
Yor
k Tim
es,P
eopl
e and
Tim
e mag
azin
es,
and
was
imm
edia
tely
impr
esse
d by
Was
hing
ton’
s mes
sage
, his
in
telli
genc
e an
d hi
s wit.
“He
was
a u
niqu
e in
divi
dual
— a
cha
rism
atic
wor
kaho
lic,
the
peop
le’s
inte
llect
ual,”
said
PoK
empn
er. “
I fee
l stro
ngly
that
pe
ople
nee
d to
kno
w m
ore
abou
t Har
old,
and
I ho
pe th
e ex
hibi
t
will
hel
p th
em se
e th
at h
e w
as th
e ki
nd o
f pol
itici
an th
at is
nee
d-ed
to m
ake
a di
ffere
nce
in th
is c
ount
ry.”
Fe
atur
ing
doze
ns o
f sh
ots
from
the
may
oral
cam
paig
ns,
the
tum
ultu
ous
“Cou
ncil
War
s” o
f his
fi rs
t adm
inis
tratio
n an
d th
e em
otio
nal a
fterm
ath
of h
is s
udde
n de
ath,
the
exhi
bit i
s th
e ce
nter
piec
e of
a s
erie
s of
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
Com
mem
orat
ive
Yea
r ev
ents
bei
ng h
eld
betw
een
Nov
embe
r 20
07 a
nd A
pril
2008
acr
oss t
he c
ity o
f Chi
cago
.“W
e w
ante
d to
do
som
ethi
ng s
peci
al in
hon
or o
f th
e la
te
may
or, w
ho is
one
of R
oose
velt’
s mos
t bel
oved
gra
duat
es,”
said
B
rans
ford
, chi
ef o
rgan
izer
of t
he U
nive
rsity
’s m
any
even
ts th
at
are
hono
ring
Was
hing
ton
20 y
ears
afte
r his
dea
th.
“And
we
belie
ve th
e m
ayor
’s c
hair
is w
ell w
orth
pre
serv
-in
g,”
she
said
.B
oth
the
exhi
bit a
nd th
e ch
air d
ispl
ay a
re m
eant
to h
elp
the
publ
ic re
mem
ber w
hat W
ashi
ngto
n w
as a
ll ab
out.
“A lo
t has
hap
pene
d in
the 2
0 ye
ars s
ince
his
(Was
hing
ton’
s)
deat
h,”
adde
d D
icke
y. “
All
of u
s ha
ve g
otte
n bu
sy, a
nd w
e ha
ven’
t tak
en ti
me
out t
o th
ink
abou
t how
sig
nifi c
ant h
e w
as
for
Chi
cago
and
how
diffi
cul
t of
a st
rugg
le it
was
for
him
to
beco
me
and
to b
e m
ayor
.”
The c
hair
(whi
ch w
ill ev
entu
ally
be p
ut o
n pe
rman
ent d
ispla
y in
Roo
seve
lt’s
Mur
ray-
Gre
en L
ibra
ry, 4
30 S
. Mic
higa
n A
ve.)
and
the
phot
o ex
hibi
t, ca
n be
see
n no
w th
roug
h Ju
ne 2
7, in
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
fi rst-
fl oor
Gag
e G
alle
ry, 1
8 S.
Mic
higa
n A
ve.
In a
dditi
on, t
here
will
be
a sp
ecia
l sho
win
g of
th
e ch
air a
nd p
hoto
exh
ibit
durin
g th
e U
nive
rsity
’s
Alu
mni
Wee
kend
rece
ptio
n th
at is
bei
ng h
eld
at 5
p.
m. F
riday
, Apr
il 25
at G
age.
A d
iscu
ssio
n pa
nel,
feat
urin
g R
oose
velt
alum
ni a
nd fa
culty
who
kne
w
Was
hing
ton,
will
follo
w.
The
chai
r mig
ht b
e ge
neric
in d
esig
n an
d st
yle,
bu
t it i
s a
piec
e of
his
tory
wor
th p
rese
rvin
g, a
dd-
ed L
ynn
Wei
ner,
dean
of
the
Col
lege
of
Arts
and
Sc
ienc
es a
t Roo
seve
lt.“H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n ha
d a
huge
impa
ct o
n th
e ci
ty o
f Chi
cago
,” sa
id W
eine
r.“A
nd s
omed
ay i
n th
e fu
ture
, th
e U
nive
rsity
co
uld
beco
me a
n im
porta
nt re
sour
ce fo
r Was
hing
ton
hist
oria
ns, j
ust a
s th
e U
nive
rsity
and
its
Cen
ter f
or
New
Dea
l Stu
dies
are
impo
rtant
for t
hose
rese
arch
-in
g hi
stor
y ab
out F
rank
lin a
nd E
lean
or R
oose
velt,
” sh
e sa
id.
Was
hing
ton’
s cha
ir is
mor
e th
an a
his
toric
relic
, th
ough
. For
man
y, it
is a
phy
sica
l rep
rese
ntat
ion
of
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
and
the
Chi
cago
bus
ines
s co
mm
u-ni
ty’s
com
mitm
ent f
ollo
win
g th
e lat
e may
or’s
dea
th
to e
stab
lish
a H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n pr
ofes
sors
hip
at
Roo
seve
lt.“W
e ra
ised
a s
igni
fi can
t am
ount
of
mon
ey
in h
onor
of
the
late
may
or, a
nd h
ave
had
a nu
m-
ber
of d
istin
guis
hed
indi
vidu
als
who
hav
e he
ld t
he H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n pr
ofes
sors
hip,
” sai
d R
oose
velt
Pres
iden
t Em
eritu
s Th
eodo
re L
. Gro
ss.
Thos
e w
ho h
ave
held
the
pro
fess
orsh
ip i
nclu
de:
Ric
hard
H
atch
er, f
orm
er m
ayor
from
196
8 to
198
7, o
f Gar
y, In
d., a
nd
one
of th
e na
tion’
s fi r
st A
fric
an A
mer
ican
may
ors;
Cla
renc
e Pa
ge, a
long
-tim
e jo
urna
list,
auth
or a
nd s
yndi
cate
d co
lum
nist
w
ith th
e C
hica
go T
ribu
ne; a
nd A
lber
t Ben
nett,
a p
rofe
ssor
of
educ
atio
n an
d th
e H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n pr
ofes
sor o
f soc
iolo
gy.
“My
sens
e of
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
is th
at h
e w
as a
dyn
amic
le
ader
who
had
a g
rass
root
s ap
peal
,” s
aid
Ben
nett,
who
wor
ks
in th
e co
mm
unity
, ser
ving
on
a nu
mbe
r of n
on-p
rofi t
boa
rds,
as
part
of h
is p
rofe
ssor
ship
.“A
lot
of
the
thin
gs I
do
are
com
mun
ity b
ased
,” a
dded
B
enne
tt, w
ho ha
s ser
ved o
n boa
rds f
or th
e Gol
den A
pple
Foun
-da
tion,
the
Nor
th L
awnd
ale
Col
lege
Pre
para
tory
Fou
ndat
ion,
El
Val
or a
nd th
e A
brah
am L
inco
ln C
ente
r, am
ong
othe
rs.
“It’s
im
porta
nt b
ecau
se w
orki
ng a
t th
e co
mm
unity
lev
el
embo
dies
wha
t Har
old
Was
hing
ton
was
all
abou
t,” h
e sa
id.
Chic
ago M
ayor
Haro
ld W
ashin
gto
n (
BA
, ’4
9)
sits in t
he leath
er
chair t
hat
was d
onate
d to R
oosevelt U
niv
ers
ity a
fter
his
death
.
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
The
late
Chi
cago
May
or H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n (B
A, ’
49)
spen
t ye
ars
in p
ublic
ser
vice
wea
ring
man
y ha
ts b
efor
e ac
tual
ly ru
n-ni
ng fo
r ele
ctio
n.H
e w
as a
pre
cinc
t cap
tain
in h
is o
wn
Third
War
d, a
n as
sis-
tant
cor
pora
tion
coun
sel f
or th
e ci
ty o
f C
hica
go, a
n ar
bitra
tor
for
the
Illin
ois
Indu
stria
l C
omm
issi
on a
nd t
he l
eade
r of
the
Th
ird W
ard
You
ng D
emoc
rats
— a
ll be
fore
run
ning
for
sta
te
repr
esen
tativ
e in
the
Illin
ois H
ouse
in 1
964.
Mor
e th
an fo
ur d
ecad
es la
ter,
a nu
mbe
r of r
ecen
t Roo
seve
lt gr
adua
tes a
re c
ontin
uing
in th
e la
te m
ayor
’s fo
otst
eps b
y ta
king
jo
bs so
on af
ter g
radu
atio
n w
ith p
oliti
cian
s in
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
., an
d el
sew
here
.Th
ey i
nclu
de:
Chr
is S
arle
y (B
S, ’
02),
legi
slat
ive
assi
s-ta
nt i
n Ill
inoi
s’ 1
4th
Dis
trict
, an
d un
til r
ecen
tly a
n ai
de t
o C
ongr
essm
an D
enni
s H
aste
rt, w
ho w
as t
he G
OP’
s lo
nges
t-se
rvin
g H
ouse
Spe
aker
; J.C
. Her
nand
ez (
BA
, ’04
), w
ho w
as
rece
ntly
ele
cted
as
GO
P co
mm
ittee
man
of
Mia
mi-D
ade
GO
P D
istri
ct 3
4 an
d ha
s al
read
y an
noun
ced
plan
s to
run
for
sta
te
repr
esen
tativ
e fr
om F
lorid
a’s
Mia
mi-D
ade
Cou
nty
regi
on i
n 20
10; M
icha
el H
arda
way
(BA
, ’06
), pr
ess
aide
to S
enat
or B
ill
Nel
son
of F
lorid
a; J
ohn
Don
nelly
(B
A, ’
07),
spec
ial a
ssis
tant
to
Con
gres
sman
Dan
Bur
ton
of I
ndia
na’s
Fift
h D
istri
ct;
and
Mic
ah S
pang
ler (
BA
, ’07
), go
vern
men
t rel
atio
ns p
oint
-per
son
for t
he H
earin
g In
dust
ries A
ssoc
iatio
n.M
any
of th
ese
rece
nt a
lum
ni to
ok p
oliti
cal s
cien
ce c
ours
es
with
Pau
l Gre
en, t
he A
rthur
Rub
loff
Pro
fess
or o
f Pol
icy
Stud
ies
at R
oose
velt.
“I te
ll m
y st
uden
ts th
at p
oliti
cs is
a g
ame,
and
that
they
hav
e to
und
erst
and
that
it’s
all
abou
t win
ning
,” s
aid
Gre
en, w
ho h
as
for y
ears
hel
ped
prep
are
colle
ge s
tude
nts
for c
aree
rs in
pub
lic
serv
ice,
incl
udin
g th
ose
who
hav
e go
ne o
n to
bec
ome
stat
e le
g-is
lato
rs, c
ount
y bo
ard
mem
bers
, as w
ell a
s city
, sub
urba
n, st
ate
and
fede
ral e
mpl
oyee
s.“T
he s
tude
nts
who
cat
ch o
n to
the
lov
e of
the
gam
e do
w
ell,”
add
ed G
reen
, who
has
bee
n to
eve
ry D
emoc
ratic
and
R
epub
lican
par
ty c
onve
ntio
n si
nce
1984
, and
who
deb
uted
as
a po
litic
al a
naly
st o
n W
GN
Rad
io in
198
3 on
the
nigh
t tha
t H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n w
on e
lect
ion
as C
hica
go m
ayor
.“A
nd I’
m ju
st g
lad
that
I’m
able
to p
ass o
n so
me o
f thi
s stu
ff
that
can
hel
p th
em b
e su
cces
sful
,” G
reen
said
.H
ere
are
som
e of
the
ir su
cces
s st
orie
s, lis
ted
by y
ear
of
grad
uatio
n fr
om R
oose
velt:
Chr
is S
arle
y gr
adua
ted
in 2
002
and
is a
legi
slat
ive
assi
stan
t in
the d
istri
ct fo
rmer
ly h
eade
d by
retir
ed C
ongr
essm
an an
d fo
rmer
H
ouse
Spe
aker
Den
nis
Has
tert.
A fi
nanc
e m
ajor
at R
oose
velt,
Sa
rley
neve
r tho
ught
of w
orki
ng in
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
., bu
t was
re
com
men
ded
for a
job
on th
e H
ill b
y C
ongr
essm
an M
ark
Kirk
of
Illi
nois
’ 10
th D
istri
ct, f
or w
hom
Sar
ley
volu
ntee
red
afte
r gr
adua
ting.
Am
ong
his
job
dutie
s, Sa
rley
has
hand
led
heal
th
care
and
ene
rgy
polic
y is
sues
for
Has
tert.
He’
s al
so w
orke
d w
ith c
olle
ague
s who
hav
e w
ritte
n H
ouse
bill
s con
cern
ing
secu
-rit
y in
the a
fterm
ath
of S
ept.
11, a
nd a
pres
crip
tion
drug
pla
n fo
r se
nior
s. “B
eing
at R
oose
velt
and
parti
cula
rly at
the S
chau
mbu
rg
Cam
pus
gave
me
the
chan
ce to
hav
e pr
ofes
sors
who
als
o ha
d jo
bs in
the
real
wor
ld,”
said
Sar
ley.
CH
RIS
SA
RL
EY
(BS,
’02)
Fol
low
ing
inHA
ROLD
’S FO
OTS
TEPS
Re
ce
nt
Ro
os
ev
el
t a
lu
ms
be
gin
pu
bl
ic
se
rv
ic
e
BY
LA
UR
A J
AN
OT
A
J.C
. H
ER
NA
ND
EZ
(BA,
’04)
J.C. H
erna
ndez
, Roo
seve
lt’s
Stud
ent G
over
nmen
t Ass
ocia
tion
(SG
A) p
resi
dent
in 2
003-
04, g
radu
ated
in 2
004
and
was
ele
cted
G
OP
com
mitt
eem
an fo
r Flo
rida’
s Mia
mi-D
ade
Cou
nty
Dis
trict
34
in 2
007.
A p
oliti
cal s
cien
ce m
ajor
, Her
nand
ez to
ok a
job
afte
r gr
adua
tion
as a
ssis
tant
dire
ctor
of a
nnua
l giv
ing
at R
oose
velt.
© Antonio Dickey
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
12
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
813
JOH
N D
ON
NE
LL
Y (B
A, ’0
7)
Ro
ose
ve
lt U
niv
ers
ity a
lum
ni
dra
wn
to
pu
blic
se
rvic
e j
ob
s i
n W
ash
ing
ton
,
D.C
., i
nclu
de
(fr
om
le
ft)
Mic
ah
Sp
an
gle
r (B
A,
’07
), w
ho
wo
rks f
or
a
Wa
sh
ing
ton
, D
.C.,
lo
bb
yis
t, C
hris S
arle
y (
BS
, ’0
2),
a le
gis
lative
assis
tan
t
in I
llin
ois
’ 1
4th
Dis
tric
t, a
nd
Jo
hn
Do
nn
elly
(B
A,
’07
), a
n a
ide
to
In
dia
na
Congre
ssm
an D
an B
urt
on.
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
Offi
ce o
f A
dmis
sion
Cle
rk L
ynn
Sarle
y re
mem
bers
ver
y w
ell h
ow h
er s
on g
ot h
is s
tart
in
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
., po
litic
s.“H
e w
ante
d to
get
invo
lved
in c
omm
unity
vol
unte
er
wor
k,”
says
Sar
ley,
who
se s
on, C
hris
Sar
ley
(BS,
’02
), w
ent t
o w
ork
for r
etire
d C
ongr
essm
an a
nd fo
rmer
Hou
se
Spea
ker D
enni
s Has
tert
shor
tly a
fter g
radu
atio
n.
“I re
mem
ber h
im sa
ying
he t
houg
ht it
wou
ld lo
ok g
ood
on h
is la
w-s
choo
l app
licat
ion,
” sh
e sa
id.
Lynn
Sar
ley,
who
wor
ked
at R
oose
velt’
s Sch
aum
burg
C
ampu
s w
elco
me
desk
for
fi v
e ye
ars
and
who
cur
rent
ly
proc
esse
s ap
plic
atio
ns in
the
Offi
ce o
f Adm
issio
n, w
atch
ed
as h
er s
on,
afte
r gr
adua
ting
from
Roo
seve
lt, d
id v
olun
teer
w
ork
for C
ongr
essm
an M
ark
Kirk
of I
llino
is’ 1
0th
Dist
rict.
One
thi
ng l
ed t
o an
oth-
er.
Kirk
rec
omm
ende
d he
r so
n fo
r a jo
b w
ith H
aste
rt in
W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.,
and
off h
e w
ent t
o w
ork
on m
onum
en-
tal
proj
ects
in
the
natio
n’s
Capi
tol,
invo
lvin
g ev
eryt
hing
fr
om U
.S. h
ealth
car
e to
its
en
ergy
pol
icy.
“We’
ve b
een
exci
ted
and
very
pro
ud o
f hi
m,”
sai
d Ly
nn S
arle
y, a
10-
year
Roo
seve
lt em
ploy
ee w
ho sa
ys sh
e en
joys
her
job
so m
uch
that
she
has n
o pl
an to
retir
e.“E
very
body
kee
ps a
skin
g m
e ab
out r
etire
men
t,” s
aid
Sarle
y. “
And
I ke
ep s
ayin
g I’m
not
read
y be
caus
e I e
njoy
m
y w
ork,
and
I lik
e com
ing
here
ever
y da
y.”
Like
her
son
, Sa
rley
is a
ctiv
e in
the
com
mun
ity.
She
has
spen
t tim
e vo
lunt
eerin
g at
her
chu
rch,
at
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
ann
ual N
ew D
eal S
ervi
ce D
ay a
nd w
ith th
e D
inin
g Co
mm
ittee
at R
oose
velt’
s Sch
aum
burg
Cam
pus.
As m
uch a
s she
enjo
ys R
oose
velt,
how
ever
, Sar
ley s
ays
it w
as so
lely
her
son’
s dec
ision
to g
et h
is ba
chel
or’s
deg
ree
infi n
ance
from
Roo
seve
lt af
ter h
is stu
dies
at K
ansa
s Sta
te
Uni
vers
ity w
eren
’t m
otiv
atin
g hi
m.
“It’s
bee
n a
won
derfu
l exp
erie
nce
for h
im. H
e’s m
ade
som
e go
od c
onta
cts,
and
he’s
wor
ked
for s
ome
grea
t peo
-pl
e, a
nd h
opef
ully
his
futu
re w
ill b
e br
ight
,” sa
id S
arle
y.
RU
EM
PL
OY
EE
RE
CA
LL
S
SO
N’S
D.C
. J
OU
RN
EY
In 2
006,
he
deci
ded
to m
ove
back
to h
is n
ativ
e st
ate
of F
lorid
a an
d w
orke
d as
a lo
bbyi
st fo
r Dut
ko, P
oole
and
McK
inle
y du
ring
the
Flor
ida
legi
slat
ure’
s 200
7 se
ssio
n. A
s GO
P co
mm
ittee
man
, he
’s b
een
invo
lved
in
vario
us p
oliti
cal
cam
paig
ns, e
ngag
ing
resi
dent
s in
his
dis
trict
in th
e pr
esid
entia
l ele
ctio
n pr
oces
s an
d or
gani
zing
sup
port
in h
is d
istri
ct fo
r the
GO
P. H
erna
ndez
has
an
noun
ced
plan
s to
run
for s
tate
repr
esen
tativ
e in
201
0.
J.C
. H
ern
andez (
BA
, ’0
4)
is a
GO
P c
om
mitte
em
an w
ho is p
lannin
g t
o r
un
for
sta
te r
epre
senta
tive in the s
tate
of F
lorida in 2
010.
MIC
HA
EL
HA
RD
AW
AY
(BA,
’06)
Mic
hael H
ard
aw
ay (
BA
, ’0
6)
work
s in W
ashin
gto
n,
D.C
., a
s o
ne o
f F
lorida
Senato
r B
ill N
els
on’s
pre
ss a
ides.
Mic
hael
Har
daw
ay g
radu
ated
in 2
006
and
curr
ently
is a
pre
ss
aide
to
Flor
ida
Sena
tor
Bill
Nel
son.
An
econ
omic
s m
ajor
at
Roo
seve
lt, H
arda
way
was
an
inte
rn f
or tw
o ye
ars
for
Illin
ois
Sena
tor
Ric
hard
Dur
bin
and
Illin
ois
Sena
tor
Bar
ack
Oba
ma.
A
fter
grad
uatin
g, H
arda
way
cal
led
Dur
bin
in s
earc
h of
a jo
b,
and
was
reco
mm
ende
d fo
r his
pos
ition
on
the
Hill
with
Nel
son.
A
mon
g jo
b du
ties,
Har
daw
ay c
reat
es s
peec
hes
and
talk
ing
poin
ts f
or N
elso
n’s
publ
ic a
ppea
ranc
es,
hand
les
inte
rvie
w
requ
ests
from
the
med
ia, w
orks
on
med
ia s
tate
men
ts a
nd p
uts
toge
ther
the
sena
tor’
s m
edia
rep
ort.
“It’s
a g
ood
job,
and
it’s
al
way
s in
tere
stin
g to
see
wha
t’s g
oing
on
arou
nd to
wn
and
on
the
Sena
te fl
oor,”
sai
d H
arda
way
, who
se lo
ng-te
rm g
oal i
s to
ru
n fo
r pub
lic o
ffi ce
.
John
Don
nelly
, Roo
seve
lt’s S
GA
pre
side
nt in
200
5-06
, gra
duat
-ed
in 2
007
and
is c
urre
ntly
an
assi
stan
t to
Indi
ana
Con
gres
sman
D
an B
urto
n. A
pol
itica
l sci
ence
and
econ
omic
s maj
or, D
onne
lly
inte
rned
with
Has
tert
in 2
005,
bec
ame
a B
urto
n in
tern
the
fol-
low
ing
year
, and
then
bec
ame
an a
ssis
tant
in th
e co
ngre
ssm
an’s
of
fi ce.
Am
ong
job
dutie
s, D
onne
lly h
as ta
lked
with
Pen
tago
n an
d Jo
int C
hief
s of
Sta
ff o
ffi ci
als
to s
tart
a pr
ogra
m a
llow
ing
Bur
ton’
s In
dian
a co
nstit
uent
s to
vid
eoco
nfer
ence
mes
sage
s to
lo
ved
ones
in I
raq.
He’
s al
so w
orke
d on
a c
ase
invo
lvin
g an
A
mer
ican
wom
an w
hose
son
die
d tra
gica
lly in
Chi
na, a
nd h
as
talk
ed w
ith F
BI a
gent
s abo
ut th
e ca
se. “
I’ve
trie
d to
hel
p pe
ople
an
d m
ake
thei
r liv
es b
ette
r,” s
aid
Don
nelly
, who
was
a s
tude
nt
trust
ee o
n R
oose
velt’
s Boa
rd o
f Tru
stee
s.
MIC
AH
SP
AN
GL
ER
(BA,
’07)
Mic
ah S
pang
ler,
Roo
seve
lt’s
SGA
tre
asur
er f
or t
hree
yea
rs,
grad
uate
d in
200
7 an
d is
curr
ently
a go
vern
men
t rel
atio
ns p
oint
-pe
rson
for t
he H
earin
g In
dust
ries A
ssoc
iatio
n (H
IA),
a na
tiona
l tra
de as
soci
atio
n. A
fter g
radu
atin
g, S
pang
ler,
a pol
itica
l sci
ence
an
d ph
iloso
phy
maj
or, p
ostp
oned
law
sch
ool t
o go
to w
ork
for
the
lobb
ying
arm
of H
IA. A
mon
g jo
b du
ties,
Span
gler
has
set
up
mee
tings
on
the
Hill
with
mem
bers
of C
ongr
ess t
o in
trodu
ce
them
to p
ropo
sed
legi
slat
ion
that
wou
ld p
ave t
he w
ay fo
r a h
ear-
ing-
aid
tax
cred
it an
d ha
s org
aniz
ed d
istri
ct ev
ents
in p
lace
s lik
e Lo
s Ang
eles
and
Hou
ston
whe
re m
embe
rs o
f Con
gres
s fro
m th
e di
stric
ts c
an h
ear t
heir
cons
titue
nts’
con
cern
s ab
out t
he c
ost o
f he
alth
car
e. “
At R
oose
velt,
I ha
d th
e ch
ance
to e
xper
ienc
e a
lot
of le
ader
ship
role
s, an
d I t
hink
that
has
hel
ped
me
get a
head
,”
said
Spa
ngle
r, w
ho a
lso
was
a s
tude
nt tr
uste
e on
Roo
seve
lt’s
Boa
rd o
f Tru
stee
s.
It’s
too
early
to te
ll ye
t whe
ther
thes
e al
umni
will
hav
e th
e po
litic
al fo
rtune
that
Chi
cago
’s la
te m
ayor
Was
hing
ton
enjo
yed.
H
owev
er, t
hey
all a
re h
onor
ed to
hav
e re
ceiv
ed th
eir s
tart
at th
e sa
me
Uni
vers
ity w
here
Was
hing
ton
bega
n hi
s car
eer.
“He
wen
t to
a U
nive
rsity
tha
t al
low
ed h
im t
o gr
ow a
nd
mov
e fo
rwar
d,”
said
Her
nand
ez. “
And
just
as
he w
orke
d hi
s w
ay u
p th
e la
dder
, I h
ope
to d
o th
e sa
me.
”
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
14
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
815
Con
gres
sman
Har
old
Was
hing
ton’
s (B
A,
’49)
tw
o 19
83 n
ail-b
iting
Chi
cago
may
oral
vic
torie
s (th
e Fe
brua
ry D
emoc
ratic
prim
ary
and
Apr
il ge
nera
l el
ectio
n) h
ave
been
bot
h st
udie
d an
d an
alyz
ed in
bo
oks,
artic
les
and
docu
men
tary
fi lm
s. In
ful
l dis
clos
ure,
my
colle
ague
, Mel
Hol
li of
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Ill
inoi
s at
Chi
cago
, an
d I
auth
ored
one
of
thos
e bo
oks
as w
ell
as a
noth
er o
n W
ashi
ngto
n’s 1
987
re-e
lect
ion.
The
polit
ics
surr
ound
ing
thos
e tw
in 1
983
vict
orie
s w
ere
both
bru
tal
and
exhi
lara
ting.
Bru
tal
in t
hat
race
bec
ame
the
cam
paig
n is
sue
— e
spec
ially
in W
ashi
ngto
n’s
Apr
il, g
ener
al
elec
tion
battl
e ag
ains
t Rep
ublic
an B
erna
rd E
pton
and
exh
ilara
t-in
g in
that
a c
ity th
at p
rided
itse
lf on
loca
l pol
itica
l inv
olve
men
t sa
w e
lect
ion
inte
rest
and
turn
out r
each
his
toric
pro
porti
ons.
This
ess
ay w
ill n
ot re
live
thos
e ex
citin
g ca
mpa
igns
or d
wel
l on
the
spec
ifi cs
of W
ashi
ngto
n’s
four
-plu
s ye
ars
as C
hica
go’s
ch
ief
exec
utiv
e. R
athe
r, I
will
cen
ter
on h
ow W
ashi
ngto
n’s
may
oral
ty s
ymbo
lized
a la
rger
trut
h ev
en g
reat
er th
an h
is o
wn
amaz
ing
life
stor
y. I
n sh
ort,
I w
ill a
rgue
that
Chi
cago
his
tory
is
fi lle
d w
ith p
erso
nal h
isto
ries
of a
chie
vem
ent b
y in
divi
dual
s fr
om m
odes
t beg
inni
ngs a
nd th
at W
ashi
ngto
n an
d hi
s Uni
vers
ity
— R
oose
velt
— re
fl ect
an
outs
tand
ing
exam
ple
of th
is p
atte
rn.
Urb
an h
isto
rians
, po
litic
al s
cien
tists
and
city
pol
itici
ans
love
to s
ay “
Chi
cago
is a
city
of n
eigh
borh
oods
” —
wha
t doe
s th
at m
ean?
In m
y vi
ew it
repr
esen
ts th
e fac
t tha
t wav
es o
f im
mi-
gran
ts an
d m
igra
nts c
ame t
o th
is o
nce-
swam
py to
wn
look
ing
for
wor
k an
d a
bette
r qua
lity
of li
fe fo
r the
mse
lves
and
thei
r fam
i-lie
s. N
o A
mer
ican
city
, inc
ludi
ng N
ew Y
ork,
has
had
as
man
y di
ffer
ent e
thni
c and
raci
al g
roup
s in
such
subs
tant
ial n
umbe
rs as
C
hica
go. T
his
com
ing
toge
ther
of s
o m
any
peop
le w
ith d
iffer
-en
t cul
ture
s, la
ngua
ges
and
relig
ions
lite
rally
cre
ated
the
city
’s
neig
hbor
hood
men
talit
y. In
real
ity, f
rom
alm
ost t
he b
egin
ning
C
hica
go h
as b
een
a ci
ty o
f urb
an v
illag
es ti
ed to
geth
er g
over
n-m
enta
lly b
ut se
ldom
pol
itica
lly.
The
city
’s w
eak
may
or/s
trong
cou
ncil
form
of g
over
nmen
t st
ems i
n pa
rt fr
om C
hica
go’s
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d tra
ditio
n. It
expl
ains
w
hy p
ower
ful
and
succ
essf
ul m
ayor
s ha
d to
ove
rcom
e th
eir
offi c
e’s
stru
ctur
al w
eakn
ess
with
pol
itica
l mus
cle
or “
clou
t.”
Nei
ghbo
rhoo
ds b
ecam
e enc
lave
s whe
re in
divi
dual
s cou
ld sp
eak
in th
eir
nativ
e to
ngue
s, ea
t the
ir fa
vorit
e fo
ods
and
read
thei
r ow
n fo
reig
n la
ngua
ge n
ewsp
aper
s (n
o ci
ty h
ad a
larg
er e
thni
c pr
ess
than
Chi
cago
). Th
is i
nwar
dnes
s pr
oduc
ed “
war
d lo
rd”
polit
ics w
here
the w
ard
lead
er –
usu
ally
an al
derm
an –
dom
inat
-ed
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d lif
e. I
ndiv
idua
ls w
ere
iden
tifi e
d by
thei
r war
d nu
mbe
r, th
eir p
aris
h or
eve
n a
heav
ily tr
avel
ed st
reet
cor
ner.
Mas
sive
bla
ck m
igra
tion
to C
hica
go s
tarti
ng in
the
early
20
th C
entu
ry m
erel
y co
ntin
ued
the
proc
ess o
f com
mun
ity se
pa-
ratio
n. N
atio
nalit
y se
greg
atio
n ga
ve w
ay to
raci
al s
egre
gatio
n in
Chi
cago
but
unl
ike
prev
ious
tim
es, r
acia
l sep
arat
enes
s w
as
mor
e en
com
pass
ing,
at t
imes
cod
ifi ed
into
law
, and
mor
e de
tri-
men
tal b
ecau
se it
zer
oed
in o
n a
spec
ifi c
grou
p.Th
is w
as W
ashi
ngto
n’s
Chi
cago
and
as
a yo
ung
man
see
k-in
g to
clim
b up
the
soc
ioec
onom
ic l
adde
r, he
loo
ked
at h
is
limite
d op
tions
. Tw
o st
ood
out:
polit
ics
and
educ
atio
n. E
arly
on
, you
ng H
arol
d, f
ollo
win
g in
his
dad
’s f
oots
teps
, beg
an to
w
ork
prec
inct
s in
Chi
cago
’s S
outh
Sid
e “b
lack
bel
t.” T
he s
o-ca
lled
blac
k be
lt w
as a
nar
row
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d st
retc
hing
sou
th
from
app
roxi
mat
ely
31st
to 6
3rd
stre
ets,
and
wes
t fro
m G
rant
B
oule
vard
(Mar
tin L
uthe
r Kin
g D
rive)
to S
tate
Stre
et.
No
hist
ory
book
or
polit
ical
sci
ence
lect
ure
can
teac
h an
in
divi
dual
how
to g
o ho
use
to h
ouse
kno
ckin
g on
doo
rs p
ushi
ng
cand
idat
es o
r w
orki
ng w
ithin
a p
oliti
cal m
achi
ne. T
o sa
y th
e
leas
t, W
ashi
ngto
n le
arne
d hi
s po
litic
al s
kills
fro
m th
e gr
ound
up
as
he m
oved
up
the
war
d or
gani
zatio
n ch
ain
of c
omm
and.
H
e to
ok c
ity jo
bs a
nd th
ough
he
had
som
e pe
rson
al le
gal p
rob-
lem
s, he
mas
tere
d gr
assr
oots
pol
itics
. Par
t of h
is la
ter p
oliti
cal
glib
ness
on
the
may
oral
stu
mp
was
due
to h
is p
ast e
xper
ienc
es
prom
otin
g ca
ndid
ates
, org
aniz
ing
othe
r pr
ecin
ct w
orke
rs a
nd
answ
erin
g al
l kin
ds o
f qu
estio
ns o
n th
e st
reet
whe
re th
e on
ly
polit
ical
adv
isor
one
has
is h
imse
lf.W
ashi
ngto
n se
rved
as
a st
ate
repr
esen
tativ
e, a
sta
te s
ena-
tor
and
as F
irst
Dis
trict
con
gres
sman
. Th
ese
posi
tions
gav
e hi
m g
over
nmen
tal
unde
rsta
ndin
g to
go
alon
g w
ith h
is “
nuts
an
d bo
lts”
polit
ical
ski
lls. I
n la
te 1
982,
whe
n he
dec
ided
to
run
for
Chi
cago
’s D
emoc
ratic
may
oral
nom
inat
ion,
he
was
w
ell p
repa
red
for
this
offi
ce. I
n fa
ct, o
utsi
de o
f pa
st C
hica
go
may
ors
Ant
on C
erm
ak a
nd R
icha
rd J
. Dal
ey, n
o ca
ndid
ate
up
to t
hat
time
had
bette
r m
ayor
al p
repa
ratio
n th
an d
id H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n.W
ashi
ngto
n’s
othe
r upw
ardl
y m
obile
trac
k w
as e
duca
tion.
Fo
llow
ing
his
serv
ice
in W
orld
War
II,
he a
ttend
ed a
uni
que
inst
itutio
n of
hig
her
lear
ning
. Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
’s u
npre
c-ed
ente
d be
ginn
ing
in 1
945
has
been
wel
l doc
umen
ted
— th
e ke
y fa
ct f
or th
is e
ssay
was
that
it g
ave
smar
t, w
orki
ng c
lass
C
hica
goan
s a
chan
ce to
get
a c
olle
ge d
egre
e w
ithou
t hav
ing
to
over
com
e w
alls
of r
acia
l or e
thni
c di
scrim
inat
ion.
Was
hing
ton
follo
wed
his
succ
essf
ul ru
n at
Roo
seve
lt w
ith a
la
w d
egre
e fr
om N
orth
wes
tern
Uni
vers
ity. B
y no
mea
ns d
id h
is
polit
ical
acu
men
or
educ
atio
nal a
ccom
plis
hmen
ts g
uara
ntee
a
succ
essf
ul p
ublic
-ser
vice
car
eer.
In C
hica
go p
oliti
cs, n
othi
ng is
gu
aran
teed
. It w
ould
take
you
ng W
ashi
ngto
n ye
ars t
o cr
awl u
p th
e ci
ty’s
hig
hly
com
petit
ive
polit
ical
hie
rarc
hy la
dder
. Alo
ng
the
way
he
mad
e al
lies a
nd e
nem
ies,
he h
ad so
me
amaz
ing
suc-
cess
es an
d a c
oupl
e of fl
ops
— b
ut th
roug
h it
all,
his e
duca
tiona
l ex
perie
nces
gav
e hi
m a
pill
ar to
fal
l bac
k on
whi
le h
e fo
ught
so
me
of th
e to
ughe
st p
oliti
cal f
oes i
n th
is c
ity’s
his
tory
.A
s m
ayor
, Was
hing
ton
used
his
pol
itica
l ski
lls a
s be
st h
e co
uld
agai
nst
an e
ntre
nche
d C
ity C
ounc
il m
ajor
ity. S
tym
ied
by th
e so
-cal
led
Cou
ncil
War
s, W
ashi
ngto
n m
ade
use
of h
is
orat
oric
al s
kills
, his
kno
wle
dge
of h
isto
ry a
nd h
is b
ackg
roun
d in
the
prec
inct
s to
brin
g a
spec
ial g
lam
our t
o th
e fi f
th fl
oor o
f C
ity H
all.
Her
e w
as a
man
fro
m h
umbl
e be
ginn
ings
who
had
ov
erco
me
muc
h di
scrim
inat
ion
to b
ecom
e th
e m
ost a
rticu
late
an
d er
udite
may
or in
Chi
cago
his
tory
. One
smal
l ane
cdot
e hig
h-lig
hts
the
abov
e an
alys
is. O
n a
city
-spo
nsor
ed tr
ip to
Lon
don,
W
ashi
ngto
n in
sist
ed o
n vi
sitin
g th
e B
ritis
h M
useu
m to
see
the
hist
oric
Mag
na C
arta
. One
new
s re
porte
r cov
erin
g th
e tri
p to
ld
me
afte
r the
vis
it th
at m
ost p
ast C
hica
go m
ayor
s an
d al
derm
en
wou
ld h
ave
thou
ght
the
Mag
na C
arta
was
eith
er a
bot
tle o
f ch
ampa
gne
or a
cre
dit c
ard!
Was
hing
ton’
s un
timel
y de
ath
in N
ovem
ber
1987
was
sad
fo
r man
y re
ason
s. P
oliti
cally
it c
ame
afte
r he
had
gain
ed c
on-
trol o
f the
City
Cou
ncil
and
was
in th
e pr
oces
s of
impl
emen
t-in
g hi
s ow
n ag
enda
. The
sad
ness
of h
is p
assi
ng w
as m
itiga
ted
som
ewha
t by
the
fact
that
no
futu
re C
hica
go m
ayor
cou
ld e
ver
gove
rn a
gain
with
out
unde
rsta
ndin
g th
e ne
eds
of t
he c
ity’s
w
orki
ng p
eopl
e. I
am c
onvi
nced
that
the
curr
ent M
ayor
Ric
hard
M
. Dal
ey’s
inte
rest
in e
duca
tion,
pub
lic h
ousi
ng a
nd ra
cial
set-
asid
es fo
r con
tract
s and
hiri
ng is
a d
irect
resu
lt of
Was
hing
ton’
s ye
ars i
n of
fi ce.
Ever
yone
in th
e Ro
osev
elt U
nive
rsity
fam
ily —
fac
ulty
and
sta
ff, c
urre
nt a
nd fo
rmer
stud
ents
and
hope
fully
futu
re st
uden
ts —
ta
kes p
ride i
n W
ashi
ngto
n’s r
ise to
pow
er. H
is RU
deg
ree w
as o
ne
of h
is sp
ringb
oard
s, an
d hi
s ac
com
plish
men
ts an
d no
torie
ty s
hed
FAC
ULT
Y E
SS
AY
by
Pau
l Gre
en, A
rthu
r R
ublo
ff P
rofe
sso
r o
f P
olic
y S
tud
ies
and
Dir
ecto
r o
f th
e In
stitu
te f
or
Po
litic
s
RU P
ROFE
SSOR
AND
WGN
POL
ITIC
AL
ANAL
YST
PAUL
GRE
EN D
ISCU
SSES
W
ASHI
NGTO
N’S
DYNA
MIC
CAR
EER
FROM
THE
STR
EET
TO T
HE S
EAT
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
16
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
817
RU ALU
MS
SEE
K P
UB
LIC
OFF
ICE
posit
ive
light
on
this
Uni
vers
ity. B
ut th
ough
we
have
take
n so
me
time t
o ce
nter
on
Har
old,
he i
s jus
t one
exam
ple,
albe
it an
out
stand
-in
g on
e, of
this
Uni
vers
ity’s
impa
ct o
n th
is ci
ty an
d re
gion
.C
ount
less
peo
ple o
ver t
he la
st 6
0 ye
ars h
ave u
sed
the o
ppor
-tu
nity
aff
orde
d by
this
Uni
vers
ity to
clim
b up
thei
r ow
n la
dder
. W
e pr
ide
ours
elve
s th
at o
ur U
nive
rsity
bel
ieve
s in
the
conc
ept
of “
soci
al ju
stic
e” o
f fai
rnes
s and
opp
ortu
nity
. I k
now
this
may
sh
ock
som
e of
you
, but
uni
vers
ities
ofte
n ha
ve a
sm
ugne
ss o
r el
itism
abo
ut th
emse
lves
. The
y pr
ide
them
selv
es in
attr
actin
g th
e rig
ht f
acul
ty f
rom
the
right
uni
vers
ities
and
stu
dent
s w
ith
the r
ight
gra
des w
ho co
me f
rom
the r
ight
com
mun
ities
. Not
RU
. W
e ha
ve d
emon
stra
ted
that
edu
catio
nal l
earn
ing
and
exce
llenc
e ca
n be
ach
ieve
d w
ithou
t elit
ism
or f
avor
itism
. Thi
nk o
f it,
how
m
any
youn
g pe
ople
who
cou
ld n
ot a
ttend
ano
ther
uni
vers
ity
— fo
r a v
arie
ty o
f rea
sons
— fo
und
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
, and
th
is e
xper
ienc
e ch
ange
d th
eir
lives
? O
bvio
usly
not
eve
ryon
e ca
n be
com
e a
may
or, a
CEO
of
a m
ajor
cor
pora
tion
or a
sta
r pe
rfor
mer
on
stag
e or
scr
een
— b
ut th
ousa
nds
of p
eopl
e ha
ve
upgr
aded
thei
r liv
es a
nd e
leva
ted
the
qual
ity o
f lif
e in
the
Chi
cago
land
regi
on b
ecau
se o
f the
ir R
U d
egre
e.I
clos
e w
ith a
sto
ry a
bout
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
that
doe
s not
invo
lve
form
er M
ayor
W
ashi
ngto
n or
eve
n a
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
t. It
is
abou
t my
gran
dfat
her,
the
late
Har
ry W
elst
ein.
M
y gr
andp
a w
as a
leat
her
cutte
r. H
e w
orke
d m
ore
than
50
year
s m
akin
g be
lts, m
ost o
f the
tim
e in
a fa
ctor
y on
Pol
k an
d W
ells
stre
ets
in
Chi
cago
’s S
outh
Loo
p.H
arry
was
for d
ecad
es h
is co
mpa
ny’s
uni
on
shop
for
eman
. In
the
ear
ly 1
950s
he
wou
ld
atte
nd a
onc
e or
tw
ice
a ye
ar u
nion
tra
inin
g cl
ass d
ownt
own.
For
thos
e sp
ecia
l Sun
day
ses-
sion
s m
y gr
andp
a w
ould
put
on
his
good
blu
e su
it an
d at
tend
sch
ool.
If a
fam
ily m
embe
r as
ked
Har
ry w
here
he
was
goi
ng a
ll “g
ussi
ed
up,”
he
wou
ld re
spon
d w
ith a
gle
am in
his
eye
, “I
am
goi
ng to
the
colle
ge.”
The
colle
ge h
e at
tend
ed w
as R
oose
velt
and
as fa
r as m
y gr
andp
a kn
ew it
was
the
only
co
llege
in C
hica
go. H
is in
stru
ctor
for s
ome
of
thes
e se
ssio
ns w
as a
you
ng u
nion
org
aniz
er
nam
ed J
ohn
Swee
ney,
who
toda
y is
pre
side
nt
of th
e A
FL-C
IO. I
t was
Sw
eene
y hi
mse
lf w
ho
told
me
abou
t hi
s “S
unda
y sc
hool
” cl
asse
s w
hen
he v
isite
d R
oose
velt
a fe
w y
ears
ago
. Of
cour
se, h
e co
uld
not r
emem
ber
Har
ry, b
ut h
e di
d re
mem
ber t
hose
har
d-w
orki
ng in
divi
dual
s se
ekin
g in
form
atio
n an
d th
e U
nive
rsity
tha
t pr
ovid
ed th
em sp
ace
for t
he e
vent
.W
ashi
ngto
n is
one
of
our
mos
t fa
mou
s al
ums,
but
I am
sur
e th
e la
te m
ayor
wou
ld
have
his
fam
ous
“tw
inkl
e in
the
eye
” re
tell-
ing
stor
ies
abou
t all
the
Har
ry W
elst
eins
who
be
nefi t
ed fr
om R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity. A
s lo
ng
as th
is U
nive
rsity
rem
ains
ded
icat
ed to
giv
ing
peop
le a
sho
t at
clim
bing
the
soci
oeco
nom
ic la
dder
, it w
ill th
rive
and
pros
per.
To b
e su
re, o
ther
uni
vers
ities
hav
e pl
ayed
“ca
tch
up”
on th
e so
cial
-just
ice
issu
e an
d ha
ve o
pene
d th
eir d
oors
to a
ll ki
nds
of
folk
s pr
evio
usly
lock
ed o
ut. B
ut R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity, i
n th
e w
ords
of H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n, re
mai
ns “
sui g
ener
ic”
(one
of a
ki
nd).
It re
mai
ns th
e re
al d
eal f
or f
utur
e H
arol
ds, H
arry
s an
d al
l oth
er w
orki
ng a
nd m
iddl
e-cl
ass
peop
le s
eeki
ng o
ppor
tuni
ty
for s
ucce
ss.
Paul
Gre
en is
the
Arth
ur R
ublo
ff Pr
ofes
sor
of P
olic
y St
udie
s an
d di
rect
or o
f the
Inst
itute
for P
oliti
cs a
t Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
. H
e is
als
o th
e po
litic
al a
naly
st fo
r WG
N R
adio
, gue
st c
olum
nist
fo
rC
rain
’s C
hica
go B
usin
ess
and
the
auth
or o
f sev
eral
boo
ks
and
artic
les
on Il
linoi
s an
d C
hica
go p
oliti
cs. H
e re
ceiv
ed h
is
BA d
egre
e at
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Illi
nois
in h
isto
ry a
nd p
oliti
cal
scie
nce
and
his M
A an
d Ph
D a
t the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Chi
cago
.
This
pic
ture
fro
m 1
983 is p
rom
inently d
ispla
yed in P
aul G
reen’s
offi c
e a
t R
oosevelt U
niv
ers
ity.
With G
reen a
re R
osalie
Cla
rk, directo
r of pro
tocol f
or th
e c
ity o
f C
hic
ago, and H
aro
ld W
ashin
gto
n
(BA
, ’4
9)
during h
is fi r
st year
as m
ayor.
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
“It o
pene
d up
my
wor
ld a
s it r
elat
es to
peo
ple,
to c
ultu
re a
nd
to th
ings
of t
hat s
ort,”
add
ed J
ones
of t
he R
oose
velt
expe
rienc
e,
whi
ch h
e be
lieve
s w
as c
ruci
al a
lso to
Was
hing
ton’
s su
cces
s as
on
e of
the
Gen
eral
Ass
embl
y’s m
ost p
ersu
asiv
e de
bate
rs.
“Wha
t I a
dmire
d w
as W
ashi
ngto
n’s a
bilit
y to
deb
ate
an is
sue
in s
uch
a co
nvin
cing
man
ner
that
he
coul
d sw
ay in
divi
dual
s,”
said
Jone
s, w
ho h
as p
rove
n hi
s ow
n ab
ilitie
s as a
neg
otia
tor,
com
-pr
omise
r and
lead
er o
f the
Illin
ois S
enat
e to
day.
You
nger
gen
erat
ions
of
Roo
seve
lt al
umni
hav
e co
ntin
ued
the
tradi
tion
of su
cces
sful
pub
lic se
rvic
e.“S
omet
imes
peo
ple
go t
o co
llege
bec
ause
th
ey’r
e th
inki
ng a
bout
how
it
will
hel
p th
em i
n th
eir
care
ers,
” sa
id U
.S.
Rep
rese
ntat
ive
Mel
issa
B
ean
(BA
, ’0
2),
a fo
rmer
bus
ines
s sa
les
man
ager
who
maj
ored
in
po
litic
al
scie
nce
at
Roo
seve
lt to
hel
p pr
e-pa
re h
erse
lf fo
r a
run
for p
ublic
offi
ce.
“Goi
ng to
Roo
s-ev
elt
was
pr
etty
in
spir
ing
beca
use
ther
e w
ere
man
y in
my
clas
ses
who
w
ante
d to
be
invo
l-ve
d in
som
e so
rt of
pu
blic
ser
vice
,” s
aid
Bea
n, w
ho w
as e
lect
-ed
to th
e U
.S. H
ouse
of
Rep
rese
ntat
ives
in 2
004
to re
pres
ent I
llino
is’ E
ight
h C
ongr
essi
onal
Dis
trict
. “Fo
r m
e, t
he R
oose
velt
expe
rienc
e w
as v
ery
help
ful b
ecau
se th
e di
ver-
sity
of
the
stud
ent b
ody
brou
ght o
ut a
lo
t of
diff
eren
t vi
ews
for
cons
ider
atio
n an
d di
scus
sion
,” s
he a
dded
.B
ean,
who
brin
gs p
ract
ical
bus
ines
s se
nse
to p
ublic
-pol
icy
deci
sion
-mak
ing,
cur
rent
ly s
erve
s in
Con
gres
s w
ith a
noth
er
Roo
seve
lt al
umnu
s, B
obby
L. R
ush
(BG
S, ’7
4), c
o-fo
unde
r of
the
Illin
ois
Bla
ck P
anth
er P
arty
who
has
rep
rese
nted
Illi
nois
’ Fi
rst C
ongr
essi
onal
Dis
trict
sinc
e 19
92.
Rus
h w
as R
oose
velt’
s C
omm
ence
men
t spe
aker
in D
ecem
ber a
nd re
cipi
ent o
f an
hon-
orar
y de
gree
.O
ver t
he y
ears
, Roo
seve
lt al
so h
as tu
rned
out
a fa
ir nu
mbe
r of
grad
uate
s who
hav
e go
ne o
n to
be
elec
ted
state
offi
cial
s. A
mon
g th
em a
re:
• To
ni H
arp
(BA
, ’72)
, a
plan
ning
adm
inis
trato
r w
ho w
as
el
ecte
d to
the c
ity co
unci
l in
New
Hav
en, C
onn.
, in
1987
, and
who
was
ele
cted
sen
ator
for
the
10t
h D
istri
ct o
f th
e
Con
nect
icut
Sta
te S
enat
e in
199
2. “
I w
ent t
o R
oose
velt
at
a
time
whe
n th
ere
wer
e a
lot o
f thi
ngs
goin
g on
and
a lo
t of
ac
tivis
m o
n ca
mpu
s,” s
aid
Har
p. “
And
I b
ecam
e in
spire
d
to b
e ac
tive
in m
y co
mm
unity
by
a lo
t of w
hat w
ent o
n at
Since
its f
ound
ing,
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
has
be
en a
trai
ning
gro
und
for
elec
ted
offi c
ials
in
the
mak
ing.
U
ndou
bted
ly, t
he la
te C
hica
go M
ayor
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
(BA
, ’49
) is t
he b
est k
now
n R
oose
velt
grad
uate
to ru
n fo
r pub
-lic
offi
ce.
How
ever
, he
is no
t the
onl
y el
ecte
d of
fi cia
l who
got
his
start
at R
oose
velt,
whi
ch h
as al
way
s had
an en
viro
nmen
t whe
re d
ebat
e an
d ac
tion
on p
ublic
-pol
icy
issue
s are
enc
oura
ged.
“I r
emem
ber
the
days
whe
n w
e us
ed to
sit
arou
nd
and
argu
e ab
out i
ssue
s lik
e he
alth
car
e, r
ace
rela
tions
and
acc
ess
to e
duca
tion,
” sa
id
Ray
Cle
veng
er (
BA
, ’49
), w
ho w
as
elec
ted
to C
ongr
ess i
n 19
64.
Cle
veng
er,
who
w
as
a m
embe
r of
wha
t ha
s be
com
e kno
wn
as L
yndo
n Jo
hn
son
’s “
Gre
at
Soci
ety”
Con
gres
s,
play
ed a
par
t in
enac
t-in
g vi
tal
U.S
. pr
o-gr
ams,
in
clud
ing
Med
icar
e, a
nd si
gnif-
ican
t U
.S.
law
s lik
e th
e V
otin
g R
ight
s an
d Ci
vil R
ight
s act
s.“I
did
it.
Har
old
did
it. M
any
of u
s di
d it,
” sa
id C
leve
nger
of
the
fora
y in
to p
oliti
cs b
y Ro
osev
elt a
lum
ni.
“We
used
to
talk
a l
ot
abou
t ho
w
we
coul
d m
ake
thin
gs b
ette
r,” a
dded
Cle
veng
er
of h
is u
nder
grad
uate
exp
erie
nce
at
Roo
seve
lt.
“For
me,
goi
ng i
nto
gove
rn-
men
t pre
sent
ed a
n op
portu
nity
to h
elp
legi
slat
e al
l of
the
thin
gs w
e ha
d ar
gued
abo
ut a
t Roo
seve
lt.”
A n
umbe
r of R
oose
velt
unde
rgra
duat
es fr
om th
at ti
me
peri-
od w
ere
elec
ted
to p
ublic
offi
ce, i
nclu
ding
Was
hing
ton,
Gus
Sa
vage
, who
was
a c
ongr
essm
an f
rom
Illi
nois
’ Fi
rst D
istri
ct,
and
retir
ed C
hica
go A
lder
man
Ann
a La
ngfo
rd, w
ho to
ok p
re-
law
cou
rses
at R
oose
velt
in 1
948
and
1949
.“R
oose
velt
was
a p
lace
whe
re I
coul
d go
to s
choo
l at n
ight
an
d st
ill w
ork
durin
g th
e da
y,”
said
Lan
gfor
d. “
And
in th
ose
days
, I w
as v
ery
busy
tryi
ng to
stud
y an
d to
mak
e en
ds m
eet.”
Sinc
e th
en,
Roo
seve
lt ha
s be
en t
he b
edro
ck u
pon
whi
ch
alum
ni h
ave
built
pre
stig
ious
and
hig
hly
succ
essf
ul p
oliti
cal
care
ers
as c
ongr
essm
en, a
s sta
te la
wm
aker
s an
d as
cou
nty,
city
an
d ot
her l
ocal
ly e
lect
ed le
ader
s.“I
was
fres
h ou
t of h
igh
scho
ol, a
nd b
eing
at R
oose
velt
was
an
eye
ope
ner,”
said
Illin
ois S
tate
Sen
ate
Pres
iden
t Em
il Jo
nes,
who
atte
nded
Roo
seve
lt in
195
3-54
, and
beg
an h
is p
oliti
cal
care
er d
urin
g th
e Si
xtie
s as
a v
olun
teer
for J
ohn
F. K
enne
dy’s
su
cces
sful
pre
side
ntia
l bid
.
FROM LOCA
L BO
AR
DS
TO C
ONGRESS
BY
L
AU
RA
JA
NO
TA
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
18
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
819
R
oose
velt.
” H
arp’
s m
ain
inte
rest
as
a le
gisl
ator
has
bee
n in
the
heal
th c
are
aren
a w
here
she
has
bee
n at
wor
k on
legi
slat
ion
prov
idin
g C
onne
ctic
ut r
esid
ents
with
gre
ater
acce
ss to
hea
lth c
are.
• Si
d M
athi
as (B
S, ’6
6), a
sta
te re
pres
enta
tive
from
Illin
ois’
north
wes
t su
burb
an 5
3rd
dist
rict.
He
was
pre
side
nt o
f
the
villa
ge o
f B
uffa
lo G
rove
for
eig
ht y
ears
bef
ore
bein
g
elec
ted
to t
he I
llino
is H
ouse
in
1998
. “I
alw
ays
felt
that
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
gav
e m
e an
opp
ortu
nity
and
the
basi
cs i
n m
y ed
ucat
ion
to g
o on
and
pur
sue
my
inte
rest
s
in l
ife,”
sai
d M
athi
as, w
hose
mos
t si
gnifi
cant
mem
ory
at
R
oose
velt
happ
ened
in a
n el
evat
or w
here
an
acqu
aint
ance
info
rmed
him
tha
t Jo
hn F
. K
enne
dy h
ad b
een
shot
. A
min
ority
spo
kesm
an in
the
Hou
se o
n m
ass
trans
it, M
athi
as
ha
s wor
ked
on m
ass t
rans
it fu
ndin
g le
gisl
atio
n.
• C
arol
Ron
en (
MPA
, ’79
), el
ecte
d as
a s
tate
rep
rese
ntat
ive
in
199
2 an
d as
a st
ate
sena
tor f
rom
Illin
ois’
Sev
enth
Dis
trict
in C
hica
go in
200
0. S
he w
orke
d fo
r the
city
of C
hica
go w
hile
com
plet
ing
her R
oose
velt
degr
ee. “
I lea
rned
the
prin
cipl
es
of
pla
nnin
g an
d m
anag
emen
t an
d ab
out
budg
etin
g in
the
pu
blic
sec
tor,
and
I fo
und
all
of i
t re
leva
nt t
o m
y jo
b,”
sa
id R
onen
, who
wor
ked
in b
oth
the
Dal
ey a
nd W
ashi
ngto
n
adm
inis
tratio
ns. “
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
gave
city
gov
ernm
ent
a n
ew p
ersp
ectiv
e and
a fe
elin
g of
incl
usiv
enes
s,” sh
e add
ed.
“H
e re
ache
d ou
t to
ever
y ne
ighb
orho
od, a
nd e
very
may
or
af
ter h
im h
as d
one
the
sam
e th
ing
in o
rder
to b
e su
cces
sful
.”
H
er e
ffor
ts h
ave
focu
sed
on h
ealth
car
e, c
ivil
right
s, ea
rly
ch
ildho
od d
evel
opm
ent,
mig
rant
issu
es a
nd e
duca
tion.
She
retir
ed in
Janu
ary.
• Ir
ving
L. “
Irv”
Slo
sber
g (B
SBA
, ’70
) ser
ved
in th
e Fl
orid
a
Hou
se o
f Rep
rese
ntat
ives
from
200
0 to
200
6. A
Dem
ocra
t
from
Flo
rida’
s 90
th D
istri
ct, w
hich
incl
udes
Boc
a R
aton
,
he w
as a
mem
ber
of s
ix c
omm
ittee
s, in
clud
ing
the
Civ
ic
Ju
stic
e C
omm
ittee
whe
re h
e w
as v
ice
chai
r. In
hon
or o
f his
daug
hter
who
die
d in
an
auto
mob
ile a
ccid
ent,
he c
reat
ed th
e
Dor
i Sl
osbe
rg F
ound
atio
n, w
hich
is
dedi
cate
d to
tra
ffi c
sa
fety
thro
ugho
ut F
lorid
a.
• K
athy
Ryg
(MA
, ’79
; MPA
, ’04
) was
cle
rk o
f the
vill
age
of
V
erno
n H
ills a
nd w
as ch
ief d
eput
y re
cord
er o
f dee
ds fo
r Lak
e
Cou
nty,
Ill
., be
fore
be
ing
elec
ted
in
2002
as
st
ate
re
pres
enta
tive
for
Illin
ois’
59t
h D
istri
ct i
n La
ke C
ount
y.
“R
oose
velt
prov
ided
gr
eat
trai
ning
fo
r se
rvin
g in
Sprin
gfi e
ld,”
said
Ryg
, who
lear
ned
from
cla
ssm
ates
in la
w
en
forc
emen
t, ci
ty g
over
nmen
t and
pub
lic w
orks
abo
ut th
e
dept
h of
pub
lic-s
ervi
ce n
eeds
in
Illin
ois.
“I’
ve a
lway
s
appr
ecia
ted
that
we
had
an o
ppor
tuni
ty f
or d
ebat
e an
d
to h
ear
diff
eren
t vie
ws
and
pers
pect
ives
,” s
aid
Ryg
of
her
R
oose
velt
expe
rienc
e. S
he c
hairs
the
Hou
se D
isab
ility
“ Th
e R
oose
velt
exp
erie
nce
was
ver
y h
elpf
ul b
ecau
se th
e di
vers
ity
of th
e s
tude
nt b
ody
brou
ght o
ut a
lot o
f d
i� e
ren
t vie
ws
for
con
side
rati
on.”
–C
ON
GR
ES
SW
OM
AN
M
EL
IS
SA
B
EA
N (B
A, ’0
2)
Serv
ices
Com
mitt
ee, a
nd h
as b
een
an a
dvoc
ate
for c
omm
unity
-ba
sed
prog
ram
min
g.
Whi
le W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.,
and
a sta
te ca
pita
l lik
e Spr
ingfi
eld
, Ill
., ar
e pl
aces
whe
re m
any
elec
ted
offi c
ials
do
thei
r wor
k, th
e m
ajor
ity w
ho h
old
publ
ic o
ffi ce
serv
e the
com
mun
ities
they
live
in
as
repr
esen
tativ
es o
n co
unty
boa
rds,
villa
ge b
oard
s, sc
hool
bo
ards
, lib
rary
boa
rds a
nd th
e lik
e.A
nd c
erta
inly
, th
e U
nive
rsity
has
edu
cate
d m
any,
man
y in
divi
dual
s w
ho h
ave
gone
on
to b
ecom
e el
ecte
d le
ader
s at
the
gras
sroo
ts le
vel.
For
insta
nce,
Mik
e Q
uigl
ey (
BA, ’
81)
is an
ele
cted
Coo
k Co
unty
Boa
rd c
omm
issio
ner f
rom
Chi
cago
, who
got
his
start
in
polit
ics
by r
unni
ng g
rass
root
s ca
mpa
igns
inc
ludi
ng a
com
mu-
nity
-driv
en b
id to
stop
nig
ht b
aseb
all a
t Wrig
ley
Fiel
d in
Chi
cago
.“W
hen
I w
as in
col
lege
, I w
as tr
ying
to fi
gure
out
how
I
coul
d sa
ve t
he w
orld
,” s
aid
Qui
gley
, who
rem
embe
rs b
eing
so
poo
r in
his
Roo
seve
lt da
ys th
at th
e la
te R
oose
velt
polit
ical
sc
ienc
e pr
ofes
sor
Fran
k U
nter
mye
r on
ce w
rote
him
a c
heck
be
caus
e he
kne
w Q
uigl
ey w
as b
arel
y su
rviv
ing.
Qui
gley
, who
pai
d U
nter
mye
r bac
k, re
mem
bers
com
ing
to
a co
nclu
sion
dur
ing
his
seni
or y
ear
at R
oose
velt
that
the
way
to
hav
e so
me
say
in s
avin
g th
e w
orld
wou
ld b
e to
bec
ome
an
elec
ted
lead
er.
“I te
ll m
y stu
dent
s all
the
time
that
I do
n’t w
ant t
o he
ar a
bout
th
em si
tting
in so
me c
offe
e sho
p ta
lkin
g th
eore
tical
ly ab
out c
om-
mun
ist in
terv
entio
n in
a th
ird-w
orld
cou
ntry
,” sa
id Q
uigl
ey, w
ho
toda
y is
an a
djun
ct p
oliti
cal s
cien
ce p
rofe
ssor
at R
oose
velt.
“W
hat I
wan
t to
see
them
do
is to
get
eng
aged
, run
cam
-pa
igns
, get
ele
cted
or d
o so
met
hing
to m
ake
a di
ffer
ence
,” sa
id
Qui
gley
. “M
y ex
perie
nce
at R
oose
velt
put m
e on
that
pat
h, a
nd
I will
fore
ver b
e gr
atef
ul.”
In a
sim
ilar w
ay, W
ashi
ngto
n on
ce in
spire
d fe
llow
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
t Phy
llis
(Rap
pin)
Bow
er (
BSC
, ’52
) to
mak
e a
diff
er-
ence
at t
he g
rass
root
s lev
el.
“We’
d si
t aro
und
in th
e caf
eter
ia—
me,
Har
old
Was
hing
ton
and
Gus
Sav
age,
” sa
id B
ower
. “A
nd o
ne d
ay H
arol
d as
ked
me
if I w
ould
run
for s
ecre
tary
of t
he st
uden
t cou
ncil.
” B
ower
fol
low
ed h
is a
dvic
e an
d w
as e
lect
ed to
the
post
in
1948
and
194
9. B
ower
says
Was
hing
ton
also
onc
e to
ld h
er th
at
she
was
too
nice
to g
o in
to p
oliti
cs.
Inde
ed, B
ower
nev
er g
ot in
volv
ed a
t the
fede
ral o
r sta
te le
v-el
s. H
owev
er, s
he h
as re
mai
ned
conn
ecte
d to
her
com
mun
ity a
s an
ele
cted
two-
term
scho
ol b
oard
mem
ber f
or F
airv
iew
Dis
trict
72
in S
koki
e, Il
l.“I
’m in
volv
ed b
ecau
se it
mak
es m
e ups
et th
at Il
linoi
s is 4
9th
out o
f 50
stat
es w
hen
it co
mes
to h
ow w
e fu
nd e
duca
tion,
” sa
id
Bow
er, a
retir
ed sc
hool
teac
her w
ho b
elie
ves t
each
ers t
oday
are
ov
erw
orke
d an
d un
derp
aid.
“Y
ou’v
e got
to ca
re an
d be i
nvol
ved,
” she
adde
d, “b
ecau
se ev
en
thou
gh m
uch
has c
hang
ed, t
oo m
any
thin
gs re
mai
n th
e sam
e.”
“ You
’ve
got t
o ca
re a
nd
be in
volv
ed.
Bec
ause
eve
n th
ough
muc
h h
as
ch
ange
d, to
o m
any
thin
gs r
emai
n
th
e sa
me.
”–
PH
YL
LI
S (R
AP
PI
N) B
OW
ER
(B
SC
, ’5
2)
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
U.S.
REP
RESE
NTAT
IVE
MEL
ISSA
BEA
N (B
A, ’0
2)IL
LINO
IS R
EPRE
SENT
ATIV
ESI
D M
ATHI
AS (B
S, ’6
6)IL
LINO
IS S
ENAT
E PR
ESID
ENT
EMIL
JONE
S (R
U ST
UDEN
T, 19
53-5
4)IL
LINO
IS R
EPRE
SENT
ATIV
EKA
THY
RYG
(MA,
’79;
MPA
, ’04
)SC
HOOL
BOA
RD M
EMBE
RPH
YLLI
S (R
APPI
N) B
OWER
(BSC
, ’52
)
20
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
82
1
U.S
. Re
pres
enta
tive
Bobb
y L.
Rus
h (B
GS,
’74
), a
lifel
ong
polit
ical
act
ivis
t and
one
of R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity’s
mos
t dis
-tin
guis
hed
grad
uate
s, w
as t
he C
omm
ence
men
t sp
eake
r an
d re
ceiv
ed a
Doc
tor
of H
uman
e Le
tters
deg
ree
hono
ris c
ausa
at R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity’s
Com
men
cem
ent c
erem
onie
s on
Dec
. 21
in th
e Au
dito
rium
The
atre
of R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity.
“We
wer
e pr
oud
to b
e ab
le to
hon
or C
ongr
essm
an R
ush
at g
radu
atio
n,”
said
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
Pre
side
nt C
huck
M
iddl
eton
. “Th
roug
hout
his
ent
ire
life,
he
has
cons
iste
ntly
fo
ught
to im
prov
e th
e liv
es o
f Am
eric
an c
itize
ns. A
s hi
s in
spi-
ratio
nal s
peec
h sh
ows,
he b
elie
ves
deep
ly in
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
so
cial
just
ice
mis
sion
and
its c
omm
itmen
t to
incl
usio
n.”
Rush
spo
ke a
t th
e no
on c
erem
ony
for
grad
uate
s of
the
C
olle
ge o
f Art
s an
d Sc
ienc
es a
nd E
vely
n T.
Sto
ne C
olle
ge o
f Pr
ofes
sion
al S
tudi
es a
nd a
t the
3:3
0 p.
m. c
erem
ony
for g
radu
-at
es o
f the
Col
lege
of E
duca
tion,
Wal
ter
E. H
elle
r C
olle
ge o
f Bu
sine
ss A
dmin
istr
atio
n an
d C
hica
go C
olle
ge o
f Per
form
ing
Arts
. App
roxi
mat
ely
600
stud
ents
rece
ived
dip
lom
as.
Roo
seve
lt R
evie
w i
s pl
ease
d to
sha
re w
ith i
ts r
eade
rs
Rush
’s e
ntir
e C
omm
ence
men
t add
ress
.
It is,
inde
ed, a
n ho
nor a
nd a
priv
ilege
for m
e to
be
here
toda
y w
ith P
resid
ent C
huck
Mid
dlet
on, t
he d
istin
guish
ed fa
culty
mem
-be
rs a
nd s
taff
of th
is gr
eat i
nstit
utio
n, a
nd —
mos
t im
porta
ntly
—
it is
my
hono
r and
priv
ilege
to b
e her
e with
all o
f the
gra
duat
es
and
your
fam
ily m
embe
rs a
nd fr
iend
s. W
hen
I was
in y
our s
hoes
as
a R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity g
radu
ate
in 1
974,
littl
e di
d I k
now
that
on
e da
y I
wou
ld b
e st
andi
ng u
p he
re o
n th
is d
ais,
not o
nly
as
Com
men
cem
ent s
peak
er b
ut, a
lso, a
s the
gra
tefu
l rec
ipie
nt o
f an
hono
rary
doc
tora
te fr
om m
y al
ma
mat
er. I
am
so
mov
ed b
y th
is oc
casio
n. W
ithou
t a d
oubt
, thi
s is a
n oc
casio
n th
at I
will
per
son-
ally
alw
ays
cher
ish; a
nd, I
sin
cere
ly p
ray
that
my
wor
ds to
day
will
hel
p m
ake
this
Com
men
cem
ent a
n oc
casio
n th
at y
ou, t
oo,
will
nev
er e
ver f
orge
t.It
was
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
’s u
ncom
mon
com
mitm
ent
to th
e ca
use
of e
qual
rig
hts
and
soci
al ju
stic
e th
at b
roug
ht m
e he
re to
spe
ak f
or th
e fi r
st ti
me
back
in 1
969
— th
e ye
ar th
at
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
Am
eric
an a
stro
naut
Nei
l A
rmst
rong
bec
ame
the
fi rst
per
son
to w
alk
on th
e m
oon.
My
own
jour
ney
has
been
an
amaz
ing
voya
ge a
s w
ell
— f
rom
bec
omin
g a
mem
ber
of t
he S
tude
nt
Non
-Vio
lent
Coo
rdin
atin
g C
omm
ittee
(SN
CC
) to
bec
omin
g a
co-f
ound
er o
f th
e Ill
inoi
s B
lack
Pan
ther
Par
ty to
bec
omin
g a
Chi
cago
City
Cou
ncil
mem
ber
and,
now
, co
ngre
ssm
an o
f th
e Fi
rst C
ongr
essi
onal
Dis
trict
in I
llino
is a
nd w
hat I
bel
ieve
is
my
high
est c
allin
g, p
asto
r of B
elov
ed C
omm
unity
Chr
istia
n C
hurc
h. J
ust a
s R
oose
velt’
s de
dica
tion
to s
ocia
l jus
tice
— b
e it
on C
hica
go’s
sou
th s
ide
or in
the
Suda
n —
rem
ains
sol
id a
s a
rock
, thi
s sam
e com
mitm
ent h
as re
mai
ned
the f
ound
atio
n fo
r my
entir
e lif
e. T
here
fore
, it i
s fi t
ting
that
the
subj
ect I
will
dis
cuss
w
ith y
ou to
day
is s
ocia
l jus
tice.
I w
ill o
ffer t
o yo
u th
at th
e ne
xt
“gia
nt st
ep”
we
mus
t tak
e m
ust b
e rig
ht h
ere
on E
arth
to fi
nally
an
d fu
lly a
chie
ve fr
eedo
m, e
qual
ity a
nd ju
stice
for a
ll.G
radu
ates
, I k
now
that
you
thou
ght t
hat y
our e
xam
s w
ere
all o
ver,
but I
hav
e on
e la
st te
st q
uest
ion
for y
ou: H
ow m
any
soci
al s
cien
tists
doe
s it
take
to c
hang
e a
light
bul
b? G
ive
up?
The
answ
er is
non
e. S
ocia
l sci
entis
ts d
o no
t cha
nge
light
bul
bs;
they
sear
ch fo
r the
root
cau
se fo
r the
last
bul
b go
ing
out.
Whi
le th
at c
erta
inly
may
be
the
case
at o
ther
inst
itutio
ns o
f hi
gher
lear
ning
, it i
s not
tota
lly tr
ue he
re at
Roo
seve
lt w
here
, fro
m
its in
cept
ion,
aca
dem
ic s
tudy
has
bee
n in
extri
cabl
y as
soci
ated
w
ith a
ctio
n to
ach
ieve
pos
itive
soc
ial c
hang
e. T
ake,
for e
xam
-pl
e, th
e in
volv
emen
t of S
wed
ish
soci
olog
ist G
unna
r Myr
dal i
n R
oose
velt’
s es
tabl
ishm
ent.
It w
as M
yrda
l’s s
earc
h fo
r the
root
ca
use
of in
equa
lity
and
inju
stic
e fo
r bla
cks i
n A
mer
ica
that
pro
-du
ced
the
land
mar
k st
udy
entit
led
An A
mer
ican
Dile
mm
a: T
he
Neg
ro P
robl
em a
nd M
oder
n D
emoc
racy
, whi
ch w
as p
ublis
hed
in 1
944.
At t
he sa
me
time,
how
ever
, Myr
dal s
erve
d on
an
early
ad
viso
ry b
oard
that
wor
ked
to e
stab
lish
a co
llege
in C
hica
go
who
se d
oors
wou
ld a
lway
s be
open
to a
ll pe
ople
.M
yrda
l, lik
e ot
her s
chol
ars
invo
lved
in c
reat
ing
this
bre
ak-
the-
mol
d, p
rogr
essi
ve i
nstit
utio
n, k
new
the
nee
d no
t on
ly
to s
tudy
, bu
t to
rep
lace
the
bur
ned-
out
bulb
of
just
ice
and
equa
lity
in A
mer
ica.
With
its
rad
ical
mis
sion
of
“pro
vidi
ng
high
er e
duca
tion
to s
tude
nts
of d
iver
se ra
cial
, eth
nic
and
reli-
“ A
s I
look
ou
t a
t yo
u,
to
da
y’s
gra
du
ate
s, it
is
cle
ar
tha
t Roo
seve
lt
h
as
ach
ieve
d it
s m
issi
on
of
hig
her
ed
uca
tion
for
a
ll —
reg
ard
less
of r
ace
,
cr
eed
or
colo
r.”
U.S
. R
EP
RE
SE
NT
AT
IV
E
BO
BB
Y L
. R
US
H (B
GS
, ’7
4)
giou
s ba
ckgr
ound
s w
ithou
t quo
tas
or r
estri
ctio
ns,”
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
, sin
ce 1
945,
has
sho
ne fo
rth a
s a
light
of l
eade
rshi
p an
d a b
eaco
n of
hop
e for
a be
tter f
utur
e for
coun
tless
Am
eric
ans
and
Chi
cago
ans,
incl
udin
g 19
49 R
oose
velt
grad
uate
Har
old
Was
hing
ton,
who
wen
t on
to b
ecom
e m
ayor
of C
hica
go.
As
I lo
ok o
ut a
t yo
u, t
oday
’s g
radu
ates
, it
is c
lear
tha
t R
oose
velt
has a
chie
ved
its m
issi
on o
f hig
her e
duca
tion
for a
ll—
rega
rdle
ss o
f rac
e, c
reed
or c
olor
. And
, it i
s al
l the
mor
e au
spi-
ciou
s to
reco
gniz
e an
d ap
plau
d yo
ur su
cces
s in
this
, the
seas
on
of c
eleb
ratio
n. I
n lig
ht o
f th
e di
vers
ity th
at is
evi
dent
her
e, I
un
ders
tand
that
you
may
be
obse
rvin
g di
ffer
ent e
xpre
ssio
ns o
f th
is h
oly
seas
on. H
owev
er, w
heth
er y
ou c
eleb
rate
Chr
istm
as,
Han
ukka
h or
Kw
anza
a, a
t thi
s tim
e of
yea
r mos
t peo
ple
end
up
view
ing
on te
levi
sion
one
of t
he m
any
fi lm
ver
sion
s of C
harle
s D
icke
ns’
clas
sic
nove
l, A
Chr
istm
as C
arol
, whi
ch w
as p
ub-
lishe
d in
184
3 at
a ti
me
of in
dust
rializ
atio
n an
d gr
eat e
cono
mic
an
d so
cial
cha
nge
in E
ngla
nd.
In th
e un
likel
y ev
ent t
hat y
ou h
ave
neve
r hea
rd, s
een
or re
ad
A C
hris
tmas
Car
ol, i
t is
— in
brie
f —
the
tale
of,
the
mea
n an
d m
iser
ly m
oney
cha
nger
Ebe
neze
r Scr
ooge
, who
is v
isite
d on
Chr
istm
as E
ve b
y th
ree
spiri
ts —
the
ghos
ts o
f C
hris
tmas
pa
st, p
rese
nt a
nd fu
ture
. With
thes
e th
ree
spiri
ts a
s hi
s gu
ides
, Sc
roog
e jo
urne
ys t
hrou
gh t
ime
and
real
izes
the
err
or o
f hi
s w
ays.
The
tale
’s j
oyfu
l co
nclu
sion
of
Scro
oge’
s re
dem
ptio
n ne
ver f
ails
to b
ring
forth
che
ers
and
tear
s no
mat
ter h
ow m
any
times
we
see
this
sto
ry. I
n fa
ct, A
Chr
istm
as C
arol
has
bee
n de
scrib
ed a
s “t
he q
uint
esse
ntia
l tal
e of
sel
f-in
tere
st a
nd g
reed
tra
nsfo
rmed
into
com
pass
ion
and
char
ity.”
At
this
sea
son,
and
in
thes
e tim
es o
f gr
eat
inju
stic
e an
d in
equa
lity
in o
ur o
wn
soci
ety,
I w
ant t
o ta
ke a
mom
ent t
o sh
are
with
you
wha
t I h
ave
title
d “A
n A
mer
ican
Car
ol: T
he S
pirit
of
Soci
al J
ustic
e —
Pas
t, Pr
esen
t and
Fut
ure.
” A
t the
con
clus
ion
of th
is ta
le, I
trus
t tha
t you
, as g
radu
ates
of R
oose
velt,
an in
stitu
-tio
n w
hose
mis
sion
, I m
ight
rem
ind
you,
is to
edu
cate
“so
cial
ly
cons
ciou
s ci
tizen
s fo
r ac
tive
and
dedi
cate
d liv
es a
s le
ader
s in
th
eir p
rofe
ssio
ns a
nd in
thei
r com
mun
ities
,” I
trust
that
you
will
be
mor
e co
mm
itted
than
eve
r to
taki
ng a
ctio
n to
ach
ieve
the
driv
ing
dem
ocra
tic id
eals
of R
oose
velt’
s fou
nder
s.So
, let
us
see
fi rst
wha
t the
“Sp
irit o
f So
cial
Jus
tice
Past
” ha
s to
show
us.
Our
jour
ney
begi
ns a
t the
end
of W
orld
War
II,
whi
ch h
appe
ns to
be
the
time
whe
n I w
as b
orn
in a
pla
ce c
alle
d A
lban
y, G
a., b
orn
into
the
segr
egat
ed A
mer
ica
that
has
bee
n so
w
ell-d
ocum
ente
d by
Myr
dal i
n An
Am
eric
an D
ilem
ma
and
born
in
to a
soci
ety
truly
sepa
rate
and
une
qual
. To
esca
pe th
e pe
rils o
f se
greg
atio
n an
d ra
cism
for A
fric
an A
mer
ican
s —
and
par
ticu-
larly
bla
ck b
oys
in th
e w
hite
sup
rem
acis
t, se
greg
ated
soc
iety
of
rur
al G
eorg
ia —
whe
n I
was
onl
y a
mer
e la
d, s
even
yea
rs
of a
ge, m
y m
othe
r jo
ined
the
1.6
mill
ion
Afr
ican
Am
eric
ans
mig
ratin
g be
twee
n 19
50 a
nd 1
960
from
the
Sout
h to
the
Nor
th.
My
fam
ily’s
des
tinat
ion
was
a w
orki
ng-c
lass
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d on
th
e ne
ar n
orth
sid
e of
Chi
cago
, whe
re I
saw
for
the
fi rst
tim
e bl
acks
, Lat
inos
, Jew
s, Ita
lians
, Asi
ans
and
App
alac
hian
whi
tes
livin
g al
ongs
ide
one
anot
her,
and
whe
re I
glim
psed
for t
he fi
rst
time
the
poss
ibili
ty o
f jus
tice
and
equa
lity
for a
ll.
TH
E S
PIR
IT O
F S
OC
IAL
JU
ST
ICE
— P
AS
T,
PR
ES
EN
T A
ND
FU
TU
RE
Com
men
cem
ent
Ad
dre
ss b
y th
e H
onor
abl
e B
obby
L. R
ush
AN A
MER
ICAN
CAR
OL:
22
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
82
3
U.S
. R
ep
rese
nta
tive
Bo
bb
y R
ush
(B
GS
, ’7
4)
wa
its a
s I
nte
rim
Pro
vo
st
Ja
me
s
Ga
nd
re
pre
pa
res
to
pla
ce
th
e
do
cto
ral
ho
od
o
n
him
d
uri
ng
Com
mencem
ent cere
monie
s o
n D
ec. 21.
Whi
le t
he b
ruta
l m
urde
r of
14-
year
-old
Em
met
t Ti
ll by
w
hite
s in
Mis
siss
ippi
in 1
955
unde
rsco
red
my
mot
her’
s w
is-
dom
in d
ecid
ing
to g
et h
er s
ons
out o
f the
Sou
th, t
he “
Spiri
t of
Soci
al Ju
stic
e Pa
st”
also
wan
ts u
s to
view
the
sign
ifi ca
nt v
icto
-rie
s ac
hiev
ed a
s th
e fl e
dglin
g A
mer
ican
civ
il rig
hts
mov
emen
t be
gan
to g
athe
r st
eam
. So,
we
see
the
Supr
eme
Cou
rt’s
1954
Br
own
v. B
oard
of
Educ
atio
n de
ci-
sion
ove
rturn
ing
the s
ad st
ory
and
his-
tory
of
this
nat
ion,
the
“sep
arat
e bu
t eq
ual”
lega
l doc
trine
, han
ded
dow
n in
Pl
essy
v. F
ergu
son
in 1
896.
We
also
se
e th
e de
segr
egat
ion
of L
ittle
Roc
k C
entra
l Hig
h Sc
hool
in A
rkan
sas
in
1957
. W
e se
e th
e su
cces
sful
195
5-56
Mon
tgom
ery
bus
boyc
ott,
and
we
see
the
emer
genc
e of
Mar
tin L
uthe
r K
ing,
Jr. a
s a n
atio
nal l
eade
r.W
e se
e th
e si
t-ins
sta
rting
in
Gre
ensb
oro,
N.C
., in
196
0, a
nd t
he
crea
tion
of t
he S
tude
nt N
onvi
olen
t C
oord
inat
ing
Com
mitt
ee,
know
n as
SN
CC
. W
e se
e th
e M
arch
on
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
., in
196
3, w
here
K
ing
deliv
ered
his
riv
etin
g I H
ave
a D
ream
spe
ech;
the
Fre
edom
Rid
es
and
Free
dom
Sum
mer
in M
issi
ssip
pi
in 1
964;
and
the
mar
ches
from
Sel
ma
to M
ontg
omer
y, A
la.,
in 1
965
led
by,
amon
g ot
hers
, SN
CC
Cha
irman
Joh
n Le
wis
, who
is n
ow m
y co
lleag
ue in
th
e U
.S. C
ongr
ess
from
Geo
rgia
. The
n, i
n 19
66, w
e se
e th
e em
erge
nce
of th
e B
lack
Pow
er m
ovem
ent w
ith th
e fo
undi
ng o
f th
e B
lack
Pan
ther
Par
ty in
Oak
land
, Cal
if.W
e se
e th
e le
gisla
tive
gain
s ac
hiev
ed in
the
wak
e of
dire
ct
actio
n fo
r so
cial
just
ice:
the
Civ
il R
ight
s A
ct o
f 19
57, w
hich
w
as t
he fi
rst
anti-
disc
rimin
ator
y fe
dera
l le
gisl
atio
n si
nce
Rec
onst
ruct
ion;
the
Civ
il R
ight
s A
ct o
f 19
64,
whi
ch b
anne
d di
scrim
inat
ion
in e
mpl
oym
ent p
ract
ices
and
pub
lic a
ccom
mod
a-tio
ns; t
he V
otin
g Ri
ghts
Act
of 1
965;
and
the
Civi
l Rig
hts A
ct o
f 19
68 th
at b
anne
d di
scrim
inat
ion
in th
e sa
le o
r ren
tal o
f hou
sing.
Then
, we s
ee th
e ass
assi
natio
n of
Kin
g in
196
8, an
d th
e sub
-se
quen
t upr
isin
g th
at st
ruck
at th
e fab
ric o
f dem
ocra
cy al
l acr
oss
this
nat
ion
in o
ur in
ner c
ities
; the
pol
ice
riot a
t the
Dem
ocra
tic
Nat
iona
l Con
vent
ion
here
in C
hica
go in
the
sam
e ye
ar; a
nd th
e re
leas
e of
the
Ker
ner N
atio
nal C
omm
issi
on o
n C
ivil
Dis
orde
rs
Rep
ort,
with
its
dam
ning
con
clus
ion
that
Am
eric
a w
as “
mov
-
“As
Roo
seve
lt U
niv
ersi
ty
gra
du
ate
s, y
ou h
ave
a
grea
t leg
acy
beh
ind
you
a
nd
gre
at p
repa
rati
on
to b
e ‘s
ocia
lly
con
scio
us
citi
zen
s’ p
urs
uin
g a
ctiv
e a
nd
ded
ica
ted
li
ves
as
lea
der
s in
yo
ur
prof
essi
ons
an
d
com
mu
nit
ies.
Th
e w
orld
is
wa
itin
g fo
r yo
u to
take
yo
ur
pla
ce a
s it
s le
ad
ers.
”
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
ing
into
two
soci
etie
s, on
e bl
ack,
one
whi
te —
sep
arat
e an
d un
equa
l.” A
nd, r
ight
her
e in
our
ow
n ci
ty, h
opes
for s
ocia
l jus
-tic
e w
ere
dash
ed e
ven
furth
er o
n D
ec. 4
, 196
9, w
ith th
e as
sass
i-na
tion
of m
y fe
llow
Bla
ck P
anth
er P
arty
lead
ers F
red
Ham
pton
an
d M
ark
Cla
rk b
y C
hica
go p
olic
e.St
ill, a
s not
ed in
Bla
ck C
olle
gian
’sD
emog
raph
ic P
rofi l
e of
Af
rica
n Am
eric
ans,
1970
to 2
000:
“Fo
r m
any
of t
oday
’s c
olle
ge s
tude
nts,
the
la
te 1
960s
and
ear
ly 1
970s
may
onl
y be
a
perio
d of
tim
e stu
died
in h
isto
ry b
ooks
, or
revi
site
d in
tele
visi
on an
d m
ovie
s. B
ut th
e gr
ound
brea
king
cha
nges
that
took
pla
ce
durin
g th
at s
igni
fi can
t pe
riod
of s
ocia
l an
d po
litic
al c
hang
e co
ntin
ue to
hav
e a
rippl
ing
effe
ct o
n th
e A
mer
ica
we
know
to
day.
” Fo
r exa
mpl
e, c
ompa
red
to 1
970,
th
ree
times
as
man
y A
fric
an A
mer
ican
s, ag
e 25
and
ove
r, ha
d ea
rned
at
leas
t a
bach
elor
’s d
egre
e in
200
0. H
owev
er, t
his
reco
rd p
ropo
rtion
of
17 p
erce
nt r
emai
ns
sign
ifi ca
ntly
low
er th
an th
at o
f 28
perc
ent
for c
ompa
rabl
e w
hite
s.Th
us, a
s th
e “S
pirit
of S
ocia
l Jus
tice
Pres
ent”
ent
ers
to e
scor
t us
on th
e ne
xt
leg
of o
ur jo
urne
y, w
e se
e th
at th
e ga
p be
twee
n bl
acks
and
whi
tes
in A
mer
ica
pers
ists
des
pite
und
enia
ble
soci
al,
eco-
nom
ic a
nd p
oliti
cal
adva
nces
of
the
rece
nt p
ast.
You
may
reca
ll th
at in
190
3,
prem
ier
Afr
ican
Am
eric
an s
chol
ar a
nd
Nat
iona
l Ass
ocia
tion
for t
he A
dvan
cem
ent o
f Col
ored
Peo
ple
(NA
AC
P) f
ound
er W
.E.B
. DuB
ois
obse
rved
in T
he S
ouls
of
Blac
k Fo
lk th
at “
the
prob
lem
of
the
Twen
tieth
Cen
tury
is th
e pr
oble
m o
f the
col
or li
ne.”
As w
e lo
ok o
ut u
pon
the
pres
ent d
ay
Am
eric
a, w
e m
ay sa
fely
say
that
the
prob
lem
of t
he c
olor
line
is
also
the
prob
lem
of t
he 2
1st C
entu
ry.
Sinc
e th
e re
cent
daw
n of
this
new
mill
enni
um, w
e se
e di
s-pa
rity
base
d on
race
evi
dent
in e
very
thin
g fro
m K
atrin
a to
Jena
; in
une
mpl
oym
ent r
ates
for A
frica
n A
mer
ican
s and
oth
er m
inor
i-tie
s m
ore
than
twic
e th
ose
for w
hite
s; an
d in
aca
dem
ic a
chie
ve-
men
t rat
es fo
r bla
ck c
hild
ren
that
are
onl
y ha
lf th
ose
for w
hite
s. M
oreo
ver,
we
see
raci
sm a
nd s
exis
m r
unni
ng r
ampa
nt i
n th
e m
ass
med
ia, a
nd th
e ce
lebr
atio
n of
a y
outh
cul
ture
of v
iole
nce,
ha
tred,
self-
destr
uctio
n, g
reed
and
dea
th.
We
also
see
the
caus
e of
soc
ial j
ustic
e ab
ando
ned
in g
en-
eral
in th
e cu
rren
t Was
hing
ton,
D.C
., ad
min
istra
tion’
s Scr
ooge
-
like
purs
uit
of s
elf-
inte
rest
and
gre
ed.
As
a m
embe
r of
the
C
ongr
essi
onal
Pro
gres
sive
Cau
cus,
I ha
ve le
arne
d th
at ju
st in
m
y di
stric
t alo
ne, w
hich
stre
tche
s fr
om th
e ne
ar S
outh
Sid
e of
C
hica
go to
the
far s
outh
wes
t sub
urbs
, tax
paye
rs w
ill p
ay $
1 bi
l-lio
n fo
r th
e co
st o
f th
e Ir
aq w
ar th
roug
h th
e en
d of
this
yea
r. Fo
r the
sam
e am
ount
of m
oney
, we
coul
d pr
ovid
e, fo
r exa
mpl
e,
609,
343
child
ren
with
dec
ent h
ealth
car
e; fo
r thi
s sa
me
billi
on
dolla
rs, n
early
1.4
mill
ion
hom
es c
ould
hav
e re
new
able
ele
c-tri
city
; for
this
sam
e bi
llion
dol
lars
, we
coul
d pr
ovid
e ne
arly
7,
335
affo
rdab
le h
ousi
ng u
nits
, or f
or th
is s
ame
billi
on d
olla
rs,
we
coul
d gi
ve 1
17,1
64 sc
hola
rshi
ps to
uni
vers
ity st
uden
ts.
Dar
e we c
ontin
ue o
ur jo
urne
y no
w to
look
at w
hat t
he “S
pirit
of
Soc
ial J
ustic
e Fu
ture
” ha
s to
show
us?
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
gr
adua
tes o
f 200
7, I
am h
ere
to te
ll yo
u th
at it
is tr
uly
up to
you
. It
is n
ow y
our r
espo
nsib
ility
to re
mem
ber t
he c
omm
itmen
t of
your
alm
a m
ater
’s fo
unde
rs to
era
dica
te in
just
ice
and
ineq
ualit
y in
mod
ern-
day
Am
eric
a. It
is n
ow y
our r
espo
nsib
ility
to c
arry
ou
t int
o th
e w
orld
the
sam
e sp
irit t
hat l
ed R
oose
velt
to e
stab
lish
the M
ansfi
eld
Inst
itute
for S
ocia
l Jus
tice h
ere i
n 19
99 in
ord
er to
pr
epar
e st
uden
ts to
add
ress
issu
es o
f glo
baliz
atio
n, la
bor,
hous
-in
g, p
oliti
cs, e
nviro
nmen
t, in
equa
lity
and
disc
rimin
atio
n. A
s R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity g
radu
ates
, you
hav
e a
grea
t leg
acy
behi
nd
you
and
grea
t pre
para
tion
to b
e “s
ocia
lly c
onsc
ious
citi
zens
” pu
rsui
ng a
ctiv
e an
d de
dica
ted
lives
as
lead
ers
in y
our
prof
es-
sion
s an
d co
mm
uniti
es. T
he w
orld
is w
aitin
g fo
r yo
u to
take
yo
ur p
lace
as i
ts le
ader
s. In
the
wor
ds o
f Mah
atm
a G
andh
i, “B
e th
e ch
ange
you
wan
t to
see
in th
e w
orld
.”A
s a
fello
w R
oose
velt
alum
nus,
this
is m
y co
mm
itmen
t as
wel
l. O
ther
wis
e, w
e fac
e a fu
ture
as h
orrif
ying
as th
e one
show
n to
Ebe
neze
r Scr
ooge
by
the g
host
of “
Chr
istm
as Y
et to
Com
e” if
he
did
not
cha
nge
his w
ays,
endi
ng in
torm
ent a
t his
ow
n gr
ave.
Th
us, l
et u
s w
ork
toge
ther
to c
reat
e th
e so
ciet
y en
visi
oned
by
Roo
seve
lt’s
foun
ders
. Let
us
heed
the
wor
ds o
f th
e pr
ophe
t, M
icah
, in
the
sixt
h ch
apte
r of t
he b
ook
of M
icah
, eig
hth
vers
e:
“And
wha
t doe
s the
Lor
d re
quire
of y
ou b
ut to
do
just
ly, t
o lo
ve
mer
cy, a
nd to
wal
k hu
mbl
y w
ith y
our G
od?”
Onl
y th
en c
an w
e be
the
just
ice
— a
nd th
e pe
ace
— w
e w
ish
to se
e.A
s w
e go
forw
ard
from
this
plac
e in
that
spi
rit, w
e m
ay a
lso
rem
embe
r the
wor
ds o
f May
a A
ngel
ou in
“A
maz
ing
Peac
e: A
C
hris
tmas
Poe
m,”
whi
ch s
he d
eliv
ered
on
the
occa
sion
of t
he
Whi
teH
ouse
tree
ligh
ting
in 2
005.
It sa
ys, i
n pa
rt:
We
clap
our
han
ds a
nd w
elco
me
the
Peac
e of
Chr
istm
as.
We
beck
on th
is g
ood
seas
on to
wai
t a w
hile
with
us.
We,
Bap
tist a
nd B
uddh
ist,
Met
hodi
st a
nd M
uslim
, say
com
e,
Peac
e.C
ome
and
fi ll u
s and
our
wor
ld w
ith y
our m
ajes
ty.
We,
the
Jew
and
the
Jain
ist,
the
Cat
holic
and
the
Con
fuci
an,
Impl
ore
you,
to st
ay a
whi
le w
ith u
s,So
we
may
lear
n by
you
r shi
mm
erin
g lig
htH
ow to
look
bey
ond
com
plex
ion
and
see
com
mun
ity.
It is
Chr
istm
as ti
me,
a h
altin
g of
hat
e tim
e.Lo
ok h
eave
nwar
d an
d sp
eak
the
wor
d al
oud.
Peac
e. W
e lo
ok a
t our
wor
ld a
nd sp
eak
the
wor
d al
oud.
Peac
e. W
e lo
ok a
t eac
h ot
her,
then
into
our
selv
esA
nd w
e sa
y w
ithou
t shy
ness
or a
polo
gy o
r hes
itatio
n.Pe
ace,
My
Bro
ther
.Pe
ace,
My
Sist
er.
Peac
e, M
y So
ul.
Than
k yo
u. A
nd, G
od b
less
you
all.
Bob
by R
ush
’s C
omm
ence
men
t Ad
dre
ssAN
AM
ERIC
AN C
ARO
L: T
HE
SP
IRIT
OF
SO
CIA
L J
US
TIC
E —
PA
ST
, P
RE
SE
NT
AN
D F
UT
UR
E
U.S
. R
EP
RE
SE
NT
AT
IV
E
BO
BB
Y L
. R
US
H (B
GS
, ’7
4)
24
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
82
5
Whe
n yo
u lo
ok o
ut M
ichi
Peñ
a’s
37th
fl oo
r win
dow
, you
can
se
e on
e of
Chi
cago
May
or R
icha
rd M
. Dal
ey’s
mos
t pr
ized
ac
com
plis
hmen
ts: a
gar
den
on to
p of
City
Hal
l.Th
e in
tern
atio
nally
rec
ogni
zed
roof
top
gard
en k
eeps
C
ity H
all
cool
er i
n th
e su
mm
er a
nd v
isua
lly d
emon
stra
tes
the
may
or’s
com
mitm
ent t
o m
akin
g C
hica
go th
e m
ost e
nvi-
ronm
enta
lly fr
iend
ly c
ity in
the
natio
n.
As
com
mis
sion
er o
f th
e D
epar
tmen
t of
Gen
eral
Ser
vice
s, Pe
ña, a
197
8 M
BA
gra
duat
e of R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity, p
resid
ent o
f th
e R
oose
velt
Alu
mni
Ass
ocia
tion
and
truste
e of
the
Uni
vers
ity,
is re
spon
sible
for m
aint
aini
ng 4
50 p
rope
rties
that
are
ow
ned
or
leas
ed b
y th
e ci
ty, i
nclu
ding
pol
ice
statio
ns, c
omm
unity
cen
ters
, lib
rarie
s and
fi re
stat
ions
. And
, she
’s co
ntin
ually
look
ing
for w
ays
to m
ake
thes
e bu
ildin
gs e
nerg
y ef
fi cie
nt, j
ust l
ike
City
Hal
l.“W
hat o
ur d
epar
tmen
t doe
s ha
s a
dire
ct im
pact
on
the
city
an
d its
citi
zens
,” s
he s
aid.
“W
hen
we
repa
ir a
roof
, ins
tall
new
ca
rpet
ing
or re
pain
t a ro
om, w
e ar
e m
akin
g th
e bu
ildin
g be
tter
and
safe
r for
eve
ryon
e w
ho u
ses i
t.”A
s co
mm
issi
oner
and
a m
embe
r of
Dal
ey’s
cab
inet
, Peñ
a is
one
of
hund
reds
of
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
gra
duat
es w
ho
have
cho
sen
a ca
reer
in p
ublic
ser
vice
, fol
low
ing
the
exam
ple
of a
noth
er C
hica
go m
ayor
and
Roo
seve
lt al
umnu
s, H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n (B
A, ’
49).
Peña
’s C
ity H
all c
aree
r beg
an in
199
0 w
hen
she
resp
onde
d to
a n
ewsp
aper
adv
ertis
emen
t for
a d
irect
or o
f dat
a pr
oces
sing
po
sitio
n in
the
city
’s D
epar
tmen
t of H
uman
Ser
vice
s. “I
did
n’t
have
any
pol
itica
l con
nect
ions
,” s
he s
aid.
“I d
idn’
t eve
n kn
ow
my
alde
rman
. I w
as h
ired
stric
tly b
ecau
se I
knew
com
pute
rs an
d ha
d w
orke
d at
IBM
and
AT&
T.”
A
Chi
cago
na
tive
who
se
gran
dpar
ents
ca
me
from
M
exic
o, P
eña
has
earn
ed d
egre
es fr
om fo
ur C
hica
go u
nive
r-si
ties:
a b
ache
lor’
s in
bus
ines
s ad
min
istr
atio
n fr
om N
orth
Pa
rk U
nive
rsity
, an
MB
A w
ith a
con
cent
ratio
n in
mar
ket-
ing
from
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
, an
acco
untin
g de
gree
fro
m
Nor
thw
este
rn U
nive
rsity
and
a l
aw d
egre
e fr
om D
ePau
l U
nive
rsity
.B
ut t
here
is
no q
uest
ion
whi
ch s
choo
l sh
e lik
es b
est.
Roo
seve
lt, s
he s
aid,
pro
vide
s ev
enin
g st
uden
ts w
ith th
e sa
me
high
-qua
lity
educ
atio
n th
at d
ay s
tude
nts
rece
ive,
and
tha
t is
im
porta
nt. “
At a
lot o
f sch
ools
, nig
ht s
tude
nts
are
like
the
ugly
st
ep-c
hild
ren.
All
of th
eir p
rogr
ams
and
activ
ities
cat
er to
day
st
uden
ts. R
oose
velt
is n
ot th
at w
ay.”
Shor
tly a
fter
she
grad
uate
d, a
mem
ber
of t
he a
lum
ni
grou
p in
Roo
seve
lt’s
Wal
ter
E. H
elle
r C
olle
ge o
f B
usin
ess
Adm
inis
tratio
n ca
lled
to s
ee if
she
wan
ted
to c
ontin
ue m
eetin
g w
ith h
er c
lass
mat
es. “
That
per
sona
l cal
l mea
nt a
lot.
I enj
oyed
th
e pe
ople
who
I ha
d sp
ent t
ime
with
dur
ing
my
MB
A y
ears
, so
it w
as a
way
for m
e to
stay
con
nect
ed w
ith th
em.”
She t
hen r
ecei
ved a
noth
er ca
ll, th
is ti
me f
rom
the U
nive
rsity
’s
Alu
mni
Ass
ocia
tion,
ask
ing
if sh
e w
ante
d to
serv
e on
the
Boa
rd
of G
over
nors
. “A
gain
it w
as a
per
sona
l inv
itatio
n,”
she
said
. “I
was
like
, wow
, nob
ody
ever
pai
d at
tent
ion
to m
e fr
om m
y ot
her
univ
ersi
ties.
They
’d as
k m
e for
mon
ey, b
ut th
ey n
ever
aske
d m
e if
I wan
ted
to c
ontri
bute
idea
s or p
artic
ipat
e in
thin
gs. I
’ve
been
in
volv
ed w
ith R
U e
ver s
ince
.”Pe
ña w
as o
ne s
emes
ter
shy
of r
ecei
ving
her
MB
A f
rom
R
oose
velt
whe
n IB
M s
elec
ted
her
for
its p
rest
igio
us tr
aini
ng
prog
ram
. The
fi ve
yea
rs sh
e sp
ent a
t IB
M m
ade
her r
ealiz
e th
at
her t
alen
ts a
nd in
tere
sts
wer
e in
tech
nolo
gy a
nd te
leco
mm
uni-
catio
ns, r
athe
r tha
n m
arke
ting.
Afte
r IB
M, s
he w
orke
d at
AT&
T C
ompu
ter S
yste
ms b
efor
e jo
inin
g th
e D
epar
tmen
t of H
uman
Ser
vice
s. H
ere
she
com
pile
d st
atis
tics
on th
e ho
mel
ess,
youn
g pe
ople
and
oth
er g
roup
s so
th
at th
e ci
ty c
ould
rece
ive
fede
ral a
nd st
ate
aid.
That
job
led
to a
man
agem
ent p
ositi
on in
the M
ayor
’s O
ffi ce
of
Inq
uiry
and
Inf
orm
atio
n, n
ow k
now
n as
the
311
Cen
ter,
whe
re sh
e ove
rsaw
conv
ersi
on o
f the
offi
ce’s
com
pute
r net
wor
k fr
om m
ainf
ram
es to
per
sona
l com
pute
rs.
“The
MB
A p
rogr
am a
t Roo
seve
lt re
ally
hel
ped
me
in th
ose
posi
tions
,” sh
e sa
id. “
Onc
e yo
u ha
ve a
solid
man
agem
ent b
ack-
grou
nd, y
ou c
an m
anag
e al
mos
t any
thin
g.”
BY
T
OM
K
AR
OW
Follo
win
g a
seri
es
of
prom
otio
ns,
Peña
ass
umed
her
cur
rent
pos
ition
in 2
004
whe
n th
e fo
rmer
com
mis
sion
er o
f G
ener
al
Serv
ices
left
to w
ork
in th
e pr
ivat
e se
ctor
. To
day
she
is in
cha
rge
of n
early
500
peo
ple
and
a $2
00 m
illio
n bu
dget
.Th
e m
ore
Peña
de
scrib
es
her
job
with
the
city
, the
mor
e sh
e re
turn
s to
her
R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity e
duca
tion.
“W
hen
I st
arte
d w
orki
ng w
ith t
he c
ity, I
fou
nd o
ut
that
a la
rge
num
ber o
f Roo
seve
lt al
ums
had
city
jobs
, inc
ludi
ng a
n as
sist
ant d
irect
or o
f fi n
ance
who
taug
ht p
art t
ime.
Roo
seve
lt is
cl
ose
to C
ity H
all;
peop
le c
an st
udy
at n
ight
an
d w
ork
durin
g th
e da
y.”
“The
Alu
mni
Ass
ocia
tion
is d
elig
hted
to
hav
e M
ichi
serv
e as
pre
side
nt fo
r ano
ther
tw
o-ye
ar te
rm,”
sai
d D
amar
is T
apia
, dire
c-to
r of
alu
mni
rel
atio
ns a
t R
oose
velt.
“W
e lo
ok f
orw
ard
to M
ichi
’s o
ngoi
ng l
eade
r-sh
ip a
nd in
volv
emen
t in
all a
lum
ni a
ctiv
i-tie
s and
initi
ativ
es, a
nd w
e ho
pe to
con
tinue
to
incr
ease
her
vis
ibili
ty a
mon
g al
umni
and
st
uden
ts a
like.
She
will
als
o be
val
uabl
e in
he
lpin
g us
rec
ruit
futu
re le
ader
ship
for
the
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
Alu
mni
Cou
ncil.
”O
ne o
f Pe
ña’s
maj
or g
oals
as
pres
iden
t of
the
Alu
mni
A
ssoc
iatio
n is
to
have
mor
e ne
twor
king
eve
nts
so a
lum
ni
can
disc
uss
thei
r jo
bs a
nd e
xper
ienc
es w
ith o
ne a
noth
er. “
It re
ally
is si
x de
gree
s of s
epar
atio
n,”
she
said
. “So
ofte
n af
ter y
ou
exch
ange
bus
ines
s car
ds y
ou d
isco
ver t
hat y
our n
ew fr
iend
can
he
lp y
ou o
ut a
long
the
way
.”Pe
ña b
elie
ves
that
this
is a
gre
at ti
me
to b
e in
volv
ed w
ith
Roo
seve
lt. “A
lot o
f sch
ools
eith
er g
o do
wnh
ill o
r get
stag
nant
,”
she
said
. “B
ut o
ver t
he p
ast f
ew y
ears
, Roo
seve
lt ha
s be
com
e be
tter,
mor
e re
spec
ted
and
very
wel
l kno
wn.
”
MIC
HI P
EÑ
AA
CIT
Y A
ND
ALU
MN
I LE
AD
ER
Mic
hi
Pe
ña
(M
BA
, ’7
8),
sta
nd
ing
in
th
e l
ob
by o
f C
ity H
all,
ha
s h
eld
se
ve
ral
ad
min
istr
ative
po
sitio
ns
with
th
e c
ity o
f C
hic
ag
o.
In a
dd
itio
n t
o m
an
ag
ing
a $
20
0-m
illio
n d
ep
art
me
nt,
sh
e i
s t
he
pre
sid
en
t o
f
Roosevelt’s
Alu
mni A
ssocia
tion.
“ W
e lo
ok fo
rwar
d to
Mic
hi’s
on
goin
g le
ader
ship
an
d
in
volv
emen
t in
all
alu
mn
i
ac
tivi
ties
an
d in
itia
tive
s,
an
d w
e h
ope
to c
onti
nue
to
in
crea
se h
er v
isib
ilit
y am
ong
al
umn
i an
d st
uden
ts a
like
.”
D
AM
AR
IS
T
AP
IA
D
IR
EC
TO
R O
F A
LU
MN
I R
EL
AT
IO
NS
As c
om
mis
sio
ne
r o
f C
hic
ag
o’s
De
pa
rtm
en
t o
f G
en
era
l S
erv
ice
s,
Mic
hi
Pe
ña
(M
BA
, ’7
8)
is r
esp
on
sib
le f
or
mo
re t
ha
n 4
50
city-o
wn
ed
or
lea
se
d
pro
pert
ies in C
hic
ago, in
clu
din
g C
ity H
all
and its
rooftop g
ard
en.
26
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
82
7
In h
is “
Firs
t Ina
ugur
al A
ddre
ss”
in 1
933,
Pre
side
nt F
rank
lin
D. R
oose
velt
asse
rted,
“Th
is g
reat
nat
ion
will
end
ure
as it
has
en
dure
d, w
ill r
eviv
e an
d w
ill p
rosp
er.”
With
that
spe
ech,
he
laun
ched
the
New
Dea
l pro
gram
of e
cono
mic
refo
rm a
nd re
lief
for a
nat
ion
suff
erin
g fr
om th
e ef
fect
s of
the
1929
sto
ck m
ar-
ket c
rash
, the
ens
uing
Gre
at D
epre
ssio
n an
d th
e “D
ust B
owl”
dr
ough
t in
the
plai
ns s
tate
s. N
ow, 7
5 ye
ars
late
r, w
e m
ark
the
anni
vers
ary
of th
e N
ew D
eal,
whi
ch e
ncou
rage
d a
new
rela
tion-
ship
bet
wee
n A
mer
ican
citi
zens
and
thei
r fed
eral
gov
ernm
ent.
Her
e, a
t th
e U
nive
rsity
bea
ring
Fran
klin
and
Ele
anor
R
oose
velt’
s na
me,
the
anni
vers
ary
prom
ises
to b
e a
mem
orab
le
occa
sion,
as t
he C
ente
r for
New
Dea
l Stu
dies
is p
lann
ing
a nu
m-
ber o
f com
mem
orat
ive
as w
ell a
s for
war
d-lo
okin
g ac
tiviti
es.
“Wha
t can
the
New
Dea
l tea
ch u
s ab
out A
mer
ican
life
and
so
ciet
y to
day?
Wha
t can
we
lear
n fro
m th
e N
ew D
eal t
o cr
eate
a
mor
e ju
st so
ciet
y?”
asks
Mar
gare
t Run
g, a
ssoc
iate
pro
fess
or
of h
istor
y an
d di
rect
or o
f the
Cen
ter f
or N
ew D
eal S
tudi
es. “
Our
pl
an is
to p
artn
er w
ith o
utsid
e or
gani
zatio
ns a
nd c
reat
e pr
ogra
m-
min
g th
at e
xam
ines
and
faci
litat
es s
ome
of th
e va
lues
that
wer
e em
bodi
ed in
the
Roo
seve
lts a
nd th
eir N
ew D
eal.”
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
eve
nts
will
inc
lude
spe
cial
lec
-tu
res,
an e
xpan
ded
web
site
and
an
exhi
bitio
n of
ban
ners
in
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
Mic
higa
n A
venu
e lo
bby
that
tra
ce t
he s
ig-
nifi c
ant a
ccom
plis
hmen
ts o
f the
Roo
seve
lt pr
esid
ency
. In
addi
-tio
n, th
e U
nive
rsity
’s a
nnua
l Fra
nklin
and
Ele
anor
Roo
seve
lt D
istin
guis
hed
Lect
ure
will
hav
e a
dire
ct ti
e to
the
75th
ann
iver
-sa
ry, a
nd th
ere
will
be
sess
ions
abo
ut th
e N
ew D
eal d
urin
g th
e 20
08 C
hica
go H
uman
ities
Fes
tival
. Th
e C
ente
r fo
r N
ew D
eal S
tudi
es w
as e
stab
lishe
d in
199
5 th
anks
to a
$55
0,00
0 do
natio
n fro
m th
e es
tate
of G
wen
Hirs
ch,
a lo
ngtim
e C
hica
go re
siden
t. Co
llege
of A
rts a
nd S
cien
ces D
ean
Lynn
Wei
ner c
reat
ed th
e cen
ter a
long
with
Ann
a E.
(Ann
e) R
oose
velt,
the
gran
ddau
ghte
r of
Fran
klin
and
Ele
anor
, who
is a
mem
ber
of th
e U
nive
rsity
’s B
oard
of T
ruste
es
and
curre
ntly
cha
irper
son
of th
e ce
n-te
r’s a
dviso
ry b
oard
.Th
e ce
nter
gre
w c
onsi
dera
bly
larg
er a
few
yea
rs la
ter w
ith a
gift
fr
om la
bor
lead
er J
oe J
acob
s an
d hi
s w
ife o
f 4,
000
piec
es o
f su
ch
New
Dea
l ar
tifac
ts a
s ca
mpa
ign
butto
ns, d
ishe
s, to
ys, p
illow
s, cl
ocks
, bu
sts
and
pain
tings
, m
any
bear
ing
the
liken
ess o
f FD
R.
In a
dditi
on,
Alb
ert L
epaw
sky
dona
ted
pape
rs an
d do
cum
ents
fro
m h
is
year
s w
orki
ng i
n th
e R
oose
velt
Adm
inis
tratio
n in
the
1930
s th
roug
h hi
s tim
e as
a
scho
lar a
t the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Cal
iforn
ia a
t Be
rkel
ey in
the
1980
s. Th
ese
item
s, pl
us 2
,000
boo
ks a
nd a
few
hu
ndre
d ph
otog
raph
s, m
ake
the
Cen
ter f
or N
ew D
eal S
tudi
es a
re
al a
cade
mic
trea
sure
trov
e an
d th
e la
rges
t col
lect
ion
of N
ew
Dea
l mat
eria
ls in
the
Mid
wes
t.“I
am
per
sona
lly g
rate
ful t
o R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity fo
r kee
p-in
g a
focu
s on
the
mea
ning
ful l
egac
y of
Fra
nklin
and
Ele
anor
, an
d th
e w
isdom
and
the
conc
epts
they
end
orse
d th
at a
re re
leva
nt
to to
day’
s w
orld
,” s
aid
Ann
e R
oose
velt.
“Th
e C
ente
r fo
r N
ew
Dea
l Stu
dies
has
kep
t the
ir id
eals
aliv
e by
exe
mpl
ifyin
g op
en
disc
ours
e —
the
shar
ing
of id
eas
with
a c
omm
itmen
t to
fi ndi
ng
solu
tions
to th
e pr
oble
ms a
nd n
eeds
of a
ll ou
r citi
zens
.”O
ver
the
year
s, vi
sito
rs f
rom
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f C
hica
go,
Loyo
la U
nive
rsity
Chi
cago
, Ohi
o St
ate,
Yal
e an
d ot
her u
nive
rsi-
ties h
ave
view
ed th
e ce
nter
’s m
ater
ials,
whi
ch a
re h
ouse
d on
the
nint
hfl o
or o
f the
Aud
itoriu
m B
uild
ing.
“We’
ve h
ad p
eopl
e co
me
from
Bei
jing,
Chi
na, w
ho re
vere
d R
oose
velt,
” sa
id W
eine
r. “T
hey
told
me
they
had
a sh
rine
ther
e to
Fra
nklin
Roo
seve
lt.”
Wei
ner
said
tha
t th
e w
ide
arra
y of
Roo
seve
lt ite
ms
in
the
Jaco
bs’
colle
ctio
n is
pro
of o
f ho
w p
opul
ar F
DR
was
to
Am
eric
ans
durin
g th
e 19
30s
and
1940
s. To
day,
it is
unc
om-
mon
to se
e ic
onog
raph
y of
pol
itica
l lea
ders
dis
play
ed in
hom
es.
Inst
ead,
we
are
mor
e lik
ely
to fi
nd te
enag
ers
with
pos
ters
of
favo
rite
mov
ie s
tars
, roc
k st
ars
and
spor
ts fi
gure
s an
d ad
ults
w
ith a
thle
tes’
jer
seys
, au
togr
aphe
d ba
lls a
nd d
olls
of
Elvi
s Pr
esle
y an
d M
arily
n M
onro
e.
How
ever
, 70-
plus
yea
rs a
go, F
DR
fi gu
ral c
lock
s w
ere
raf-
fl ed
off i
n ba
rs w
hen
Proh
ibiti
on w
as re
peal
ed, a
nd m
any
othe
r m
emen
tos
wer
e pr
oduc
ed a
nd p
urch
ased
by
a na
tion
give
n ne
w
hope
by
the
Wor
ks P
rogr
ess A
dmin
istra
tion
(WPA
), th
e Ci
vilia
n C
onse
rvat
ion
Cor
ps (C
CC),
Soci
al S
ecur
ity a
nd o
ther
Roo
seve
lt A
dmin
istra
tion
prog
ram
s de
signe
d to
rev
ive
the
depr
esse
d ci
r-cu
msta
nces
of t
he p
eopl
e.Th
e Ja
cobs
’ col
lect
ion
will
rece
ive
a ne
w d
igita
l life
dur
ing
the
75th
ann
iver
sary
yea
r. R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity w
ill b
e ph
oto-
grap
hing
all
4,00
0 ite
ms
and
post
ing
them
at
“Rem
embe
ring
FDR
,” w
hich
will
be
avai
labl
e on
the
web
site
s of
Roo
seve
lt
Uni
vers
ity’s
Mur
ray-
Gre
en L
ibra
ry, I
llino
is D
igita
l Arc
hive
s and
th
e Ill
inoi
s Hist
oric
Pre
serv
atio
n A
genc
y.
Run
g an
d U
nive
rsity
Lib
raria
n M
ary
Bet
h R
iedn
er c
olla
bo-
rate
d on
a gr
ant a
pplic
atio
n to
pay
for t
he p
hoto
grap
hs. “
We w
ere
delig
hted
to re
ceiv
e the
fund
ing
beca
use i
t will
ensu
re th
e per
ma-
nenc
y of
wha
t we’
re d
oing
,” sa
id W
eine
r. “I
thin
k th
e in
crea
sed
visib
ility
of
the
colle
ctio
n on
the
web
site
will
also
brin
g m
ore
visit
ors i
nto
the
cent
er.”
One
of t
he m
ost i
mpo
rtant
act
iviti
es o
f the
Cen
ter f
or N
ew
Dea
l Stu
dies
is th
e an
nual
dis
tingu
ishe
d le
ctur
e, w
hich
beg
an
even
bef
ore
the
cent
er’s
foun
ding
, as
a co
llabo
ratio
n be
twee
n th
e U
nive
rsity
’s C
olle
ge o
f Arts
and
Sci
ence
s an
d th
e Fr
ankl
in
and
Elea
nor R
oose
velt
Inst
itute
in H
yde
Park
, N.Y
. Pas
t spe
ak-
ers h
ave i
nclu
ded
Stud
s Ter
kel,
Cok
ie R
ober
ts, N
ewto
n M
inow
, C
ongr
essm
an R
icha
rd D
urbi
n, w
ho is
now
the
seni
or s
enat
or
from
Illi
nois
, and
Fre
nch
resi
stan
ce fi
ght
er a
nd A
mba
ssad
or
Step
hane
Hes
sel.
Last
Oct
ober
’s le
ctur
e by
Wen
dy P
urie
foy
from
the
Publ
ic
Educ
atio
n N
etw
ork
was
the
15t
h in
the
ser
ies.
She
spok
e on
“B
uild
ing
a Co
nstit
uenc
y fo
r Qua
lity
Publ
ic E
duca
tion,
” a
topi
c A
nne
Roo
seve
lt re
com
men
ded
beca
use
of t
he r
elat
ions
hip
of
publ
ic e
duca
tion
to c
ivic
eng
agem
ent a
nd c
ivic
life
.“A
nne
has a
stro
ng se
nse
of p
ublic
serv
ice,
and
bel
ieve
s tha
t yo
u m
ust g
ive
back
to th
e co
mm
unity
in a
dem
ocra
tic so
ciet
y in
or
der t
o ke
ep it
via
ble,
” Ru
ng sa
id.
The
cent
er,
one
of a
net
wor
k of
ins
titut
ions
dev
oted
to
the
lega
cy o
f th
e R
oose
velts
, in
clud
ing
the
Fran
klin
and
El
eano
r Roo
seve
lt In
stitu
te a
nd th
e R
oose
velt
Stud
y C
ente
r in
Mid
dleb
urg,
the
Net
herla
nds,
also
hos
ts d
ozen
s of
oth
er le
c-
ture
s, ac
tiviti
es a
nd p
rogr
ams
adva
ncin
g th
e id
eals
and
con
-ce
rns
of t
he R
oose
velts
. Ove
r th
e ye
ars
thes
e ha
ve i
nclu
ded
Dor
is K
earn
s G
oodw
in a
nd G
arry
Will
s in
a p
anel
on
polit
ical
le
ader
ship
, Jam
es R
oose
velt
spea
king
on
Soci
al S
ecur
ity, a
nd
mee
tings
of
the
Chi
cago
Art
Dec
o So
ciet
y an
d th
e W
orki
ng
Wom
en’s
His
tory
Gro
up. P
lus,
the
cent
er p
rovi
des
reso
urce
s fo
r and
a p
rize
to m
iddl
e an
d hi
gh sc
hool
stud
ents
who
par
tici-
pate
in th
e an
nual
Chi
cago
Met
ro H
isto
ry F
air.
Thos
e w
ho w
ork
with
the
cen
ter,
incl
udin
g R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity st
uden
t fel
low
s who
are f
unde
d by
Sus
an R
osen
strei
ch
and
othe
r chi
ldre
n of
Alb
ert a
nd R
osal
ind
Lepa
wsk
y, re
cogn
ize
that
the
New
Dea
l Era
can
be
an in
spira
tion
in c
urre
nt ti
mes
of
how
to b
uild
soc
ial e
qual
ity a
nd e
cono
mic
wel
l-bei
ng, a
nd th
ey
feel
em
pow
ered
by
havi
ng a
ven
ue th
roug
h w
hich
they
can
pas
s th
ose
exam
ples
alo
ng to
succ
eedi
ng g
ener
atio
ns.
Nic
k M
cCor
mic
k (M
A, ’
03),
a fel
low
in th
e cen
ter d
urin
g th
e 20
04-0
5 and
2005
-06 a
cade
mic
year
s, sa
id, “
The i
ntel
lect
ual,
eye-
open
ing
expe
rienc
e of
the
fello
wsh
ip a
nd w
ork
with
Pro
fess
or
Rung
was
the b
eaut
y of
bei
ng as
soci
ated
with
the C
ente
r for
New
D
eal S
tudi
es. T
hrou
gh th
e di
scus
sions
with
in th
e ad
viso
ry b
oard
an
d th
e le
ctur
e se
ries,
I disc
over
ed a
pas
sion
for t
he N
ew D
eal
lega
cy, t
he R
oose
velts
and
193
0s c
ultu
re.”
As
Pres
iden
t R
oose
velt
said
so
eloq
uent
ly i
n th
at 1
933
inau
gura
l add
ress
, the
key
to s
ucce
ss is
that
we
mus
t rea
lize
“our
inte
rdep
ende
nce
on e
ach
othe
r; w
e ca
nnot
mer
ely
take
, we
mus
t giv
e as
wel
l.” T
hat i
s pre
cise
ly th
e pu
rpos
e an
d go
al o
f the
C
ente
r for
New
Dea
l Stu
dies
.Fo
r mor
e inf
orm
atio
n ab
out t
he C
ente
r for
New
Dea
l Stu
dies
, vi
sit it
s web
site,
ww
w.ro
osev
elt.e
du/n
ewde
al.
BY
K
AT
IE
C
OP
EN
HA
VE
R
Lynn W
ein
er
(left),
dean
of th
e C
olle
ge o
f A
rts a
nd
Scie
nces, and M
arg
are
t
Rung, associa
te p
rofe
s-
sor
of
his
tory
and d
irecto
r
of th
e C
ente
r fo
r N
ew
Deal S
tudie
s, show
off
rare
art
ifacts
in the c
ente
r
that is
pre
paring to m
ark
75 y
ears
sin
ce the N
ew
Deal began w
ith a
variety
of public
events
.
KEEP
ING T
HE
NEW
DEAL
ALIV
E
28
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
82
9
BY
T
OM
K
AR
OW
ILL
INO
IS
PR
OF
ESS
OR
O
F T
HE
YE
AR
St
ev
en
A
. M
ey
er
s: a
c
om
mit
me
nt
t
o e
du
ca
tio
n
his
teac
hing
met
hods
and
his
cha
ract
er in
gen
eral
, tha
t I a
sked
hi
m to
be
my
men
tor.”
In a
ll of
his
und
ergr
adua
te c
ours
es M
eyer
s st
rives
to c
on-
nect
the
acad
emic
mat
eria
l with
stud
ents
’ per
sona
l exp
erie
nces
. “I
ask
my
stud
ents
to re
ach
into
thei
r ow
n liv
es to
gai
n in
sigh
t in
to th
e co
ncep
ts th
at w
e di
scus
s,” h
e sa
id. “
I hav
e th
em w
rite
abou
t the
ir fa
mili
es, h
ow th
eir p
aren
ts ra
ised
them
and
how
cul
-tu
re a
nd ra
ce sh
aped
thei
r liv
es a
s the
y gr
ew u
p.”
Thes
e pe
rson
al e
xper
ienc
es a
re c
ount
erba
lanc
ed b
y ha
ving
st
uden
ts re
ach
out t
o ot
hers
. Sin
ce h
e st
arte
d te
achi
ng, h
is s
tu-
dent
s ha
ve c
ontri
bute
d m
ore
than
10,
000
hour
s of
ser
vice
to
unde
rpriv
ilege
d ch
ildre
n.St
uden
ts ta
king
Mey
ers’
cou
rses
als
o m
ust “
reac
h ar
ound
” th
eir
com
mun
ities
. Th
roug
h re
sear
ch p
roje
cts
and
inte
rvie
w
assi
gnm
ents
, the
y ar
e ex
pect
ed to
adv
ocat
e fo
r the
wel
l-bei
ng
of c
hild
ren
by e
xplo
ring
issu
es a
nd le
gisl
atio
n pe
ndin
g in
gov
-er
nmen
tal b
odie
s.
He
ath
er
Da
lma
ge
(le
ft),
pro
fesso
r o
f so
cio
log
y,
an
d S
teve
n M
eye
rs,
pro
-
fessor
of
psycholo
gy,
cele
bra
te M
eyers
’ bein
g n
am
ed I
llinois
Pro
fessor
of
the Y
ear
at a U
niv
ers
ity r
eception h
eld
in h
is h
onor.
“Why
shou
ld I
care
?” “W
hat d
oes t
his h
ave t
o do
with
me?
” “W
hat
am I
goin
g to
do
with
this
info
rmat
ion,
anyw
ay?”
Th
ese
are
ques
tions
stu
dent
s fr
eque
ntly
ask
them
selv
es a
s th
ey li
sten
to th
eir p
rofe
ssor
s’ le
ctur
es.
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
Pro
fess
or S
teve
n A
. M
eyer
s ha
s th
ough
t de
eply
abo
ut t
hese
cha
lleng
ing
ques
tions
and
has
w
orke
d to
add
ress
them
by
deve
lopi
ng a
cor
e te
chni
que
that
he
uses
in a
ll of
his
und
ergr
adua
te c
lass
es.
“ B
y e
nco
ura
gin
g m
y st
ud
en
ts t
o ‘r
eac
h i
n,
re
ach
ou
t an
d r
eac
h a
rou
nd
,’ I
try
to
he
lp
th
em
to
dis
cove
r w
hat
th
ey
are
cap
able
of
d
oin
g an
d w
ho
th
ey
are
cap
able
of
be
ing.
”
-
ST
EV
EN
M
EY
ER
S, P
RO
FE
SS
OR
O
F P
SY
CH
OL
OG
Y
This
com
mitm
ent t
o th
e pr
ofes
sion
of t
each
ing
was
a m
ajor
re
ason
Mey
ers
was
sel
ecte
d in
Nov
embe
r as
the
2007
Illin
ois
Prof
esso
r of
the
Yea
r by
the
Car
negi
e Fo
unda
tion
for
the
Adv
ance
men
t of T
each
ing.
The U
.S. P
rofe
ssor
s of t
he Y
ear p
rogr
am is
the o
nly
natio
nal
prog
ram
to re
cogn
ize
exce
llenc
e in
und
ergr
adua
te te
achi
ng a
nd
men
torin
g. E
ntrie
s ar
e ju
dged
by
top
U.S
. edu
cato
rs a
nd o
ther
ac
tive
parti
cipa
nts i
n ed
ucat
ion.
Mey
ers,
a ch
ild a
nd fa
mily
clin
ical
psy
chol
ogist
who
join
ed
Roos
evel
t in
1996
, tea
ches
cour
ses i
n de
velo
pmen
tal a
nd cl
inic
al
psyc
holo
gy, w
hich
dov
etai
l with
his
scho
larly
inte
rests
focu
sing
on c
hild
dev
elop
men
t, pa
rent
ing
and
fam
ily fu
nctio
ning
.“S
teve
is a
lway
s en
gagi
ng, i
nnov
ativ
e an
d th
ough
tful,”
sai
d Ro
osev
elt U
nive
rsity
Pre
siden
t Chu
ck M
iddl
eton
. “Ea
ch se
mes
-te
r st
uden
ts fl
ock
to h
is c
ours
es a
nd c
onsi
sten
tly g
ive
him
the
high
est r
atin
gs. H
e is
truly
des
ervi
ng o
f thi
s pre
stigi
ous a
war
d.”
In re
cogn
ition
of t
he h
onor
, Thu
rsda
y, N
ov. 2
9, 2
007,
was
de
clar
ed “
Stev
en M
eyer
s D
ay”
in t
he s
tate
of
Illin
ois.
At
a U
nive
rsity
-wid
e re
cept
ion
in M
eyer
s’ h
onor
, Mid
dlet
on p
re-
sent
ed M
eyer
s with
a p
rocl
amat
ion
from
Illin
ois G
over
nor R
od
R. B
lago
jevi
ch.
“I am
hon
ored
to b
e the
200
7 Ill
inoi
s Pro
fess
or o
f the
Yea
r,”
Mey
ers
said
. “I
app
reci
ate
the
supp
ort
of m
y st
uden
ts,
col-
leag
ues a
nd a
dmin
istra
tors
at R
oose
velt
who
nom
inat
ed m
e fo
r th
is d
istin
ctio
n. T
here
are m
any
tale
nted
pro
fess
ors a
t Roo
seve
lt an
d th
roug
hout
Illin
ois w
ho a
re v
ery
inve
sted
in u
nder
grad
uate
ed
ucat
ion,
so I
am e
spec
ially
gra
tefu
l to
rece
ive
this
aw
ard.
”Th
is is
Mey
ers’
four
th a
war
d fo
r exc
eptio
nal t
each
ing.
He
rece
ived
the
Exc
elle
nce
in T
each
ing
Aw
ard
from
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
in 2
006,
the
Mic
higa
n St
ate
Uni
vers
ity E
xcel
lenc
e in
Tea
chin
g C
itatio
n in
199
4 an
d th
e M
cKea
chie
Ear
ly C
aree
r Te
achi
ng E
xcel
lenc
e A
war
d fr
om th
e So
ciet
y fo
r the
Tea
chin
g of
Psy
chol
ogy
in 1
994.
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
t Dan
elle
Altm
an, w
ho h
as ta
ken
seve
ral
cour
ses f
rom
Mey
ers,
said
: “H
e is t
he m
ost i
nspi
ratio
nal t
each
er
I hav
e eve
r had
the p
leas
ure o
f kno
win
g. I
feel
so st
rong
ly ab
out
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
30
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
83
1
Last
fal
l, A
ltman
and
eac
h of
her
cla
ssm
ates
in
Mey
ers’
C
hild
ren
and
Fam
ilies
hon
ors c
lass
com
plet
ed 2
2 ho
urs o
f vol
-un
teer
wor
k w
ith c
hild
ren
as p
art o
f the
cou
rse
requ
irem
ents
.“M
ost o
f us
had
to r
eadj
ust c
lass
and
wor
k sc
hedu
les
and
sacr
ifi ce
free
tim
e,”
she
said
, “bu
t thi
s ex
perie
nce
brou
ght i
nto
focu
s th
e iss
ue o
f soc
ial j
ustic
e w
ithin
our
soc
iety
. Eve
n th
ough
th
e cl
ass h
as e
nded
, I a
m st
ill a
vol
unte
er a
t the
scho
ol, w
orki
ng
with
chi
ldre
n, a
nd h
opef
ully
mak
ing
a di
ffere
nce
in th
eir l
ives
.”To
ena
ble
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
ts to
lear
n ab
out c
hild
dev
elop
-m
ent f
rom
an
inte
rdis
cipl
inar
y pe
rspe
ctiv
e, M
eyer
s cr
eate
d th
e In
itiat
ive
for
Chi
ld a
nd F
amily
Stu
dies
(IC
FS)
at R
oose
velt.
Thro
ugh
the
ICFS
, stu
dent
s ca
n ea
rn a
fou
r-co
urse
cer
tifi c
ate
by ta
king
cou
rses
off
ered
by
the
Col
lege
of E
duca
tion
and
the
Col
lege
of A
rts a
nd S
cien
ces.
The
four
th c
lass
is a
fi el
d pl
ace-
men
t cou
rse
whi
ch in
volv
es 7
2 ho
urs
of d
irect
inte
ract
ion
with
ch
ildre
n an
d fa
mili
es.
One
of
the
orga
niza
tions
tha
t pa
rtner
s w
ith t
he I
CFS
is
Roo
seve
lt’s
Man
sfi e
ld In
stitu
te fo
r Soc
ial J
ustic
e, d
irect
ed b
y H
eath
er D
alm
age,
pro
fess
or o
f soc
iolo
gy. “
This
col
labo
ratio
n,
like
all
of m
y ex
perie
nces
with
Ste
ve,
leav
es m
e en
ergi
zed
beca
use
he h
as g
reat
idea
s and
is w
illin
g to
do
the
wor
k ne
ces-
sary
to m
ake
the
idea
s suc
cess
ful r
ealit
ies,”
Dal
mag
e sa
id.
Mey
ers
also
is th
e dr
ivin
g fo
rce
behi
nd R
oose
velt’
s an
nual
M
ini-C
onfe
renc
e on
Tea
chin
g, w
hich
allo
ws f
acul
ty m
embe
rs to
ex
chan
ge id
eas o
n su
ch to
pics
as te
achi
ng m
etho
ds, s
ervi
ce le
arn-
ing,
soci
al ju
stice
, onl
ine e
duca
tion,
curri
culu
m d
evel
opm
ent a
nd
libra
ry r
esou
rces
. The
pro
ceed
ings
of
the
conf
eren
ce a
re p
ub-
lishe
d in
a b
ookl
et a
nd d
istrib
uted
to th
e Ro
osev
elt f
acul
ty.
“My
app
roac
h t
o t
eac
hin
g re
� e
cts
man
y o
f
th
e co
re v
alu
es o
f R
oose
velt
Un
iver
sity
— o
ur
co
mm
itm
en
t to
so
cial
ju
stic
e,
ou
r co
m-
m
un
ity
em
be
dd
ed
ne
ss a
nd
ho
w w
e g
ive
cr
ed
en
ce t
o t
he
exp
eri
en
ces
of
all
of
ou
r
st
ud
ents
, reg
ard
less
of
thei
r b
ack
gro
un
ds.
”
-
ST
EV
EN
M
EY
ER
S, P
RO
FE
SS
OR
O
F P
SY
CH
OL
OG
Y
Mey
ers s
aid
that
in th
e ye
ars a
head
, he
wan
ts to
exp
and
the
way
s Roo
seve
lt st
uden
ts c
an c
onne
ct le
arni
ng to
life
. “It
is v
ery
grat
ifyin
g to
see
our
und
ergr
adua
tes
mak
e m
eani
ngfu
l con
tri-
butio
ns in
thei
r com
mun
ities
whe
n th
ey u
se m
ater
ial t
hat t
hey
lear
n in
cla
ss to
hel
p ot
hers
in c
ompa
ssio
nate
and
just
way
s.”In
add
ition
to
bein
g a
supe
rb t
each
er,
Mey
ers
is o
ne o
f R
oose
velt’
s mos
t pro
lifi c
scho
lars
. He
has p
ublis
hed
mor
e th
an
50 a
rticl
es a
nd h
as g
iven
mor
e th
an 5
0 pr
esen
tatio
ns o
n pa
rent
-in
g, a
t-ris
k ch
ildre
n an
d on
bes
t col
lege
teac
hing
pra
ctic
es.
In h
is r
esea
rch,
he
was
abl
e to
doc
umen
t th
at s
ucce
ssfu
l pa
rent
ing
depe
nds
on w
here
one
live
s. Th
e fi n
ding
is c
ontra
ry
to o
ther
rese
arch
that
say
s au
thor
itativ
e pa
rent
ing
has
the
best
re
sults
with
chi
ldre
n, re
gard
less
of r
ace,
cla
ss o
r nei
ghbo
rhoo
d.
“I d
isco
vere
d th
at le
vel o
f ris
k a
child
face
s can
be
key
to h
is o
r he
r suc
cess
,” h
e ex
plai
ned.
Mey
ers
join
ed R
oose
velt
as a
n as
sist
ant p
rofe
ssor
of
psy-
chol
ogy
in 1
996
and
was
pro
mot
ed to
ass
ocia
te p
rofe
ssor
in
2001
and
ful
l pro
fess
or in
200
7. H
e ta
ught
at M
ichi
gan
Stat
e U
nive
rsity
one
yea
r bef
ore
com
ing
to R
oose
velt.
Mey
ers e
arne
d an
AB
degr
ee in
psy
chol
ogy
with
hon
ors f
rom
B
row
n U
nive
rsity
in 1
990,
an
MA
in c
hild
/fam
ily c
linic
al p
sy-
chol
ogy
from
Mic
higa
n St
ate U
nive
rsity
in 1
992
and
a PhD
from
M
ichi
gan
Stat
e in
chi
ld/fa
mily
clin
ical
psy
chol
ogy
in 1
995.
Roosevelt U
niv
ers
ity P
resid
ent C
huck M
iddle
ton (
left)
giv
es S
teven M
eyers
,
pro
fessor
of
psycholo
gy,
a p
rocla
mation s
igned b
y I
llinois
Govern
or
Rod
Bla
goje
vic
h that decla
red N
ov. 29, 2007, “S
teven A
. M
eyers
Day”
in Illi
nois
.
Whe
n H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n (B
A, ’
49) w
as a
stud
ent a
t R
oose
velt,
one
of t
he c
ours
es h
e to
ok w
as P
ublic
Fi
nanc
e ta
ught
by
Rol
f W
eil,
a to
ugh-
min
ded
teac
her a
nd U
nive
rsity
of C
hica
go-tr
aine
d ec
onom
ist.
“He
was
a t
ough
tas
kmas
ter,”
Was
hing
ton
once
sai
d of
W
eil d
urin
g a
cam
paig
n st
op h
e m
ade
at R
oose
velt
whi
le ru
n-ni
ng fo
r may
or.
“I th
ough
t, if
this
is th
e st
anda
rd f
or R
oose
velt,
then
I’m
in
som
e se
rious
tro
uble
,” W
ashi
ngto
n jo
king
ly t
old
stud
ents
an
d fa
culty
mem
bers
. “H
e m
otiv
ated
me
and
he m
ade
me
wor
k ha
rder
tha
n I
antic
ipat
ed,”
W
ashi
ngto
n sa
id o
f W
eil,
who
is
now
bot
h pr
ofes
sor
emer
itus
and
pres
iden
t em
eritu
s of
R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity.
Inde
ed,
at t
he t
ime
Was
hing
ton
took
his
co
urse
with
Wei
l, R
oose
velt
was
alre
ady
build
-in
g a
Uni
vers
ity w
orth
y of
nat
iona
l pro
min
ence
an
d in
tern
atio
nal r
ecog
nitio
n.B
ig
nam
es
in
the
econ
omic
s de
part-
men
t in
clud
ed h
uman
ist
econ
omis
t W
alte
r W
eiss
kopf
, the
aut
hor o
f the
wel
l-kno
wn
1955
bo
ok,T
he P
sych
olog
y of
Eco
nom
ics,
who
was
ch
air o
f Roo
seve
lt’s e
cono
mic
s dep
artm
ent d
ur-
ing
the
1940
s; th
e la
te A
bba
Lern
er, o
ne o
f the
m
ost i
nfl u
entia
l eco
nom
ists
of t
he 2
0th
cent
ury,
an
d a
belie
ver
in th
e id
ea th
at s
ocia
list-b
ased
ec
onom
ies
coul
d be
as
effi c
ient
as
free
-mar
-ke
t eco
nom
ies;
and
Alb
ert R
ees,
a w
ell-k
now
n la
bor
econ
omis
t an
d la
ter
a se
nior
res
earc
h ec
onom
ist a
nd p
rovo
st a
t Prin
ceto
n U
nive
rsity
.M
eanw
hile
, in
polit
ical
sci
ence
, whi
ch w
as
Was
hing
ton’
s m
ajor
, pr
omin
ent
prof
esso
rs
incl
uded
: th
e la
te F
rank
Unt
erm
yer,
a qu
iet
bene
fact
or to
a n
umbe
r of
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
ts
and
one
of th
e fi r
st to
stu
dy A
fric
an p
oliti
cs;
Ben
edic
t M
ayer
, w
ho b
ecam
e R
oose
velt’
s pl
acem
ent o
ffi ce
r in
194
8 an
d w
as in
stru
men
-ta
l in
brin
ging
sem
inar
s by
Lon
don
Scho
ol o
f Ec
onom
ics
Prof
esso
r H
arol
d La
ski t
o ca
mpu
s in
the
fall
of 1
947
and
the
sprin
g of
194
8; a
nd
Dal
e Po
ntiu
s, an
out
spok
en a
ctiv
ist w
ho to
ok
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
ts, i
nclu
ding
Was
hing
ton,
to
Sprin
gfi e
ld, I
ll., i
n 19
48 to
pro
test
a s
tate
com
mis
sion
inve
sti-
gatio
n pr
ompt
ed b
y St
ate
Sena
tor P
aul B
royl
es in
to a
llega
tions
of
com
mun
ist t
ies a
t Roo
seve
lt an
d th
e U
nive
rsity
of C
hica
go.
“The
re’s
no
doub
t tha
t Rol
f Wei
l wal
ked
amon
g gi
ants
at
Roo
seve
lt,”
said
Ste
ve Z
iliak
, pro
fess
or o
f eco
nom
ics
and
one
of th
e or
gani
zers
of t
he ro
undt
able
dis
cuss
ion
feat
urin
g W
eil o
n
Ro
lf W
eil,
pro
fesso
r e
me
ritu
s o
f e
co
no
mic
s a
nd
pre
sid
en
t e
me
ritu
s o
f th
e U
niv
ers
ity,
dis
-
cu
sse
s t
he
Un
ive
rsity’s
ea
rly d
ays w
he
n H
aro
ld W
ash
ing
ton
(B
A,
’49
) w
as o
ne
of
ma
ny
outs
tandin
g s
tudents
.
POLI
TICS
& E
CONO
MIC
SB
Y L
AU
RA
JA
NO
TA
Roo
seve
lt U
niv
ersi
ty’s
Fir
st D
ecad
e
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
32
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OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
83
3
“Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
’s R
evol
utio
nary
Eco
nom
ics D
epar
tmen
t, 19
45-1
955”
that
was
hel
d at
the
Uni
vers
ity in
Dec
embe
r 200
7.D
urin
g th
e ro
undt
able
, whi
ch w
as p
art o
f a se
ries p
rese
nted
by
the
Dep
artm
ent o
f Ec
onom
ics
and
the
Man
sfi e
ld I
nstit
ute
for S
ocia
l Jus
tice,
Wei
l pro
vide
d in
sigh
ts in
to w
hat R
oose
velt
was
like
whe
n W
ashi
ngto
n at
tend
ed w
hat w
as th
en k
now
n as
R
oose
velt
Col
lege
. Th
ose
wer
e da
ys w
hen
stud
ents
and
fac
ulty
mem
bers
w
ore
suits
and
tie
s to
cla
ss, s
aid
Wei
l. W
orld
War
II
was
ov
er. T
he C
old
War
had
beg
un. A
nd d
iscr
imin
atio
n ba
sed
on r
ace,
rel
igio
n, g
ende
r an
d ot
her
fact
ors
was
com
mon
in
high
er e
duca
tion,
in te
rms o
f bot
h fa
culty
hiri
ngs a
nd st
uden
t ad
mis
sion
s.“T
he
fact
th
at
disc
rimin
atio
n ex
iste
d w
as
good
fo
r R
oose
velt,
” W
eil t
old
the
grou
p du
ring
the
roun
dtab
le d
iscu
s-si
on. “
Bec
ause
of i
t, w
e wer
e abl
e to
hire
a fa
culty
we o
ther
wis
e m
ight
not
hav
e be
en a
ble
to g
et.”
It al
so w
as a
time w
hen
larg
e num
bers
retu
rnin
g fr
om W
orld
W
ar I
I w
ere
taki
ng a
dvan
tage
of
the
G.I.
bill
to g
et a
col
lege
ed
ucat
ion.
And
that
incl
uded
Was
hing
ton.
“Har
old
Was
hing
ton
took
my
clas
s be
caus
e he
was
inte
r-es
ted
in p
oliti
cs a
nd g
over
nmen
t,” W
eil
said
. “H
e w
as v
ery
inte
rest
ed in
the
tax
stru
ctur
e of
gov
ernm
ent.”
In a
dditi
on, W
ashi
ngto
n pa
rtici
pate
d in
seve
ral w
ell-k
now
n se
min
ars g
iven
at t
he U
nive
rsity
by
the
late
gre
at B
ritis
h po
liti-
Apa
rtner
ship
for
ged
betw
een
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
and
th
e Sch
aum
burg
Bus
ines
s Ass
ocia
tion
has l
ed to
a ra
ther
no
vel c
once
pt: t
he L
eade
rshi
p In
stitu
te.
The
two-
year
-old
pro
gram
com
bine
s le
ader
ship
stu
dies
an
d re
sear
ch ta
ught
by
Roo
seve
lt ad
min
istra
tors
, with
pra
ctic
al
appl
icat
ions
off
ered
by
visi
ting
spea
kers
fro
m th
e lo
cal b
usi-
ness
mem
bers
hip.
Th
e ide
a for
the L
eade
rshi
p In
stitu
te w
as b
orn
from
a lu
nch-
time
disc
ussi
on a
few
yea
rs a
go b
etw
een
Chu
ck M
iddl
eton
, pr
esid
ent o
f Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
, and
Lau
rie S
tone
, pre
side
nt
of t
he S
chau
mbu
rg B
usin
ess
Ass
ocia
tion
(SB
A),
who
wer
e br
ains
torm
ing
on w
ays
thei
r or
gani
zatio
ns c
ould
col
labo
rate
. Pa
rtner
ing
Roo
seve
lt’s
acad
emic
and
pro
gram
mat
ic re
sour
ces
with
the
SB
A’s
bus
ines
s ac
umen
and
net
wor
k of
loc
al a
nd
regi
onal
bus
ines
s pro
fess
iona
ls m
ade
sens
e.Th
e pr
ogra
m t
urne
d ou
t to
be
a w
in-w
in,
says
Lis
a En
carn
acio
n, t
he U
nive
rsity
’s o
utre
ach
dire
ctor
who
hel
ps
adm
inist
er th
e in
stitu
te. N
ot o
nly
has i
t dra
wn
stead
y pa
rtici
pant
s —
rang
ing
from
ent
ry-le
vel e
mpl
oyee
s to
vice
pre
siden
ts —
it is
dr
awin
g in
tere
st fro
m a
cros
s the
cou
ntry
.A
t a
rece
nt c
onve
ntio
n of
the
Coa
litio
n of
Urb
an a
nd
Met
ropo
litan
Uni
vers
ities
(CU
MU
), En
carn
acio
n fo
und
hers
elf
in b
ig d
eman
d fr
om o
ther
uni
vers
ities
wan
ting
to st
art a
sim
ilar
prog
ram
.“F
or a
lea
ders
hip
inst
itute
to
partn
er w
ith a
fou
r-ye
ar
univ
ersi
ty is
unu
sual
,” E
ncar
naci
on sa
ys.
That
’s w
hat S
tone
is fi
ndin
g fr
om h
er m
embe
rshi
p. S
he w
as
able
to d
raw
som
e m
ajor
cor
pora
te sp
onso
rs, a
ll of
who
m h
ave
cont
ribut
edfi n
anci
ally
and
enr
olle
d pa
rtici
pant
s. “C
ompa
nies
are
ver
y in
tere
sted
in
offe
ring
this
kin
d of
ex
perie
nce
to th
eir u
p-an
d-co
min
g m
anag
ers,”
Sto
ne s
ays.
“It
offe
rs th
em a
way
to c
ontin
ue th
eir p
rofe
ssio
nal e
duca
tion.
” Pa
trick
M.
Gre
en (
EdD
, ’0
6),
help
ed t
o sh
ape
the
inst
i-tu
te a
roun
d th
e pi
llars
des
crib
ed in
the
book
The
Lea
ders
hip
Cha
lleng
e by
Jam
es K
ouze
s and
Bar
ry P
osne
r. “T
he w
hole
topi
c of
lead
ersh
ip is
a b
uzz
wor
d in
the
corp
o-ra
te w
orld
righ
t now
, and
ther
e are
so m
any
fad
book
s out
on
the
subj
ect,”
Gre
en s
ays.
“We
try to
dis
tingu
ish
betw
een
man
age-
men
t and
lead
ersh
ip.”
In t
heir
book
, K
ouze
s an
d Po
sner
lea
ve t
he d
ay-to
-day
is
sues
of p
lann
ing,
org
aniz
ing,
staf
fi ng
and
dire
ctin
g to
empl
oy-
ers.
Inst
ead,
they
try
to in
spire
gen
uine
lead
ersh
ip, l
ooki
ng a
t it
in a
hol
istic
way
that
ulti
mat
ely
empo
wer
s peo
ple
to b
e ca
pabl
e of
“dy
nam
ic c
hang
e an
d bo
ld a
ctio
n.”
BY
E
IL
EE
N O
. D
AD
AY
Mem
bers
of th
e L
eaders
hip
Institu
te’s
Cla
ss o
f 2008 p
art
icip
ate
in a
n inte
ractive e
xerc
ise that fo
cuses o
n leaders
hip
sty
les.
DEV
ELO
PIN
GLE
AD
ERS
PAR
TNER
SHIP
WIT
H S
CH
AU
MBU
RG
BU
SIN
ESS
ASS
OC
IATI
ON
FU
RTH
ERS
LEA
DER
SHIP
INST
ITU
TE S
UC
CES
S
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
cal t
heor
ist H
arol
d La
ski,
who
was
a p
rofe
ssor
of p
oliti
cal s
ci-
ence
at t
he L
ondo
n Sc
hool
of E
cono
mic
s, a
lead
er o
f Brit
ain’
s La
bour
Par
ty a
nd a
one
-tim
e co
lleag
ue a
t the
Lon
don
Scho
ol
with
Ler
ner,
who
wen
t on
to b
ecom
e on
e of
Roo
seve
lt’s
top
econ
omic
s pro
fess
ors.
“It w
as a
gre
at o
ppor
tuni
ty fo
r Was
hing
ton,
and
for a
ll of
us
, to
lear
n ab
out w
hat w
as h
appe
ning
aro
und
the
wor
ld,”
sai
d Ir
win
Goo
dwin
(B
A, ’
48),
who
was
not
at W
eil’s
rou
ndta
ble
disc
ussi
on, b
ut w
ho r
emem
bers
atte
ndin
g th
e La
ski s
emin
ars
with
Was
hing
ton.
“Las
ki un
veile
d a gl
obal
view
of th
e wor
ld,”
adde
d Goo
dwin
, a
retir
ed v
eter
an jo
urna
list
and
corr
espo
nden
t w
ho
wor
ked
for
New
swee
k,th
eW
ashi
ngto
n Po
st a
nd
Phys
ics
Toda
y.
“And
I
thin
k La
ski
insp
ired
W
ashi
ngto
n to
ta
ke
a m
uch
broa
der
view
of
th
ings
.”W
eil,
w
ho
also
at
tend
ed L
aski
’s s
emi-
nars
, re
mem
bers
th
e po
litic
al s
cien
ce p
rofe
s-so
r as
bei
ng “
effe
ctiv
e bu
t agg
ress
ive.
”“H
e w
as n
ot p
artic
u-la
rly
gene
rous
to
thos
e w
ho d
idn’
t ag
ree
with
hi
m,”
said
Wei
l of L
aski
. “A
nd y
ou h
ad to
be
pret
-ty
goo
d if
you
wan
ted
to a
rgue
with
him
and
m
ake
a po
int,
beca
use
he
wou
ld p
ut y
ou d
own
in
the
proc
ess.
”W
hile
Ray
Cle
veng
er
(BA
, ’4
9),
a po
litic
al
scie
nce
maj
or a
nd a
col
leag
ue o
f W
ashi
ngto
n’s
on t
he s
tu-
dent
cou
ncil,
wen
t to
Lond
on f
or a
yea
r to
stu
dy w
ith L
aski
, W
ashi
ngto
n di
d no
t.“T
here
’s n
o qu
estio
n he
(Was
hing
ton)
cou
ld h
ave
gone
—
and
shou
ld h
ave
gone
— to
stu
dy in
Lon
don,
” sa
id C
leve
nger
, w
ho w
as p
art o
f Roo
seve
lt C
olle
ge’s
fi rs
t gra
duat
ing
clas
s.A
mon
g a
dive
rse
grou
p th
at i
nclu
ded
stud
ents
fro
m d
if-fe
rent
rac
es a
nd r
elig
ions
, bot
h ge
nder
s an
d al
l wal
ks o
f lif
e,
Was
hing
ton,
too,
was
a m
embe
r of t
he C
olle
ge’s
fi rs
t gra
duat
-in
g cl
ass.
“A d
iver
se f
acul
ty a
nd a
div
erse
stu
dent
bod
y w
ere
criti
-ca
l to
Roo
seve
lt’s
succ
ess,”
Wei
l sai
d. “
And
I w
ish
we
coul
d re
crea
te th
e ki
nd o
f pol
itica
l and
soc
ial a
ctiv
ism
that
exi
sted
at
Roo
seve
lt du
ring
its fi
rst 1
0 ye
ars.”
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
Rolf W
eil,
pro
fessor
em
eritu
s o
f econom
ics a
nd p
resid
ent em
eritu
s o
f th
e U
niv
ers
ity, belie
ves R
oosevelt’s
early, re
vo-
lutionary
anti-d
iscrim
ination p
olic
ies h
elp
ed a
ttra
ct m
any b
rilli
ant fa
culty m
em
bers
and s
tudents
.
34
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OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
83
5
Cou
rse
lead
ers
mix
sel
f-as
sess
men
t to
ols
with
lec
ture
s, pa
rtici
pant
inte
ract
ion
and
gues
t spe
aker
pre
sent
atio
ns.
“It c
reat
es a
net
wor
k of
pro
fess
iona
ls a
nd le
ader
s fr
om a
va
riety
of d
iffer
ent a
reas
in th
e co
mm
unity
,” G
reen
add
s, “a
nd
give
s th
em a
com
mon
lang
uage
in w
hich
to d
iscu
ss a
nd s
hare
th
eir i
deas
and
dev
elop
thei
r ow
n le
ader
ship
iden
titie
s.”Je
ff M
iller
par
ticip
ated
in th
e fi r
st L
eade
rshi
p In
stitu
te, h
eld
in 2
005
at th
e Sc
haum
burg
Cam
pus.
As
a fo
rmer
vic
e pr
esi-
dent
of s
ales
and
mar
ketin
g fo
r a F
ortu
ne 5
00 c
ompa
ny, h
e ha
d at
tend
ed o
ther
lead
ersh
ip w
orks
hops
— b
ut n
ot li
ke th
is o
ne.
Mill
er n
ow ru
ns D
ivin
e Si
gns i
n Sc
haum
burg
, a sm
all c
om-
pany
that
pro
vide
s gr
aphi
c de
sign
and
sig
ns to
his
cus
tom
ers.
Con
sequ
ently
, to
mak
e a
go o
f it,
he k
new
he
wou
ld h
ave
to b
e in
volv
ed in
the
loca
l com
mun
ity.
“The
Lea
ders
hip
Inst
itute
rea
lly p
lugg
ed m
e in
to w
hat’s
go
ing
on in
the
villa
ge,”
Mill
er s
ays.
“And
com
bine
d w
ith th
e fo
rmal
trai
ning
and
revi
ew o
f the
lead
ersh
ip p
rinci
ples
, it w
as a
pe
rfec
t com
bina
tion.
”H
e fo
und
it be
nefi c
ial t
o ta
lk w
ith so
me
of th
e gu
est s
peak
ers,
incl
udin
g lo
cal m
unic
ipal
lead
ers,
regi
onal
tran
spor
tatio
n of
fi cia
ls,
and
Mar
c St
rich,
man
ager
of W
oodfi
eld
Sho
ppin
g Ce
nter
. “Ju
st m
akin
g th
e co
ntac
ts, a
nd h
avin
g a
com
preh
ensio
n of
how
thin
gs
wor
k in
the
villa
ge w
as tr
emen
dous
ly v
alua
ble,
” M
iller
says
.Li
kew
ise,
Deb
bie
Schm
idt
of A
lexi
an B
roth
ers
Hos
pita
l N
etw
ork
foun
d th
e rel
atio
nshi
ps sh
e mad
e dur
ing
the i
nstit
ute l
ast
year
wen
t bey
ond
the
typi
cal a
fter-h
ours
net
wor
king
. Sch
mid
t, a
mar
ketin
g sp
ecia
list w
ith th
e El
k G
rove
Vill
age-
base
d ho
spita
l sy
stem
, pro
mot
es th
e ho
spita
l’s o
ff-sit
e im
med
iate
car
e ce
nter
s to
phy
sicia
ns, a
s wel
l as w
ith c
omm
unity
gro
ups,
incl
udin
g pa
rk
distr
icts,
cha
mbe
rs o
f com
mer
ce a
nd o
ther
loca
l org
aniz
atio
ns.
“We
all b
roug
ht re
al-li
fe e
xam
ples
to th
e se
ssio
ns, f
rom
our
ow
n w
ork
cultu
re,”
she
says
. “It
was
inte
rest
ing
to se
e ho
w th
ey
tack
led
certa
in p
robl
ems i
n th
eir w
orkp
lace
s. Th
en w
e’d
revi
ew
the
pilla
rs o
f lea
ders
hip
and
appl
y th
em.”
Ove
r the
cou
rse
of th
e Le
ader
ship
Insti
tute
’s n
ine
sess
ions
, she
be
gan
to se
e he
rsel
f as m
ore
of a
role
mod
el a
mon
g he
r cow
orke
rs,
capa
ble o
f get
ting
them
to se
e a n
ew so
lutio
n to
a di
ffi cu
lt pr
oble
m.
“It w
as ju
st as
we h
ad le
arne
d fro
m th
e lea
ders
hip
pilla
rs. I
real
-iz
ed th
ere w
as an
opp
ortu
nity
for m
e to
lead
the w
ay, t
o m
odel
for
othe
rs,”
Schm
idt s
ays.
“Ove
rall,
it ju
st ga
ve m
e mor
e con
fi den
ce.”
“ Com
pani
es a
re v
ery
int
eres
ted
in o
� er
ing
this
k
ind
of e
xper
ienc
e to
thei
r u
p-an
d-co
min
g m
anag
ers.
I
t o�
ers
them
a w
ay to
c
onti
nue
thei
r pro
fess
iona
l e
duca
tion
.”
L
AU
RI
E S
TO
NE
, P
RE
SI
DE
NT
,
S
CH
AU
MB
UR
G B
US
IN
ES
S A
SS
OC
IA
TI
ON
Co-c
hairs o
f th
e L
eaders
hip
Institu
te L
isa E
ncarn
acio
n (
left),
directo
r of
outr
each
at R
oosevelt U
niv
ers
ity, and L
aurie S
tone, pre
sid
ent of th
e S
chaum
burg
Busin
ess
Associa
tion, have c
olla
bora
ted o
n the institu
te s
ince its
inception in 2
005.
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
ST
UD
EN
T T
O R
ID
E 5
70
MIL
ES
ON
A H
AN
D C
YC
LE
Bran
don
Kop
ald,
a R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity d
octo
ral s
tude
nt in
psy
-ch
olog
y, kn
ows w
hat i
t’s li
ke to
peda
l a bi
cycl
e fro
m S
an F
ranc
isco
to L
os A
ngel
es —
a se
ven-
day,
570
-mile
feat
he’
s acc
ompl
ished
tw
ice
for t
he b
enefi
t of
AID
S du
ring
the
last
two
year
s.
Now
he
has d
ecid
ed o
n a
new
cha
lleng
e: H
e w
ill b
e m
akin
g th
e rid
e on
a han
d bi
ke, u
sing
onl
y hi
s arm
s to
go th
e dis
tanc
e. “I
was
lo
okin
g fo
r a c
ause
I ha
d a
pers
onal
clo
sene
ss to
,” sa
id K
opal
d,
who
is w
orki
ng o
n hi
s doc
tora
te in
clin
ical
psy
chol
ogy.
Whe
n hi
s goo
d fr
iend
, Jef
frey
Erla
nger
, a w
ell-k
now
n M
adis
on,
Wis
., re
side
nt a
nd a
qua
drip
legi
c, p
asse
d aw
ay in
200
7, K
opal
d fo
und
dire
ctio
n to
war
d th
e ca
use.
“I’
m v
ery
grat
eful
that
I’ve
be
en a
ble
to d
evel
op c
lose
rela
tions
hips
with
man
y in
divi
dual
s w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s. I t
hank
Jef
f for
that
bec
ause
it a
ll st
arte
d w
ith
him
,” sa
id K
opal
d.
As
an u
nder
grad
uate
psy
chol
ogy
maj
or a
t th
e U
nive
rsity
of
Wis
cons
in a
t Mad
ison
, Kop
ald
beca
me
a fr
iend
and
med
ical
ai
de to
Erla
nger
, who
as a
child
had
bee
n a f
requ
ent g
uest
on
the
TV sh
ow M
iste
r Rog
ers,
and
who
spen
t muc
h of
his
adul
t life
as
an a
ctiv
ist f
or d
isab
ility
righ
ts. A
t Fre
d R
oger
s’ fu
nera
l in
2003
, Er
lang
er sp
oke
eloq
uent
ly w
hen
he st
ated
“It’
s not
wha
t I c
an’t
do, b
ut w
hat I
can
that
’s im
porta
nt.”
It w
as a
mov
ing
stat
emen
t w
hich
Kop
ald
neve
r will
forg
et.
Whi
le w
orki
ng o
n hi
s do
ctor
ate,
Kop
ald
mad
e fr
iend
s w
ith
fello
w s
tude
nt a
nd p
arap
legi
c K
riste
n Ja
ckso
n (M
A,
’07)
, w
ho is
par
alyz
ed fr
om th
e w
aist
dow
n du
e to
a 1
998
sled
ding
ac
cide
nt. R
ecen
tly, K
opal
d co
nvin
ced
Jack
son
to d
o th
e A
IDS
ride
from
San
Fra
ncis
co to
Los
Ang
eles
with
him
on
her o
wn
arm
cyc
le. T
he tw
o ar
e cu
rren
tly tr
aini
ng fo
r the
ride
, whi
ch
take
s pl
ace
June
1-7
.
“Thi
s is m
y fi r
st re
al a
ttem
pt a
t ret
urni
ng to
a sp
orts
eve
nt si
nce
my
acci
dent
,” sa
id Ja
ckso
n. “
Bra
ndon
(Kop
ald)
is th
e on
e w
ho
conv
ince
d m
e to
do
this
,” sh
e ad
ded.
“A
nd I’
m c
ount
ing
on h
im
for l
ots o
f mor
al su
ppor
t.” S
ome
very
diffi
cul
t mon
ths o
f tra
in-
ing
lie a
head
for
the
two
if th
e ar
m m
uscl
es, w
hich
are
muc
h sm
alle
r tha
n le
g m
uscl
es, a
re to
be
prop
erly
con
ditio
ned
for t
he
leng
thy
ride.
“It’s
a c
ompl
etel
y di
ffer
ent
feel
ing
whe
n yo
u’re
usi
ng y
our
arm
s ra
ther
than
you
r leg
s,” s
aid
Kop
ald.
“Fo
r one
thin
g, y
ou
mov
e si
gnifi
cant
ly sl
ower
. For
ano
ther
, the
hill
s are
muc
h m
ore
of a
cha
lleng
e.”
Kop
ald
is d
oing
his
trai
ning
and
will
be
taki
ng th
e rid
e on
a
Top
End
Exce
lera
tor
XLT
Han
d C
ycle
, whi
ch c
osts
aro
und
$3,0
00,
and
has
been
pro
vide
d to
Kop
ald
thro
ugh
Proj
ect
Mob
ility
, a n
on-p
rofi t
org
aniz
atio
n th
at s
peci
aliz
es in
pro
vid-
ing
“fre
edom
of m
obili
ty”
to in
divi
dual
s who
are
dis
able
d. H
e ne
eds t
wic
e as
man
y sp
onso
rs to
take
nex
t yea
r’s r
ide
beca
use
he w
ill n
ot o
nly
be ri
ding
for t
he b
enefi
t of
AID
S bu
t als
o w
ill
be ri
ding
to p
ay fo
r the
han
d cy
cle,
whi
ch h
e pl
ans
to d
onat
e to
Pro
ject
Mob
ility
so th
at d
isab
led
indi
vidu
als c
an u
se it
onc
e hi
s rid
e ha
s be
en c
ompl
eted
.
To h
elp
pay
for t
he h
and
cycl
e, d
onat
ions
can
be
mad
e to
Pro
ject
M
obili
ty, 2
930
Cam
pton
Hill
s Rd
., St
. Cha
rles,
IL 6
0175
, or b
y vi
sitin
g th
e no
n-pr
ofi t’
s w
ebsi
te a
t w
ww
.pro
ject
mob
ility
.org
. W
hen
mak
ing
a do
natio
n, K
opal
d’s p
roje
ct sh
ould
be
men
tione
d.
“Whe
n al
l is
said
and
don
e, th
ere
will
be
a lo
t of p
eopl
e w
ho
bene
fi t fr
om B
rand
on’s
act
ions
,” s
aid
Hal
Hon
eym
ann,
exe
cu-
tive
dire
ctor
of
Proj
ect
Mob
ility
. “I
t’s o
ne o
f th
ose
thin
gs
whe
re a
littl
e gi
ving
goe
s a lo
ng w
ay.”
You
may
als
o do
nate
to
Jack
son’
s and
Kop
ald’
s AID
S rid
e at
ww
w.a
idsl
ifecy
cle.
org.
ST
UD
EN
TS
CR
EA
TE
SU
CC
ES
SF
UL
EV
EN
T, R
AISE
FU
ND
S F
OR
CH
AR
IT
Y
Thirt
y-fi v
e stu
dent
s in
two
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
clas
ses w
orke
d to
geth
er la
st se
mes
ter o
n a
fund
rais
er th
at n
ette
d $6
,800
for t
he
bene
fi t o
f the
Mar
riott
Foun
datio
n fo
r Peo
ple
with
Dis
abili
ties’
B
ridge
s fro
m S
choo
l to
Wor
k pr
ogra
m in
Chi
cago
.
“I a
m p
roud
of
all o
f th
e w
ork
we’
ve a
ccom
plis
hed
… a
nd
I’m
del
ight
ed th
at w
e’ve
bee
n ab
le to
con
trib
ute
to th
is v
ery
wor
thw
hile
pro
gram
,” s
aid
Car
ol B
row
n, a
ssis
tant
pro
fes-
sor
of h
ospi
talit
y m
anag
emen
t at
Roo
seve
lt w
ho o
vers
aw
the
proj
ect.
The
Brid
ges
to E
nlig
hten
men
t fun
drai
ser,
held
in D
ecem
ber
2007
, attr
acte
d ne
arly
200
peo
ple.
Pla
nned
from
sta
rt to
fi n-
ish
by B
row
n’s
stud
ents
, the
eve
nt f
eatu
red
a si
lent
auc
tion
and
the
sale
of s
tude
nt-m
ade
brac
elet
s and
orn
amen
ts sh
aped
as
pin
eapp
les,
the
inte
rnat
iona
l sym
bol o
f hos
pita
lity.
UN
IV
ER
SI
TY
N
EW
S
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
36
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
83
7
UN
IV
ER
SI
TY
N
EW
S
The
dona
tion
will
allo
w th
e fo
unda
tion
to c
ontin
ue o
pera
ting
the
prog
ram
’s J
ob C
lub,
whi
ch p
rovi
des
18 to
24
mon
ths
of
skill
s an
d at
titud
e tra
inin
g an
nual
ly fo
r as
man
y as
80
rece
nt
Chi
cago
pub
lic h
igh
scho
ol g
radu
ates
with
dis
abili
ties.
As
a re
sult
of th
at tr
aini
ng, s
tude
nts
have
land
ed jo
bs a
ll ov
er
the
city
, inc
ludi
ng c
loth
ing
stor
es, c
offe
e ho
uses
, dep
artm
ent
stor
es, a
irpor
ts a
nd g
roce
ry s
tore
s.
“I r
eally
enj
oyed
the
clas
s be
caus
e it
was
so
inte
ract
ive
and
it m
ade
all o
f us
in th
e cl
ass
com
e to
geth
er, g
et to
kno
w o
ne
anot
her
and
to w
ork
for
a go
od c
ause
,” s
aid
hosp
italit
y an
d to
uris
m m
anag
emen
t st
uden
t H
olly
Fol
tz, w
ho w
as o
ne o
f th
e st
uden
t man
ager
s of
the
fund
rais
ing
even
t and
a s
tude
nt
volu
ntee
r at t
he J
ob C
lub.
IT
’S
AL
L I
N T
HE
FA
MIL
Y F
OR
TH
RE
E S
IB
LIN
GS
Inte
rnat
iona
l stu
dent
s Kar
ine
Mirz
oyan
, 19,
her
bro
ther
, Kar
en,
21, a
nd t
heir
sist
er, N
arin
a, 1
6, h
ave
mor
e in
com
mon
tha
n th
eir
Arm
enia
n he
ritag
e an
d th
e sa
me
last
nam
e.
The
thre
e,
who
left
thei
r par
ents
and
hom
e in
Arm
enia
to a
ttend
col
lege
at
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
, are
an
impo
rtant
par
t of t
he S
chau
mbu
rg
Cam
pus c
omm
unity
.
Kar
ine M
irzoy
an, a
fi na
nce m
ajor
and
an h
onor
s stu
dent
, is c
hair
of th
e Stu
dent
Pro
gram
min
g fo
r Enr
ichm
ent,
Enlig
hten
men
t and
D
evel
opm
ent (
SPEE
D)
Boa
rd a
nd th
e w
inne
r of
Roo
seve
lt’s
2007
Stu
dent
Lea
der o
f the
Yea
r aw
ard.
As c
hair,
she
has b
een
resp
onsi
ble
for p
lann
ing
man
y st
uden
t eve
nts.
Her
bro
ther
, Kar
en, a
lso
a fi n
ance
maj
or, c
urre
ntly
wor
ks o
n ca
mpu
s de
liver
ing
equi
pmen
t and
pro
vidi
ng v
ideo
con
fere
nc-
ing
for t
he E
duca
tiona
l Tec
hnol
ogy
Res
ourc
e C
ente
r (ET
RC
). M
eanw
hile
, the
ir si
ster
, Nar
ina,
who
is a
bio
logy
maj
or, w
orks
in
the
Cen
ter f
or C
ampu
s Life
.
“It’s
the fi
rst t
ime I
kno
w o
f tha
t we’
ve h
ad th
ree s
iblin
gs to
geth
er
at o
nce
on c
ampu
s,” sa
id B
ud B
eatty
, ass
ocia
te v
ice
pres
iden
t at
the S
chau
mbu
rg C
ampu
s. “I
t’s a
rath
er u
niqu
e exp
erie
nce f
or th
e M
irzoy
ans b
ecau
se th
ey a
re h
ere
on th
eir o
wn.
It’s
also
a m
ean-
ingf
ul e
xper
ienc
e fo
r all
of u
s bec
ause
the
Mirz
oyan
s hav
e be
en
very
act
ive
and
enga
ged
with
our
stud
ents,
facu
lty a
nd st
aff.”
Kar
ine
and
Kar
en M
irzoy
an, w
ho h
ope
to g
radu
ate
in 2
008,
ar
rived
fi rst
in th
e fal
l of 2
005.
“Our
prim
ary
reas
on fo
r cho
osin
g th
e U
nive
rsity
was
that
we
have
rela
tives
nea
rby,
” sa
id K
arin
e M
irzoy
an.
“I d
id s
ome
rese
arch
and
fou
nd R
oose
velt
had
a bu
sine
ss p
rogr
am th
at b
oth
my
brot
her a
nd I
beca
me
inte
rest
ed
in.”
Alo
ng th
e w
ay, t
he tw
o ha
ve im
prov
ed th
eir E
nglis
h an
d al
so h
ave
take
n in
tern
ship
s at M
erril
l Lyn
ch in
Sch
aum
burg
.
“We l
ike t
he en
viro
nmen
t and
the p
rofe
ssor
s, w
ho h
ave b
een
eage
r to
hel
p us
,” sa
id K
aren
Mirz
oyan
. “W
e’ve
also
foun
d th
e stu
dent
s to
be
frien
dly
and
nice
. It’s
bee
n a
very
goo
d ex
perie
nce.
”
Mea
nwhi
le,
thei
r yo
unge
r si
ster
, N
arin
a, l
eft
Arm
enia
in
Aug
ust,
took
Eng
lish
as a
Sec
ond
Lang
uage
cla
sses
in th
e fa
ll,
and
has
begu
n he
r co
urse
wor
k th
is s
emes
ter.
“We
help
eac
h ot
her a
nd w
e ta
lk a
bout
Roo
seve
lt ev
ery
nigh
t,” sa
id N
arin
a. “
I ne
ver w
ould
hav
e im
agin
ed w
e w
ould
all
go to
the
sam
e un
i-ve
rsity
,” sh
e ad
ded.
“B
ut m
y br
othe
r and
sist
er li
ked
it so
muc
h th
at I
thou
ght i
t wou
ld b
e a
good
idea
to g
o to
Roo
seve
lt, to
o.”
GA
ND
RE
NA
ME
D I
NT
ER
IM
PR
OV
OST
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
Pre
side
nt C
huck
Mid
dlet
on a
nnou
nced
se
vera
l adm
inis
trativ
e ch
ange
s at
the
Uni
vers
ity fo
llow
ing
the
Nov
embe
r app
oint
men
t of P
rovo
st an
d Exe
cutiv
e Vic
e Pre
side
nt
Pam
ela
Trot
man
Rei
d as
pr
esid
ent o
f Sai
nt Jo
seph
Co
llege
in W
est H
artfo
rd,
Conn
.
Jam
es G
andr
e is
ser
v-in
g as
int
erim
pro
vost
an
d ex
ecut
ive
vice
pre
s-id
ent
until
a n
atio
nal
sear
ch f
or a
suc
cess
or
to T
rotm
an R
eid
can
be c
ompl
eted
. G
andr
e jo
ined
Roo
seve
lt in
200
0 an
d ha
s se
rved
as
dean
of
the
Chi
cago
Col
lege
of
Per
form
ing
Arts
and
as
int
erim
dea
n of
the
C
olle
ge o
f Edu
catio
n.
“Jim
’s c
ompr
ehen
sive
kno
wle
dge
of th
e U
nive
rsity
, our
aca
-de
mic
pro
gram
s and
em
ploy
ees w
ill e
nabl
e us
to c
ontin
ue m
ov-
JAM
ES G
ANDR
E
FROM
LEFT
: KAR
INE,
KAR
EN A
ND N
ARIN
A M
IRZO
YAN
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
ing
forw
ard
aggr
essi
vely
on
man
y fr
onts
at t
his c
ritic
al ti
me
in
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
his
tory
,” M
iddl
eton
sai
d. “
Jim
will
be
taki
ng
a cr
itica
l le
ader
ship
rol
e in
the
nex
t ph
ase
of d
iscu
ssio
n of
ca
mpu
s di
ffer
entia
tion
and
the
plan
ning
and
bud
get p
roce
ss
for t
he n
ext fi
sca
l yea
r.”
Geo
rge
E. O
lson
was
nam
ed in
terim
dea
n of
the
Col
lege
of
Educ
atio
n un
til n
ewly
app
oint
ed d
ean,
Hol
ly A
. Sta
dler
from
A
ubur
n U
nive
rsity
, joi
ns R
oose
velt
on J
uly
1. O
lson
is th
e A
lber
t A. R
obin
Pro
fess
or o
f Ed
ucat
ion
and
was
ser
ving
as
the
inte
rim
ass
ocia
te d
ean.
He
has
been
a t
each
er, s
chol
ar
and
mem
ber o
f the
Roo
seve
lt co
mm
unity
sin
ce 1
976.
Rud
y T.
Mar
cozz
i is
the
actin
g de
an o
f th
e C
hica
go C
olle
ge
of P
erfo
rmin
g A
rts. H
e jo
ined
the
Roo
seve
lt fa
culty
in 1
986
and
is c
urre
ntly
an
asso
ciat
e pr
ofes
sor
of M
usic
The
ory
and
chai
r of
the
Aca
dem
ic M
usic
Stu
dies
Dep
artm
ent.
He
has
serv
ed t
he C
CPA
on
the
colle
ge’s
Exe
cutiv
e C
omm
ittee
, ac
cred
itatio
n st
eerin
g gr
oup,
Uni
vers
ity P
lann
ing
Com
mitt
ee,
Chi
cago
Cam
pus P
lann
ing
Com
mitt
ee, a
nd U
nive
rsity
Fac
ulty
Pe
rson
nel C
omm
ittee
.
RU
ST
UD
EN
TS
: O
N T
HE
PH
ON
E
AN
D O
NL
IN
E
Acc
ordi
ng to
a re
cent
stud
y co
nduc
ted
by th
e Ed
ucau
se C
ente
r fo
r App
lied
Res
earc
h (E
CA
R),
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
stu
dent
s pr
efer
to c
omm
unic
ate
by u
se o
f ce
ll ph
ones
, onl
ine
“soc
ial
netw
orki
ng”
site
s an
d em
ail.
Stat
istic
s sh
ow 8
6 pe
rcen
t of
Roo
seve
lt se
nior
s an
d 90
per
-ce
nt o
f fre
shm
en w
ant t
o be
con
tact
ed b
y R
oose
velt
via
emai
l, w
hile
8 p
erce
nt o
f se
nior
s an
d 7
perc
ent o
f fr
eshm
en w
ould
ra
ther
be
cont
acte
d by
text
mes
sage
s.
“I l
ike
the
Uni
vers
ity t
o co
ntac
t m
e th
roug
h em
ail
beca
use
then
I co
ntro
l wha
t I w
ant t
o re
ad a
nd w
hen
I fee
l lik
e re
adin
g it,
” sa
id R
oose
velt
seni
or G
abrie
lle W
eiss
. “W
hen
ther
e is
an
emer
genc
y, I
wou
ld li
ke a
text
mes
sage
in o
rder
to m
ake
sure
th
at I
get t
he n
ews
inst
antly
.”
Nat
iona
lly, t
echn
olog
y sk
ill le
vels
am
ong
Roo
seve
lt st
uden
ts
are
equa
l to
or
high
er t
han
at o
ther
fou
r-ye
ar i
nstit
utio
ns
acro
ss th
e U
nite
d St
ates
. The
stud
y sh
owed
stud
ents
are
usi
ng
adva
nced
tech
nolo
gy a
nd s
oftw
are
to c
reat
e th
eir
own
web
-si
tes
and
blog
s, a
nd d
ownl
oad
mus
ic. T
he E
CA
R r
epor
t sur
-ve
yed
colle
ge st
uden
ts n
atio
nally
rega
rdin
g th
e us
e of
toda
y’s
adva
nced
tech
nolo
gy.
From
a s
ocia
l ne
twor
king
sta
ndpo
int,
50 p
erce
nt o
f R
oose
velt
seni
ors
regu
larl
y us
e so
cial
net
wor
king
site
s,
whi
le 5
4 pe
rcen
t of f
resh
man
stud
ents
acc
ess s
ocia
l net
wor
k-in
g si
tes
daily
.
As
of N
ovem
ber
2007
, MyS
pace
was
one
of
the
mos
t pop
u-la
r on
line
“soc
ial n
etw
orki
ng”
site
s at
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
w
ith 3
,172
cur
rent
stu
dent
s an
d 2,
454
alum
ni s
igne
d on
as
parti
cipa
ting
mem
bers
. On
this
site
, stu
dent
s ar
e ab
le to
com
-m
unic
ate
thro
ugh
the
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
MyS
pace
pag
e by
pos
ting
blog
s an
d m
essa
ges
on t
he F
orum
Top
ic b
oard
. Po
pula
r to
pics
inc
lude
Uni
vers
ity a
dvic
e, u
pcom
ing
scho
ol
and
stud
ent e
vent
s, a
partm
ent o
r roo
mm
ate
avai
labi
litie
s, d
is-
coun
ted
text
book
s an
d ra
te y
our R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity p
rofe
s-so
r. A
s m
embe
rs, s
tude
nts
can
cond
uct
stud
ent
sear
ches
by
curr
ent s
tude
nts,
alu
mni
, gra
duat
ed y
ear,
year
s at
tend
ed a
nd
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
maj
ors
and
club
s.
PR
OF
ES
SO
R R
EC
EIV
ES
NA
TIO
NA
L
SC
I-
FI A
WA
RD
Gar
y K
. Wol
fe, p
rofe
ssor
of
Hum
aniti
es a
nd E
nglis
h in
the
Evel
yn T
. Sto
ne C
olle
ge o
f Pro
fess
iona
l Stu
dies
at R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity, h
as b
een
hono
red
agai
n fo
r his
boo
k re
view
s an
d cr
itici
sm o
f sci
ence
fi ct
ion,
fant
asy
and
horr
or.
This
tim
e he
won
the
Wor
ld
Fant
asy
Aw
ard
in t
he n
onpr
o-fe
ssio
nal c
ateg
ory
at th
e W
orld
Fa
ntas
y C
onve
ntio
n in
Sar
atog
a Sp
rings
, N
.Y.,
whi
ch a
ttrac
ted
near
ly 1,
200 p
eopl
e in N
ovem
ber.
Wol
fe p
revi
ousl
y re
ceiv
ed t
he
Eato
n A
war
d (1
980)
, Pi
lgrim
A
war
d (1
986)
, D
istin
guis
hed
Scho
lars
hip
Aw
ard
(199
8),
and
Bri
tish
Scie
nce
Fict
ion
Ass
ocia
tion
Aw
ard
(200
6) f
or
his
cont
ribut
ions
to
the
fi eld
of
fant
asy
and
scie
nce
fi ctio
n.
The
Wor
ld F
anta
sy A
war
d re
cogn
izes
Wol
fe’s
ove
rall
achi
eve-
men
t as
a cr
itic,
rath
er th
an a
sin
gle
piec
e of
wor
k. T
he tr
ophy
he
rec
eive
d is
a c
arto
on b
ust o
f ho
rror
writ
er H
.P. L
ovec
raft,
w
hich
was
des
igne
d by
reno
wne
d ca
rtoon
ist G
ahan
Wils
on.
The
auth
or o
f nin
e bo
oks
and
scor
es o
f ess
ays,
Wol
fe w
rites
a
mon
thly
boo
k re
view
col
umn
for L
ocus
, a m
agaz
ine
for s
cien
ce
fi ctio
n an
d fa
ntas
y pr
ofes
sion
als
and
enth
usia
sts.
“Thi
s is
the
fi rst
tim
e an
yone
at L
ocus
has
won
the
awar
d,”
he s
aid.
“It’
s re
ally
terr
ifi c
whe
n pe
ople
read
and
app
reci
ate
your
wor
k.”
Wol
fe jo
ined
Roo
seve
lt in
197
1 an
d ha
s he
ld m
ajor
pos
ition
s in
his
col
lege
, inc
ludi
ng d
ean
and
dire
ctor
of
the
Bac
helo
r of
G
ener
al S
tudi
es p
rogr
am. H
e sa
id th
at o
ne re
ason
he
cam
e to
R
oose
velt
was
that
it a
llow
ed h
im a
n op
portu
nity
to p
ursu
e hi
s in
tere
sts i
n sc
ienc
e fi c
tion
writ
ing.
UN
IV
ER
SI
TY
N
EW
S
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
GARY
K. W
OLFE
38
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
83
9
UN
IV
ER
SI
TY
N
EW
S
PL
AY
PR
ES
EN
TE
D A
T G
RA
DE
SC
HO
OL
S
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
’s A
udito
rium
The
atre
and
Chi
cago
C
olle
ge o
f Pe
rfor
min
g A
rts a
re te
amin
g up
to b
ring
a so
cial
ju
stic
e-th
emed
pl
ay
to
Chi
cago
pu
blic
sc
hool
st
uden
ts.
Perf
orm
ance
s of
A M
idni
ght C
ry:
the
Und
ergr
ound
Rai
lroa
d to
Fre
edom
will
be
pres
ente
d fo
r fou
rth to
eig
hth
grad
ers
at 3
0 sc
hool
s du
ring
2008
. In
addi
tion
to th
e pe
rfor
man
ce, t
each
ers
will
rece
ive
the
thea
tre’s
inve
ntiv
e W
orks
hop-
In-a
-Box
whi
ch
incl
udes
an ar
sena
l of i
nter
activ
e les
son
plan
s and
artif
acts
to la
y th
e gro
undw
ork
for t
he in
-sch
ool v
isit.
To
com
plet
e eac
h sc
hool
vi
sit,
the
com
pany
of a
ctor
s (se
ven
CC
PA st
uden
ts a
nd a
lum
ni)
perf
orm
ing
in A
Mid
nigh
t Cry
will
ope
rate
as
acto
r-te
ache
rs,
faci
litat
ing
a po
st-s
how
wor
ksho
p th
at e
xam
ines
them
es a
nd
imag
es o
f the
pla
y w
ith st
uden
ts. T
he sh
ow, d
irect
ed b
y N
icol
e Lo
surd
o, th
e th
eatre
’s e
duca
tion
man
ager
, is
at th
e he
art o
f an
educ
atio
nal i
nitia
tive
cent
ered
aro
und
Mar
gare
t Gar
ner,
a po
i-gn
ant o
pera
bei
ng p
rodu
ced
by th
e th
eatre
in N
ovem
ber 2
008.
D
ue to
the
gene
rous
sup
port
from
Kra
ft Fo
ods,
the
prog
ram
is
bein
g of
fere
d at
no
cost
to th
e sc
hool
s, te
ache
rs a
nd st
uden
ts.
20
06
-0
7 F
IS
CA
L R
EP
OR
T
Fina
ncia
l inf
orm
atio
n pr
esen
ted
here
repr
esen
ts th
e co
nsol
idat
ed re
sults
of
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
and
the
Aud
itoriu
m T
heat
re o
f Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
.
Fisc
al y
ear 2
006-
07 w
as a
yea
r of fi
nan
cial
“fi r
sts”
and
con
tinue
d pr
ogre
ss
at R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity. F
or th
e fi r
st ti
me,
the
Uni
vers
ity a
chie
ved
inve
st-
men
t gra
de ra
tings
of B
aa1
from
Moo
dy’s
Inve
stor
s Se
rvic
es, a
nd A
- fro
m
Fitc
h R
atin
gs, b
oth
with
a “
stab
le”
outlo
ok. T
hree
stre
ngth
s w
ere
note
d in
M
oody
’s re
port
publ
ishe
d A
pril
5, 2
007:
1) f
avor
able
stud
ent m
arke
t pos
i-tio
n, 2
) sou
nd fi
nanc
ial m
anag
emen
t, an
d 3)
gro
win
g fi n
anci
al re
serv
es. T
he
Uni
vers
ity c
redi
ts th
ese
stre
ngth
s on
the
follo
win
g no
tew
orth
y ite
ms:
In fa
ll 20
06, t
he U
nive
rsity
attr
acte
d al
l-tim
e hi
ghs o
f 4,4
41 fu
ll-tim
e eq
uiv-
alen
t stu
dent
s an
d 54
0 re
side
ntia
l stu
dent
s. N
et tu
ition
and
fees
, afte
r ins
ti-tu
tiona
lfi n
anci
al a
id to
stu
dent
s of
$12
.6 m
illio
n, in
crea
sed
by 5
.2 p
erce
nt
over
the
prev
ious
yea
r.
The
Uni
vers
ity r
ecei
ved
sign
ifi ca
nt g
ifts
and
bequ
ests
fro
m a
lum
ni a
nd
frie
nds
and
incr
ease
d its
end
owm
ent
to a
rec
ord
leve
l. Pr
ivat
e gi
fts a
nd
gran
ts to
tale
d $7
.6 m
illio
n, a
n in
crea
se o
f $3.
1 m
illio
n, o
r 68
perc
ent,
over
th
e pr
evio
us y
ear.
Inve
stm
ent i
ncom
e to
tale
d $8
.9 m
illio
n, o
f w
hich
$4.
4 m
illio
n w
as re
inve
sted
into
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
long
-term
inve
stm
ent p
ool t
o su
ppor
t fut
ure
gene
ratio
ns o
f stu
dent
s and
pro
gram
s.
Con
solid
ated
unr
estri
cted
ope
ratin
g re
venu
es to
tale
d $9
6 m
illio
n w
ith o
per-
atin
g ex
pens
es o
f $95
.9 m
illio
n re
sulti
ng in
a s
mal
l cas
h an
d op
erat
ing
sur-
plus
. On
Aug
. 31,
200
7, c
ash
and
inve
stmen
ts to
tale
d $1
04.9
mill
ion.
Tot
al
net a
sset
s inc
reas
ed $
7.8
mill
ion
to a
hig
h of
$12
8.2
mill
ion.
The
Aud
itoriu
m T
heat
re a
ttrac
ted
mor
e th
an 3
03,0
00 a
ttend
ees a
t 358
eve
nts.
Gro
ss th
eatre
sale
s, in
clud
ing t
icke
ts, co
nces
sions
and r
enta
ls at
the A
udito
rium
Th
eatre
, tot
aled
$13
.9 m
illio
n, n
ettin
g $8
00,0
00 a
fter p
rodu
ctio
n co
sts.
Toge
ther
, th
ese
fi nan
cial
stre
ngth
s an
d ac
hiev
emen
ts d
emon
stra
te t
he
Uni
vers
ity’s
ong
oing
com
mitm
ent t
o fi n
anci
al s
usta
inab
ility
in fu
rther
ance
of
its S
trate
gic
Plan
.
4/30
/03
8/31
/04
8/31
/05
$29,
414
$47,
406
$57,
704
8/31
/06
$63,
459
MA
RK
ET
V
AL
UE
O
F R
OO
SE
VE
LT
U
NI
VE
RS
IT
Y
EN
DO
WM
EN
TS
(I
N T
HO
US
AN
DS
O
F D
OL
LA
RS
) 8/31
/07
$70,
350
$70,
000
$65,
000
$60,
000
$55,
000
$50,
000
$45,
000
$40,
000
$35,
000
$30,
000
$25,
000
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
PATR
ICK
M. W
OODS
NE
W V
.P
. O
F I
NS
TIT
UT
IO
NA
L
AD
VA
NC
EM
EM
T A
PP
OIN
TE
D
Patri
ck M
. Woo
ds, a
fund
rais
ing
exec
utiv
e w
ith m
ore
than
17
year
s of
exp
erie
nce,
has
join
ed R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity a
s vi
ce
pres
iden
t fo
r in
stitu
tiona
l ad
vanc
emen
t an
d ch
ief
adva
nce-
men
t offi
cer.
For
the
past
sev
en y
ears
Woo
ds h
as b
een
vice
pre
side
nt f
or
phila
nthr
opic
ser
vice
s at
Mar
in C
omm
unity
Fou
ndat
ion
in
Cal
iforn
ia.
His
res
pons
ibili
ties
incl
ude
wor
king
with
hig
h ne
t-wor
th i
ndiv
idua
ls,
fi nan
cial
adv
isor
s, c
orpo
ratio
ns a
nd
othe
r no
npro
fi t o
rgan
izat
ions
. W
hile
at
Mar
in C
omm
unity
Fo
unda
tion,
his
dep
artm
ent
rais
ed m
ore
than
$12
4 m
illio
n,
incl
udin
g m
any
mul
ti-m
illio
n do
llar g
ifts.
Prio
r to
join
ing
the
foun
datio
n, W
oods
was
dire
ctor
of d
evel
op-
men
t for
Eas
t Bay
Com
mun
ity F
ound
atio
n in
Oak
land
, Cal
if.,
for
two
year
s an
d di
rect
or o
f m
ajor
gift
s at
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Sa
n Fr
anci
sco
for
eigh
t ye
ars.
Dur
ing
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Sa
n Fr
anci
sco’
s ca
pita
l ca
mpa
ign,
he
secu
red
gifts
ran
ging
fro
m
$25,
000
to $
2 m
illio
n an
d di
rect
ed si
x re
gion
al c
ampa
igns
.
Bef
ore
ente
ring
inst
itutio
nal a
dvan
cem
ent,
he w
as a
n ad
min
is-
trato
r at t
he U
nive
rsity
of S
an F
ranc
isco
and
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f C
olor
ado
at B
ould
er in
such
div
erse
are
as a
s aca
dem
ic se
rvic
es,
fi nan
cial
aid
, reg
istra
tion
and
adm
issi
ons.
He
hold
s ba
chel
or’s
an
d m
aste
r’s d
egre
es fr
om th
e U
nive
rsity
of C
olor
ado.
40
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
84
1
20
06
-0
7 F
IS
CA
L R
EP
OR
T
FI
VE
Y
EA
R S
UM
MA
RY
O
F R
EV
EN
UE
S A
ND
E
XP
EN
SE
S
*C
ON
SO
LI
DA
TE
D (I
N T
HO
US
AN
DS
O
F D
OL
LA
RS
)
2002
-03
2003
-04*
20
04-0
5*
2005
-06*
20
06-0
7*
Rev
enue
s $8
6,26
2 $9
0,85
3$9
7,47
2$9
7,08
0$1
03,7
25Ex
pens
es79
,458
81
,598
86
,205
88
,749
95
,937
Cha
nge
in N
et A
sset
s, In
crea
se
$6,8
04
$9,2
55
$11,
267
$8,3
31
$7,7
88
CO
NS
OL
ID
AT
ED
S
UM
MA
RY
O
F F
IN
AN
CI
AL
P
OS
IT
IO
N
(I
N T
HO
US
AN
DS
O
F D
OL
LA
RS
)Fo
r the
Yea
r End
ed
8/31
/200
6 8/
31/2
007
As
se
ts
:
Cas
h an
d C
ash
Equi
vale
nts
$18,
170
$17,
261
Shor
t-ter
m In
vest
men
ts, a
t Mar
ket
9,97
510
,383
Rec
eiva
bles
, net
6,
302
6,14
4Lo
ng-te
rm In
vest
men
ts, a
t Mar
ket
69,8
2877
,243
Unc
ondi
tiona
l Pro
mis
es to
Giv
e, n
et
2,14
43,
581
Prep
aid
Expe
nses
and
Def
erre
d C
harg
es
2,42
62,
035
Prop
erty
, Pla
nt a
nd E
quip
men
t 71
,585
71,2
86
Tot
al A
sset
s $1
80,4
30
$187
,933
Lia
bil
it
ie
s a
nd
Ne
t A
ss
et
s:
Shor
t-ter
m a
nd O
ther
Lia
bilit
ies
$27,
014
$26,
744
Long
-term
Deb
t 32
,984
32,9
69N
et A
sset
s 12
0,43
2 12
8,22
0
Tot
al L
iabi
litie
s and
Net
Ass
ets
$180
,430
$1
87,9
33
CO
NS
OL
ID
AT
ED
S
UM
MA
RY
O
F O
PE
RA
TI
NG
A
ND
N
ON
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PE
RA
TI
NG
R
EV
EN
UE
S
(I
N T
HO
US
AN
DS
O
F D
OL
LA
RS
)Fo
r the
Yea
r End
ed
8/31
/200
6 8/
31/2
007
Tuiti
on a
nd F
ees,
net
$72,
657
74.8
%
$76,
458
73.7
%G
ifts,
Gra
nts a
nd C
ontra
cts
9,08
9 9.
4%
11,8
94
11.5
%A
uxili
arie
s and
Oth
er
8,77
9 9.
0%
10,7
75
10.4
%N
on-o
pera
ting
Item
s, Pr
imar
ily In
vest
men
t Gai
ns
6,55
5 6.
8%
4,59
8 4.
4%
Tot
al O
pera
ting
and
Non
-ope
ratin
g R
even
ues
$97,
080
100.
0%
$103
,725
10
0.0%
CO
NS
OL
ID
AT
ED
S
UM
MA
RY
O
F O
PE
RA
TI
NG
E
XP
EN
SE
S
(I
N T
HO
US
AN
DS
O
F D
OL
LA
RS
)Fo
r the
Yea
r End
ed
8/31
/200
6 8/
31/2
007
Inst
ruct
ion
and
Res
earc
h $3
3,48
9 37
.8%
$3
4,87
2 36
.3%
Publ
ic S
ervi
ce
767
0.9%
1,
058
1.1%
Aca
dem
ic S
uppo
rt 7,
288
8.2%
7,
141
7.4%
Stud
ent S
uppo
rt 9,
614
10.8
%
10,8
06
11.4
%In
stitu
tiona
l Sup
port
17,5
40
19.8
%
19,7
12
20.5
%O
pera
tions
and
Mai
nten
ance
of P
lant
11
,927
13
.4%
12
,466
13
.0%
Uni
vers
ity a
nd H
erm
an C
row
n C
ente
rs
5,87
6 6.
5%
7,57
9 7.
9%A
udito
rium
The
atre
2,
248
2.6%
2,
303
2.4%
Tot
al E
xpen
ses
$88,
749
100.
0%$9
5,93
710
0.0%
IN
ST
IT
UT
IO
NA
L A
DV
AN
CE
ME
NT
Dea
r A
lum
ni a
nd
Fri
end
s:
It is
with
gre
at en
thus
iasm
and
antic
ipat
ion
that
I in
trodu
ce m
ysel
f to
you
as th
e rec
ently
ap
poin
ted
vice
pre
side
nt o
f Ins
titut
iona
l Adv
ance
men
t for
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
. I a
m
parti
cula
rly h
onor
ed to
hav
e be
en c
hose
n to
lead
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
adv
ance
men
t eff
orts
du
ring
such
a p
ivot
al ti
me
of c
hang
e an
d gr
owth
in R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity h
isto
ry.
As
we
mov
e fo
rwar
d, th
e U
nive
rsity
is fo
cusin
g on
recr
uitin
g m
ore
full-
time
stude
nts,
cont
inui
ng to
pro
vide
a sig
natu
re ex
perie
nce t
o ou
r lar
ge p
opul
atio
n of
par
t-tim
e stu
dent
s an
d cr
eatin
g ne
w d
egre
e pr
ogra
ms s
uch
as n
ursin
g, p
harm
acy
and
crim
inal
justi
ce.
Our
gro
win
g st
uden
t bod
y an
d ot
her
fact
ors
mak
e it
prac
tical
and
incr
easi
ngly
nec
-es
sary
that
the
Her
man
Cro
wn
Cen
ter
be r
epla
ced.
As
a re
sult,
the
Wab
ash
Ave
nue
Dev
elop
men
t Pro
ject
set t
o ki
ck o
ff th
is su
mm
er w
ill p
rese
nt tr
emen
dous
opp
ortu
nitie
s fo
r alu
mni
and
frie
nds
to in
vest
in a
sta
te-o
f-th
e-ar
t stu
dent
life
and
aca
dem
ic fa
cilit
y th
at w
ill h
elp
take
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
to th
e ne
xt le
vel.
Don
’t m
iss
this
opp
ortu
nity
to b
e a
part
of th
is s
peci
al ti
me
in R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity
hist
ory.
I ex
tend
a p
erso
nal i
nvita
tion
for y
ou to
join
us
for A
lum
ni W
eeke
nd, A
pril
25 a
nd 2
6, o
r to
get
invo
lved
with
oth
er a
lum
ni a
ctiv
ities
in C
hica
go o
r yo
ur lo
cal
area
. Stre
ngth
enin
g th
e co
nnec
tion
betw
een
Roo
seve
lt an
d its
alu
mni
is s
o vi
tal t
o th
e co
ntin
uing
suc
cess
of t
he U
nive
rsity
. Als
o, p
leas
e ke
ep in
min
d th
at th
ere
is s
till
time
to m
ake
a gi
ft be
fore
the
end
of th
e ac
adem
ic y
ear.
You
r sup
port,
in a
ny a
mou
nt,
enha
nces
the
qual
ity o
f a R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity e
duca
tion
and
the
qual
ity o
f life
for t
he
stud
ents
who
rece
ive
it.
I loo
k fo
rwar
d to
wor
king
with
you
for m
any
year
s to
com
e.
Sinc
erel
y,
Patri
ck M
. Woo
dsV
ice
Pres
iden
t for
Inst
itutio
nal A
dvan
cem
ent
PA
TR
IC
K M
. W
OO
DS
Vic
e P
resi
den
t for
In
stit
uti
ona
l Ad
van
cem
ent
fr
om
t
he
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P f
or
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st
it
ut
io
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l A
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an
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me
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CE
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ST
IT
UT
IO
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AN
CE
ME
NT
OF
FI
CE
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F I
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AL
A
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CIA
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ren
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llEx
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ive
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ctor
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ial E
vent
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ual G
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f A
nnua
l Giv
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f A
lum
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or In
stitu
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nd C
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dvan
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du
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da S
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utiv
e Se
cret
ary
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ce o
f the
Vic
e Pr
esid
ent
lsan
ds@
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t.edu
Joni
Abr
ams
Adm
inis
trativ
e C
lerk
, Prin
cipa
l an
d Pl
anne
d G
ifts
jabr
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evel
t.edu
GE
TT
Y F
UN
DS
AR
CH
IT
EC
TU
RA
L
ST
UD
Y O
F G
AN
Z R
ES
TO
RA
TIO
N
The
Get
ty F
ound
atio
n ha
s ge
nero
usly
pro
vide
d a
gran
t in
the
amou
nt o
f $7
5,00
0 to
sup
port
the
prep
arat
ion
and
deve
lop-
men
t of a
con
serv
atio
n pl
an fo
r Gan
z H
all i
n th
e U
nive
rsity
’s
Aud
itoriu
m B
uild
ing.
G
anz
Hal
l was
orig
inal
ly a
ban
quet
hal
l whe
n it
was
add
ed
to th
e Aud
itoriu
m B
uild
ing
in th
e 189
0s. I
n th
e lat
e 195
0s, i
t was
co
nver
ted
into
a re
cita
l hal
l in
hono
r of R
udol
ph G
anz,
pre
side
nt
emer
itus
of th
e C
hica
go M
usic
al C
olle
ge, w
hich
mer
ged
with
R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity in
195
4. V
ario
us p
arts
of G
anz
Hal
l hav
e be
en re
nova
ted
over
the
year
s to
rest
ore
the
room
as
clos
ely
as
poss
ible
to it
s orig
inal
cond
ition
and
deco
ratio
n. T
he G
etty
gra
nt
will
supp
ort r
esto
ratio
n of
thre
e prim
ary
elem
ents
of t
he h
all a
nd
ante
cham
ber:
wal
l and
col
umn
pane
l woo
dwor
k, s
tain
ed g
lass
lu
nette
s and
dec
orat
ive
sten
cil p
aint
ings
.
RU
RE
CE
IV
ES
SC
HO
LA
RS
HIP
SU
PP
OR
T F
RO
M N
OR
TH
ER
N T
RU
ST
Nor
ther
n Tr
ust
Cor
pora
tion
mad
e a
$75,
000
cont
ribut
ion
to
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
to p
rovi
de sc
hola
rshi
ps fo
r dis
adva
ntag
ed
stud
ents
livi
ng in
Chi
cago
’s u
nder
priv
ilege
d ne
ighb
orho
ods.
The
Nor
ther
n Tr
ust
gift
will
hel
p st
uden
ts w
ho l
ive
in
Chi
cago
’s C
hath
am,
Engl
ewoo
d, H
umbo
ldt
Park
, Lo
gan
Squa
re, L
oop,
Was
hing
ton
Park
and
Wes
t Tow
n ne
ighb
orho
ods
earn
a R
oose
velt
degr
ee b
y pr
ovid
ing
tuiti
on a
ssis
tanc
e of
$2
,500
to $
3,30
0 pe
r yea
r. Te
n st
uden
ts e
ach
year
are
exp
ecte
d to
ben
efi t
for t
he n
ext t
hree
yea
rs.
“Nor
ther
n Tr
ust
is a
pro
ud c
ontri
buto
r to
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
and
the
fi nan
cial
wel
l bei
ng o
f its
stu
dent
s,” s
aid
Ric
k W
adde
ll, p
resi
dent
of N
orth
ern
Trus
t. “W
e be
lieve
edu
ca-
tion
is a
fou
ndat
iona
l ele
men
t for
suc
cess
, and
our
col
lect
ive
goal
is to
hel
p op
en d
oors
for s
tude
nts
to im
prov
e th
e qu
ality
of
thei
r liv
es.”
The
prog
ram
is o
pen
to h
igh
scho
ol g
radu
ates
and
com
mu-
nity
col
lege
tran
sfer
stu
dent
s w
ho m
eet R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ityac
adem
ic re
quire
men
ts.
Co
rp
or
at
e a
nd
Fo
un
da
tio
n F
un
din
g h
ig
hl
ig
ht
sC
HA
SE
FU
ND
S N
EW
SU
MM
ER
MA
TH
AN
D S
CIE
NC
E P
RO
GR
AM
S
Cha
se h
as c
ontri
bute
d $5
0,00
0 to
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
to
deve
lop
sum
mer
mat
h an
d sc
ienc
e pr
ogra
ms
to h
elp
mot
ivat
ed
Chi
cago
hig
h sc
hool
stud
ents
reac
h th
eir f
ull p
oten
tial.
The
six-
wee
k pr
ogra
ms,
to b
e he
ld a
t Roo
seve
lt’s
Chi
cago
C
ampu
s, w
ill in
clud
e le
ctur
es, fi
eld
trip
s, se
min
ars,
labo
rato
ry
exer
cise
s an
d in
divi
dual
pro
ject
s. Fi
fty s
tude
nts
ente
ring
thei
r so
phom
ore y
ear o
f hig
h sc
hool
are e
xpec
ted
to p
artic
ipat
e in
the
prog
ram
s th
at a
re d
esig
ned
to p
repa
re th
em fo
r fi rs
t-sem
este
r, co
llege
-leve
l mat
h an
d sc
ienc
e co
urse
s. “A
solid
und
erst
andi
ng o
f mat
h an
d sc
ienc
e is
inva
luab
le in
co
llege
,” sa
id S
teve
n A
bbey
, sen
ior v
ice
pres
iden
t at C
hase
and
a
Roo
seve
lt tru
stee
. “W
e ar
e pr
oud
to p
artn
er w
ith R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity to
hel
p hi
ghly
mot
ivat
ed st
uden
ts a
cces
s pre
para
tory
co
urse
s.” “
In a
dditi
on to
hel
ping
stu
dent
s do
bet
ter i
n m
ath
and
sci-
ence
, the
pro
gram
s w
ill e
ncou
rage
them
to a
pply
to th
e co
l-le
ge o
f th
eir
choi
ce a
nd p
ursu
e de
gree
s in
thes
e fi e
lds,”
sai
d R
oose
velt
Pres
iden
t Chu
ck M
iddl
eton
. Th
e su
mm
er p
rogr
ams
will
be
adm
inis
tere
d by
two
facu
lty
mem
bers
eac
h fr
om R
oose
velt
and
parti
cipa
ting
high
sch
ools
. St
uden
ts w
ill b
e tra
cked
dur
ing
the
regu
lar
scho
ol y
ear
with
pr
ogre
ss a
sses
sed
by a
ttend
ance
, gra
des
and
parti
cipa
tion
in
mat
h an
d/or
scie
nce
rela
ted
extra
curr
icul
ar a
ctiv
ities
.
PO
LK
FO
UN
DA
TIO
N P
AR
TN
ER
S
WIT
H R
U O
N S
OC
IA
L J
US
TIC
E
Than
ks to
the s
trong
supp
ort o
f the
Pol
k B
ros.
Foun
datio
n in
the
form
of a
$50
,000
gra
nt, R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity w
ill o
ffer a
sum
-m
er p
rogr
am, S
ocia
l Jus
tice
in A
ctio
n: R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity,
Soci
al Ju
stic
e H
igh
Scho
ol a
nd C
omm
unity
Suc
cess
. Th
e si
x-w
eek
prog
ram
will
pro
vide
Soc
ial
Just
ice
Hig
h Sc
hool
(SJH
S) s
tude
nts
in th
e gr
adua
ting
clas
s of
200
9 w
ith a
fu
ll co
llege
exp
erie
nce
and
inte
nsiv
e w
ritin
g pr
ojec
ts th
roug
h w
hich
they
will
expl
ore c
ore c
once
pts o
f soc
ial j
ustic
e. T
he g
oal
is to
incr
ease
col
lege
atte
ndan
ce a
nd g
radu
atio
n am
ong
Latin
os
and
Afr
ican
Am
eric
ans
atte
ndin
g SJ
HS
by e
xpos
ing
stud
ents
an
d th
eir f
amili
es to
pos
tsec
onda
ry e
duca
tion
and
its lo
ng-te
rm
bene
fi ts f
or in
divi
dual
s, fa
mili
es a
nd c
omm
uniti
es.
“Thi
s pr
ogra
m w
ill c
ompl
emen
t and
rei
nfor
ce th
e ed
uca-
tiona
l exp
erie
nce
that
we
prov
ide
stud
ents
as
wel
l as
help
pro
-vi
de a
road
map
for s
tude
nts
and
fam
ilies
,” s
aid
Rito
Mar
tinez
, pr
inci
pal o
f SJH
S.
The
prog
ram
will
be
adm
inis
tere
d un
der t
he le
ader
ship
of
Jam
es G
andr
e, in
terim
pro
vost
and
exe
cutiv
e vi
ce p
resi
dent
, an
d G
eorg
e O
lson
, int
erim
dea
n, C
olle
ge o
f Edu
catio
n. V
ario
us
com
pone
nts o
f the
pro
gram
will
be
led
by R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity
facu
lty m
embe
rs a
nd b
iling
ual s
taff.
GA
NZ H
ALL A
S IT
IS TO
DAY
44
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AL
UM
NI
N
EW
SA
LU
MN
I N
EW
S
Dea
r F
ello
w A
lum
ni:
MI
CH
I P
EÑ
A(M
BA
, ’
78
)
Pre
sid
ent,
Roo
seve
lt U
niv
ersi
ty
Alu
mn
i Ass
ocia
tion
A M
essa
geF
RO
M T
HE
A
LU
MN
I A
SS
OC
IA
TIO
N P
RE
SID
EN
T
As
anot
her A
lum
ni W
eeke
nd ra
pidl
y ap
proa
ches
, I u
rge
you
to re
fl ect
and
reco
nnec
t w
ith R
oose
velt.
The
re’s
nev
er a
bet
ter t
ime
than
the
pres
ent.
Whi
le y
our e
xper
ienc
e at
Roo
seve
lt m
ay h
ave
diff
ered
gre
atly
from
min
e or
from
oth
er th
ousa
nds o
f alu
mni
, ch
ance
s are
that
in so
me
way
, RU
has
cha
nged
you
r life
for t
he b
ette
r.
It is
that
com
mon
thre
ad, a
long
with
so
man
y un
ique
reas
ons,
that
brin
gs h
undr
eds
of
alum
ni h
ome
to R
oose
velt
each
yea
r. If
you
’ve
atte
nded
Alu
mni
Wee
kend
in th
e pa
st,
you
know
wha
t a g
reat
exp
erie
nce
it ca
n be
to re
conn
ect w
ith th
e sc
hool
that
mad
e an
im
pact
on
your
life
, and
we
wou
ld lo
ve to
wel
com
e yo
u ba
ck. I
f you
’ve
neve
r bee
n ab
le to
atte
nd b
efor
e, w
e ho
pe y
ou w
ill jo
in u
s on
Apr
il 25
and
26
for a
wee
kend
of
refl e
ctio
n, c
onne
ctio
n an
d ce
lebr
atio
n. F
or a
ful
l sch
edul
e of
eve
nts
and
to r
egis
ter
onlin
e, c
heck
out
ww
w.ro
osev
elt.e
du/a
lum
ni.
In a
dditi
on to
brin
ging
you
Alu
mni
Wee
kend
, the
Alu
mni
Ass
ocia
tion
is h
ard
at w
ork
thro
ugho
ut th
e ye
ar to
stre
ngth
en th
e co
nnec
tions
am
ong
alum
ni b
y ho
stin
g ev
ents
no
t onl
y in
Chi
cago
but
all
over
the
coun
try a
nd p
rovi
ding
impo
rtant
reso
urce
s to
our
al
umni
. In
the
year
ahe
ad w
e ho
pe to
focu
s m
ore
on im
prov
ing
the
serv
ices
and
sup
-po
rt w
e ar
e ab
le to
pro
vide
you
as
alum
ni —
eve
ryth
ing
from
an
impr
oved
web
pre
s-en
ce to
adv
ice
and
reso
urce
s rel
ated
to n
etw
orki
ng, c
aree
r tra
nsiti
ons a
nd m
uch
mor
e.
For t
hose
of y
ou lo
okin
g to
giv
e bac
k to
RU
, we a
re al
so w
orki
ng to
expa
nd th
e num
ber
of w
ays
that
you
may
be
invo
lved
as
an a
lum
ni le
ader
and
vol
unte
er. W
e co
ntin
ue to
bu
ild R
U’s
pre
senc
e ar
ound
the
coun
try th
roug
h th
e de
velo
pmen
t of r
egio
nal c
omm
it-te
es a
nd c
hapt
ers.
In o
rder
to d
o so
, we
need
hel
p fr
om th
ose
of y
ou o
n th
e gr
ound
in
plan
ning
loca
l eve
nts
and
deve
lopi
ng o
ther
stra
tegi
es f
or c
onne
ctin
g w
ith a
lum
ni in
yo
ur ar
ea. W
e are
also
wor
king
toge
ther
with
the c
aree
r ser
vice
s and
enro
llmen
t offi
ces
to s
treng
then
the
conn
ectio
ns b
etw
een
alum
ni a
nd p
rosp
ectiv
e an
d cu
rren
t RU
stu
-de
nts.
As t
hose
opp
ortu
nitie
s dev
elop
, we
will
kee
p yo
u po
sted
and
will
let y
ou k
now
ho
w y
ou c
an b
ecom
e a
men
tor o
r giv
e ba
ck to
the
Uni
vers
ity a
nd it
s stu
dent
s in
othe
r w
ays.
To fi
nd o
ut m
ore a
bout
reso
urce
s and
vol
unte
er o
ppor
tuni
ties f
or al
umni
, con
tact
th
e O
ffi ce
of A
lum
ni R
elat
ions
at 1
-888
-RU
-ALU
MS
or e
mai
l alu
m@
roos
evel
t.edu
.
Whi
le y
our
time
in s
choo
l m
ay h
ave
last
ed j
ust
a fe
w s
hort
year
s, t
he A
lum
ni
Ass
ocia
tion
is c
omm
itted
to k
eepi
ng y
ou c
onne
cted
to R
oose
velt
thro
ugho
ut y
our l
ife.
I urg
e yo
u no
t onl
y to
refl e
ct o
n yo
ur ti
me
in sc
hool
, but
to g
et in
volv
ed n
ow a
nd in
the
futu
re. A
s tim
e go
es o
n, R
oose
velt
still
has
so m
uch
to g
ive
to it
s alu
mni
, and
we
know
th
at in
retu
rn y
ou, t
oo, h
ave
muc
h to
off
er.
I ho
pe y
ou w
ill ta
ke th
e fi r
st s
tep
in r
econ
nect
ing
with
Roo
seve
lt by
join
ing
us th
is
Apr
il 25
and
26.
Mic
hi P
eña
(MB
A, ’
78)
Pres
iden
tR
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity A
lum
ni A
ssoc
iatio
n
In C
hic
ago
, on
the
Roa
d a
nd
Abr
oad
!R
U A
lu
mn
i E
ve
nt
s
Jazz
an
d G
osp
el
Bru
nch
On
Satu
rday
, Oct
. 27,
nea
rly 1
00 a
lum
ni a
nd
frie
nds
of t
he U
nive
rsity
gat
here
d in
RU
’s
Con
gres
s Lo
unge
for
a d
elic
ious
sou
ther
n-st
yle
brun
ch. A
ttend
ees
wer
e tre
ated
to p
er-
form
ance
s by
a loc
al g
ospe
l gro
up, S
over
eign
Pr
aise
, and
a ja
zz e
nsem
ble
from
RU
’s o
wn
Chi
cago
Col
lege
of
Perf
orm
ing
Arts
, fe
a-tu
ring
stud
ents
Lau
ra G
rill,
Dan
iel M
alna
r, R
ober
t Cle
arfi e
ld a
nd A
lan
Linn
ey.
Was
hin
gto
n,
D.C
. A
lum
ni
Re
cep
tio
n a
t th
e C
apit
ol
A g
roup
of n
early
30
alum
ni a
nd fr
iend
s gat
h-er
ed in
the
natio
n’s
capi
tal o
n Th
ursd
ay, O
ct.
18 to
mee
t Pre
side
nt M
iddl
eton
and
fea
ture
d gu
est,
Boa
rd o
f Tr
uste
es m
embe
r A
nna
E.
Roos
evel
t, w
ho sp
oke
abou
t how
the
lega
cy o
f he
r gr
andp
aren
ts, F
rank
lin a
nd E
lean
or, l
ives
on
at
the
Uni
vers
ity t
oday
. Th
e ev
ent
took
pl
ace
in th
e C
apito
l bui
ldin
g, a
uni
que
oppo
r-tu
nity
mad
e po
ssib
le t
hank
s to
the
offi
ce o
f Co
ngre
ssw
oman
Mel
issa
Bean
(BA
, ’02
).
In
Ch
ic
ag
o…
on
th
e r
oa
d…
Tru
ste
e A
nna E
. R
oosevelt (
facin
g f
orw
ard
) w
ith R
U
alu
mn
i (f
rom
le
ft):
Jo
an
B
arc
h (B
A,
’65
), B
eve
rle
y
Jeffries (
BA
, ’7
5)
and B
everly C
ole
man (
BS
, ’6
5)
Pre
sid
ent M
iddle
ton (cente
r, b
ack row
) gre
ets
the m
em
-
bers
of S
overe
ign P
rais
e follo
win
g their p
erf
orm
ance.
Din
ah Z
ebot
, ass
ista
nt d
irect
or o
f alu
mni
rela
tions
, spe
nt m
uch
of
fall
2007
on
the
road
mee
ting
with
alu
mni
all
over
the
coun
try. T
he
goal
of h
er tr
avel
was
to s
treng
then
exi
stin
g re
gion
al a
lum
ni n
et-
wor
ks a
s w
ell a
s to
beg
in id
entif
ying
and
dev
elop
ing
new
alu
mni
le
ader
ship
and
com
mitt
ees.
The
alum
ni s
he m
et w
ith w
ere
very
en
thus
iast
ic a
bout
get
ting
invo
lved
, and
we
are
optim
istic
that
the
RU
mom
entu
m a
roun
d th
e co
untry
will
onl
y co
ntin
ue to
bui
ld.
Ove
r th
e co
min
g ye
ar w
e pl
an t
o fo
cus
on d
evel
opin
g st
rong
er
alum
ni en
gage
men
t and
net
wor
ks in
the f
ollo
win
g m
etro
polit
an ar
eas:
• Lo
s Ang
eles
•
Phoe
nix
• D
alla
s•
San
Die
go
• So
uth
Flor
ida
• A
tlant
a•
San
Fran
cisc
o •
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
. •
New
Yor
k C
ity
If y
ou li
ve in
one
of t
hese
are
as a
nd a
re in
tere
sted
in h
elpi
ng p
lan
even
ts a
nd in
stra
tegi
zing
on
how
bes
t to
conn
ect a
lum
s in
you
r ar
ea, n
ow is
an
exci
ting
time
to g
et in
volv
ed. T
o fi n
d ou
t mor
e,
plea
se c
onta
ct D
inah
Zeb
ot in
the
Offi
ce o
f A
lum
ni R
elat
ions
at
(312
) 341
- 432
7 or
dze
bot@
roos
evel
t.edu
.
CA
LL
FO
R R
EG
ION
AL
VO
LU
NT
EE
RS
!
46
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OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
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7
AL
UM
NI
N
EW
SA
LU
MN
I N
EW
S
In C
hic
ago
, on
the
Roa
d a
nd
Abr
oad
!R
U A
lu
mn
i E
ve
nt
s
Ne
w Y
ork
Alu
mn
i Rec
epti
on a
t th
e P
enn
Clu
b
On
Wed
nesd
ay, N
ov. 7
, 30
alum
ni an
d fr
iend
s ga
ther
ed at
the P
enn
Clu
b in
Man
hatta
n fo
r the
op
portu
nity
to h
ear
fi rst
hand
fro
m P
resi
dent
C
huck
Mid
dlet
on a
bout
Roo
seve
lt’s
rece
nt
deve
lopm
ents
and
futu
re p
lans
.
Ro
ose
velt
Un
ive
rsit
y T
rave
ls
to C
hin
a
In O
ctob
er, a
gro
up o
f Ro
osev
elt
Uni
vers
ity
adm
inist
rato
rs v
isite
d fi v
e col
lege
s and
uni
vers
i-tie
s in
four
Chi
nese
citie
s in
orde
r to
cons
olid
ate
old
partn
ersh
ips
whi
le e
stabl
ishin
g ne
w o
nes.
One
of t
he h
ighl
ight
s of
thei
r visi
t was
hav
ing
dinn
er w
ith a
gro
up o
f RU
alu
mni
in th
e ci
ty o
f Sh
enya
ng, c
apita
l of L
iaon
ing
Prov
ince
.
From
2001
to 20
04, R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity gr
adu-
ated
four
gro
ups o
f gov
ernm
ent-f
unde
d of
fi cia
ls an
d ed
ucat
ors
from
this
prov
ince
. Eac
h gr
oup
studi
ed a
t Roo
seve
lt fo
r a y
ear a
nd c
ompl
eted
th
e ex
ecut
ive
mas
ter’s
deg
rees
in
Bus
ines
s A
dmin
istra
tion
(EM
BA).
Mos
t of t
hese
gra
du-
ates
now
resid
e in
Shen
yang
and
occu
py m
iddl
e or
hig
h go
vern
men
tal o
r un
iver
sity
posit
ions
. Th
ose
who
wer
e pr
esen
t at t
he d
inne
r enj
oyed
th
e per
sona
l con
tact
from
Roo
seve
lt ad
min
istra
-to
rs a
nd e
xpre
ssed
inte
rest
in c
ontin
uing
thei
r re
latio
nshi
p w
ith th
e Uni
vers
ity.
on
th
e r
oa
d…
an
d a
br
oa
d…
Fro
m l
eft
: H
arr
iet
Be
ckm
an
(B
A,
’68
), B
ern
ard
Kyle
(BS
BA
, ’7
4),
Tanya M
eero
vic
h (
BS
BA
, ’0
4)
and J
ohn
Wheele
r (B
A ’96)
Ge
rald
B
ob
er,
d
ire
cto
r o
f th
e
Ma
nfr
ed
S
tein
feld
School o
f H
ospitalit
y a
nd T
ourism
Managem
ent, (sec-
on
d f
rom
rig
ht)
sa
mp
les a
n e
dib
le fl
ow
er
an
d e
njo
ys
din
ner
with R
U a
lum
ni in
Shenyang, C
hin
a.
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
’s a
nnua
l wee
kend
of
reun
ion
and
cele
brat
ion
is fa
st a
ppro
achi
ng, b
ut th
ere
is s
till t
ime
to
regi
ster
. Eac
h ye
ar, h
undr
eds o
f alu
mni
of a
ll ag
es re
turn
ho
me
for a
ser
ies
of c
eleb
rato
ry a
nd e
duca
tiona
l eve
nts
and
activ
ities
. Thi
s ye
ar w
e ho
pe e
ven
mor
e of
you
will
jo
in u
s for
the
fest
iviti
es.
RE
CO
NN
EC
TJo
in u
s fo
r A
lum
ni W
eeke
nd a
nd r
econ
nect
with
the
fr
iend
s, cl
assm
ates
, pro
fess
ors
and
inst
itutio
n th
at m
ade
an im
pact
on
you.
Lea
rn a
bout
the
Uni
vers
ity’s
rec
ent
acco
mpl
ishm
ents
and
upc
omin
g de
velo
pmen
ts,
whi
le
hear
ing
fi rst
hand
fro
m s
tude
nts,
facu
lty a
nd s
taff
abo
ut
how
RU
rem
ains
true
to it
s fo
undi
ng id
eals
in a
n ev
er-
chan
ging
wor
ld.
HO
NO
R A
ND
RE
FLE
CT
In a
dditi
on t
o of
ferin
g a
chan
ce t
o m
eet
and
reco
nnec
t w
ith R
oose
velt’
s ot
her
grea
t al
umni
, Alu
mni
Wee
kend
pr
ovid
es o
ppor
tuni
ties t
o re
fl ect
and
cel
ebra
te th
e pa
st. A
t th
e G
olde
n A
lum
ni L
unch
eon
we
will
hon
or th
e re
cipi
ents
of o
ur a
lum
ni a
war
ds w
ho a
re o
utsta
ndin
g le
ader
s in
thei
r pr
ofes
sions
and
com
mun
ities
and
will
pre
sent
med
allio
ns
to m
embe
rs o
f the
cla
ss o
f ’58
in c
eleb
ratio
n of
thei
r col
-le
ctiv
e ac
com
plish
men
ts ov
er th
e pa
st 50
yea
rs.
Ano
ther
hig
hlig
ht o
f th
e w
eeke
nd w
ill b
e a
phot
ogra
phy
exhi
bit,
pane
l disc
ussio
n an
d re
cept
ion
hono
ring
the
lega
cy
of fo
rmer
Chi
cago
May
or H
arol
d W
ashi
ngto
n (B
A, ’
49),
Frid
ay an
d Sa
turd
ay, A
pril
25 an
d 26
Regi
ster
at w
ww
.roos
evel
t.edu
/alu
mni
or
by
calli
ng 1
-888
-RU
-ALU
MS
by A
pril
18, 2
008.
Alu
mni gath
er
and r
econnect in
the lobby o
f th
e
Auditorium
Build
ing d
uring A
lum
ni W
eekend 2
007.
Share
your
mem
ories o
f H
aro
ld W
ashin
gto
n o
r your
thoughts
on h
is legacy a
t w
ww
.roosevelt.e
du/a
lum
ni.
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
© M
arc
PoK
em
pner
48
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OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
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9
AL
UM
NI
N
EW
SA
LU
MN
I N
EW
S
cont
inue
d on
nex
t pag
e
19
60
S
Ster
ling
Plum
pp (
BA
, ’6
8),
an i
nter
natio
nally
ren
owne
d po
et, h
as b
een
pres
entin
g a
serie
s of
wor
ksho
ps a
nd p
oetry
re
adin
gs d
urin
g th
e pa
st f
ew m
onth
s. P
lum
pp,
prof
esso
r em
eritu
s of
Eng
lish
and
Afr
ican
Am
eric
an h
isto
ry,
retir
ed
from
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Illi
nois
at C
hica
go in
Dec
embe
r 199
1,
shor
tly a
fter
win
ning
a $
1 m
illio
n lo
ttery
. Th
ough
ret
ired,
Pl
umpp
stil
l tea
ches
par
t tim
e an
d co
ntin
ues
to w
rite.
He
is
the
auth
or o
f 14
boo
ks a
nd h
as r
ecei
ved
num
erou
s ho
nors
an
d aw
ards
incl
udin
g th
e R
icha
rd W
right
Lite
rary
Exc
elle
nce
Aw
ard
for h
is o
utst
andi
ng c
ontri
butio
ns to
lite
ratu
re, t
he C
arl
Sand
burg
Lite
rary
Aw
ard
for
poet
ry a
nd th
ree
Illin
ois
Arts
C
ounc
il aw
ards
.
Bec
hir
Cho
urou
(BA
, ’69
) ret
ired
afte
r tea
chin
g fo
r 30
year
s at
a p
ublic
uni
vers
ity to
bec
ome
dire
ctor
of t
he U
nive
rsity
of
Tuni
s-C
arth
age,
a p
rivat
e in
stitu
tion
in T
unis
, Tun
isia
.
19
70
S
Dia
ne A
sseo
Gri
liche
s (B
A, ’
70)
prov
ided
bla
ck a
nd w
hite
ph
otog
raph
s to
com
plem
ent
the
narr
ativ
e fo
r th
e bo
ok A
n Ap
pala
chia
n Fa
rmer
’s S
tory
, Po
rtra
it of
an
Extr
aord
inar
y C
omm
on M
an. G
rilic
hes
has
held
num
erou
s so
lo e
xhib
ition
s an
d he
r w
orks
hav
e ap
pear
ed i
n a
varie
ty o
f pu
blic
atio
ns.
Add
ition
ally
, she
has
wor
ks i
n co
llect
ions
in
the
Libr
ary
of
Con
gres
s, D
istin
guis
hed
Vis
itors
’ C
ente
r in
Jer
usal
em a
nd
Bos
ton
Ath
enae
um P
rint R
oom
, as w
ell a
s oth
er v
enue
s.
Ron
ald
A.
Will
iam
s (B
A,
’70)
w
as
hono
red
as t
he 2
007
reci
pien
t of
the
N
atio
nal
Bri
dge
Aw
ard
at
Chi
cago
U
nite
d’s
annu
al
awar
ds
dinn
er.
The
awar
d re
cogn
izes
the
“ac
com
plis
hmen
ts
of a
chi
ef e
xecu
tive
offi c
er o
f a
natio
nal
publ
icly
hel
d co
rpor
atio
n w
ho h
as in
spire
d an
d im
plem
ente
d di
vers
ity a
t the
boa
rd o
f di
rect
ors’
lev
el.”
Will
iam
s is
cha
irman
an
d ch
ief e
xecu
tive
offi c
er o
f Aet
na.
Bar
ry K
ritz
berg
(M
A, ’
71)
had
a bu
sy
2007
, co
mpl
etin
g tw
o bo
oks:
She
’s N
o D
etec
tive:
A K
elly
O’Q
uinn
Mys
tery
, the
st
ory
of a
fea
ture
s re
porte
r w
ho b
ecom
es
invo
lved
in a
mur
der i
nves
tigat
ion,
and
Mor
gan
Park
Aca
dem
y,
A H
isto
ry, V
ol. 1
, whi
ch re
coun
ts th
e m
emor
ies
and
stor
ies
of
and
abou
t the
sch
ool.
In a
dditi
on, h
e pr
esen
ted
a pa
per t
o th
e
BY
B
EA
TR
IC
E A
. F
RA
NC
IS
, A
LU
MN
I R
EL
AT
IO
NS
RU
wh
ere
Chi
cago
Lite
rary
Clu
b. K
ritzb
erg
has b
een
a te
ache
r at M
orga
n Pa
rk A
cade
my
sinc
e 19
72 a
nd is
edi
tor o
f the
sch
ool’s
alu
mni
m
agaz
ine.
Erd
ogan
Gun
al (
MB
A,
’76)
is
chai
r of
Bus
ines
s an
d IT
pr
ogra
ms
at A
l A
in W
omen
’s C
olle
ge H
ighe
r C
olle
ges
of
Tech
nolo
gy in
the
Uni
ted
Ara
b Em
irate
s.
19
80
S
Iraj
Jal
ie (
MC
, ’80
) w
as n
amed
dire
ctor
of
fi nan
ce f
or t
he
Hya
tt R
egen
cy W
oodfi
eld
Hot
el in
Sch
aum
burg
, Ill.
Jal
ie h
as
mor
e th
an 2
0 ye
ars’
exp
erie
nce
in th
e ho
tel i
ndus
try.
Len
a D
obbs
-Joh
nson
(M
PA,
’81)
was
reco
gniz
ed b
y C
hica
go
Uni
ted
as o
ne o
f 45
“C
hica
go
Bus
ines
s Le
ader
s of
Col
or”
for
her
cultu
ral,
civi
c an
d ed
uca-
tiona
l co
ntri
butio
ns.
Cho
sen
by a
52-
mem
ber
nom
inat
ion
com
mitt
ee,
Dob
bs-J
ohns
on
and
the
othe
r pr
eem
inen
t bu
sine
ss l
eade
r aw
arde
es w
ere
high
light
ed a
t the
org
aniz
atio
n’s
conf
eren
ce a
nd f
eatu
red
in i
ts
publ
icat
ions
. Dob
bs-J
ohns
on is
pre
side
nt o
f Adv
ocat
e B
etha
ny
Hos
pita
l on
Chi
cago
’s W
est S
ide.
Nan
cy L
esh
Kul
karn
i (B
M,
’81)
bec
ame i
nter
este
d in
the
stud
y an
d pe
rfor
man
ce o
f In
dian
mus
ic in
198
2 du
ring
a th
ree-
mon
th v
acat
ion
to
Indi
a. S
he h
ad b
een
play
ing
cello
for
13
year
s an
d at
th
at t
ime
was
cel
list
with
th
e O
rche
stra
del
Mag
gio
Mus
ical
e of
Flo
renc
e, It
aly.
D
urin
g he
r va
catio
n, s
he
bega
n D
hrup
ad
less
ons
and
late
r st
udie
d H
indi
and
M
arat
hi, l
earn
ing
to p
erfe
ct th
e sou
nd o
n he
r cel
lo. I
n 20
03, s
he
was
aw
arde
d an
Am
eric
an I
nstit
ute
of I
ndia
n St
udie
s Se
nior
Pe
rfor
min
g A
rts F
ello
wsh
ip. O
n he
r CD
, rel
ease
d in
200
7, sh
e pl
ays c
ello
in th
e D
hrup
ad st
yle.
WIL
LIAM
S
one o
f Roo
seve
lt’s m
ost d
istin
guish
ed g
radu
ates
. Joi
n al
um-
ni o
f all
ages
in re
fl ect
ing
on th
e tre
men
dous
impa
ct th
at
Was
hing
ton
has h
ad o
n th
e city
of C
hica
go.
RE
ME
MB
ER
AN
D L
EA
RN
In a
ser
ies
of “
mas
ter
clas
s w
orks
hops
,” a
lum
ni w
ill
have
the
opp
ortu
nity
to
lear
n in
tere
stin
g su
bjec
ts a
nd
skill
s fr
om e
xper
t RU
fac
ulty
and
alu
mni
. Wha
t bet
ter
way
to c
eleb
rate
the
impa
ct o
f yo
ur R
oose
velt
educ
a-tio
n th
an b
y le
arni
ng s
omet
hing
new
? G
et a
tas
te o
f w
hat c
urre
nt st
uden
ts e
xper
ienc
e ev
ery
day
and
rem
em-
ber y
our d
ays
in th
e cl
assr
oom
… w
ithou
t the
stre
ss o
f ex
ams
or h
omew
ork!
CE
LE
BR
AT
E A
ND
EN
JOY
Rec
ent a
lum
ni ar
e spe
cial
ly in
vite
d to
join
mem
bers
of t
he
clas
s of 2
008
for t
he an
nual
“Spr
ing
Flin
g,” a
fun
nigh
t of
bow
ling
to c
eleb
rate
thei
r app
roac
hing
gra
duat
ion,
hea
r th
e an
noun
cem
ent o
f the
sen
ior c
lass
gift
and
reco
nnec
t w
ith o
ld fr
iend
s. W
e hop
e you
’ll jo
in th
e par
ty as
we w
el-
com
e ou
r new
est c
lass
to th
e R
U a
lum
ni fa
mily
!
For a
com
plet
e sc
hedu
le o
f eve
nts a
nd to
regi
ster
now
, go
tow
ww
.roo
seve
lt.ed
u/al
umni
or c
onta
ct th
e O
ffi ce
of
Alu
mni
Rel
atio
ns a
t 1-8
88-R
U-A
LUM
S.
Frid
ay an
d Sa
turd
ay, A
pril
25 an
d 26
Regi
ster
at w
ww
.roos
evel
t.edu
/alu
mni
or
by
calli
ng 1
-888
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-ALU
MS
by A
pril
18, 2
008.
Alu
mni chat during the a
uth
ors
’ fo
rum
.
RU
alu
mni en r
oute
to a
behin
d-t
he-s
cenes tour
of
the F
ield
Museum
during A
lum
ni W
eekend 2
007
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
KULK
ARNI
DOBB
S-JOH
NSON
50
R
OO
SE
VE
LT
RE
VIE
W S
PR
IN
G 2
00
85
1
AL
UM
NI
N
EW
SA
LU
MN
I N
EW
S
Mar
ilyn
Nei
lson
(BSB
A, ’
82) w
as p
rom
oted
to v
ice
pres
iden
t of
mar
ketin
g at
Pre
ferr
ed M
eal
Syst
ems.
The
com
pany
m
anuf
actu
res p
re-p
acka
ged
froz
en sc
hool
lunc
hes.
Step
hen
E. S
ebas
tian
(BS,
’85)
join
ed JB
Sco
tt, a
Min
neap
olis
ex
ecut
ive
sear
ch fi
rm t
hat
spec
ializ
es i
n di
vers
ity r
ecru
iting
an
d pl
acem
ent.
Seba
stia
n m
anag
es t
he n
ew o
nboa
rdin
g pr
ogra
m, w
hich
focu
ses o
n th
e in
tegr
atio
n of
an
empl
oyee
into
a
com
pany
by
offe
ring
job
coac
hing
and
med
iatio
n se
rvic
es to
ne
w st
aff m
embe
rs.
Om
ar T
engk
u T
engk
u (B
SBA
, ’85
) is n
ow re
tired
and
livi
ng
in M
alay
sia.
Don
ald
A. H
ausc
hild
(BG
S, ’8
7) w
as n
amed
chie
f inf
orm
atio
n of
fi cer
at M
ount
ains
Wes
t Exp
lora
tion,
Inc.
Hau
schi
ld, w
ho h
as
mor
e th
an 2
5 ye
ars
of IT
and
ope
ratio
ns e
xper
ienc
e, h
as h
eld
seni
or e
xecu
tive
posi
tions
with
a n
umbe
r of g
loba
l tec
hnol
ogy,
co
nsum
er p
rodu
cts
and
man
ufac
turin
g co
mpa
nies
thro
ugho
ut
his c
aree
r.
Sara
h D
anie
lle R
osen
(B
M,
’87;
MM
, ’8
8) i
s m
usic
al d
irect
or o
f th
e Tr
i-nat
iona
l Tr
iRhe
na
Sym
phon
y O
rche
stra
and
Ope
ra i
n Sa
int
Loui
s, Fr
ance
. Sh
e re
cent
ly
cond
ucte
d an
op
era
perf
orm
ance
of
The
Mar
riag
e of
Fig
aro
by
Moz
art.
Ros
en, a
con
cert
pian
ist,
has p
erfo
rmed
in
Switz
erla
nd, F
ranc
e an
d G
erm
any.
Step
hen
Gor
don
(BA
, ’88
) wor
ks as
a lo
ad p
lann
er
for S
ara
Lee
at it
s Ben
senv
ille,
Ill.,
loca
tion.
19
90
S
Jack
Dus
ek (B
M, ’
91),
a se
curit
y su
perv
isor
with
O
mni
plex
Int
erna
tiona
l, is
wor
king
for
the
Tra
nspo
rtatio
n Se
curit
y A
dmin
istra
tion
of t
he D
epar
tmen
t of
Hom
elan
d Se
curit
y.
Dus
ek, w
ho is
a m
embe
r of
the
Nat
iona
l Con
cert
Ban
d of
Am
eric
a, a
lso
serv
es a
s as
soci
ate
cond
ucto
r of
the
K
ings
Par
k C
once
rt B
and
and
is a
mem
ber o
f the
80t
h D
ivis
ion
Ban
d of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es A
rmy
Res
erve
.
Pam
ela
Coh
en (M
A, ’
92) w
as n
amed
exe
cutiv
e di
rect
or o
f the
N
atio
nal A
ssoc
iatio
n of
Em
erge
ncy
Med
ical
Tec
hnic
ians
.
Vin
cent
Gro
ut (
MG
S, ’
92),
who
is
purs
uing
a d
egre
e in
th
e gr
adua
te E
nglis
h w
ritin
g pr
ogra
m a
t Nor
ther
n M
ichi
gan
Uni
vers
ity, w
as h
ired
as c
ampa
ign
coor
dina
tor
by th
e N
MU
Fo
unda
tion.
Patr
icia
Aly
war
d (M
J, ’9
6), i
nter
nal c
omm
unic
atio
ns m
anag
er
for
Chi
cago
’s C
NA
Ins
uran
ce,
rece
ived
sev
eral
aw
ards
las
t ye
ar. T
he In
tern
atio
nal A
ssoc
iatio
n of
Bus
ines
s Com
mun
icat
ors
nam
ed h
er r
ecip
ient
of
a 20
07 S
pect
ra A
war
d in
the
inte
rnal
co
mm
unic
atio
ns c
ateg
ory
and
the
Illin
ois
Wom
an’s
Pre
ss
Ass
ocia
tion
awar
ded
her
fi rst
pla
ce i
n its
com
mun
icat
ions
co
ntes
t. S
he a
lso
was
hon
ored
with
a H
erm
es C
reat
ive
Awar
d fo
r her
Big
Red
Ath
letic
Clu
b.
Pedr
o D
eJes
us,
Jr.
(BA
, ’9
6),
a R
oose
velt
trust
ee,
join
ed
Tam
pico
Bev
erag
e, In
c. as
vice
pres
iden
t and
gene
ral c
ouns
elor
. H
e ov
erse
es l
egal
act
iviti
es f
or T
ampi
co’s
Nor
th A
mer
ican
an
d in
tern
atio
nal m
arke
ts. T
ampi
co is
the
top-
selli
ng b
rand
of
refr
iger
ated
juic
e dr
inks
in g
roce
ry st
ores
.
Em
an D
ekai
dek
(BS,
’96)
is a
test
ana
lyst
in th
e e-
com
mer
ce
Gro
up o
f Sea
rs H
oldi
ngs
Cor
pora
tion,
the
pare
nt c
ompa
ny o
f K
mar
t and
Sea
rs, R
oebu
ck &
Co.
The
div
isio
n su
ppor
ts a
ll IT
pr
ojec
ts fo
r Km
art.c
om a
nd S
ears
.com
.
Fran
k Se
sko
(EdD
, ’9
6) a
nd h
is w
ife M
ary
Ann
wro
te a
ch
ildre
n’s
book
last
yea
r, Sa
nta
and
Sam
’s B
ig S
ecre
t, w
hich
te
lls th
e st
ory
of S
anta
Cla
us a
nd h
is b
aby
brot
her
Sam
and
pr
ovid
es a
nsw
ers
to q
uest
ions
that
so
man
y cu
rious
chi
ldre
n as
k th
eir p
aren
ts e
ach
year
abo
ut S
anta
.
Che
ryl H
epp
(BS,
’97)
is a
com
mun
icat
ions
and
info
rmat
ion
offi c
er w
ith th
e U
.S. A
ir Fo
rce.
20
00
S
Reb
ecca
Mar
quar
dt (M
S, ’0
0) w
as n
amed
vic
e pr
esid
ent o
f sa
les
for t
he M
idw
est r
egio
n by
Dis
ney
AB
C K
ids
Net
wor
ks,
the
sale
s an
d pr
omot
ion
grou
p fo
r th
e D
isne
y C
hann
el, A
BC
K
ids a
nd T
oon
Dis
ney.
Nan
ette
Ten
zin
Mile
s (M
A,
’03)
writ
es a
col
umn
calle
d “A
Bud
dhis
t Pe
rspe
ctiv
e” f
or t
he C
hero
kee
Scou
t, th
e lo
cal
new
spap
er fo
r Che
roke
e C
ount
y, N
.C.
Dw
ayne
J.
Roa
rk (
MSI
MC
, ’0
3) w
as a
ppoi
nted
sen
ior
mar
ketin
g m
anag
er fo
r Mis
umi U
SA in
Sch
aum
burg
, Ill.
Mat
thew
D. C
row
le (B
F, ’
04)
mad
e hi
s de
but o
n B
road
way
la
st M
ay in
Mon
ty P
ytho
n’s
Spam
alot
, the
200
5 To
ny A
war
d-w
inni
ng m
usic
al b
ased
on
Mon
ty P
ytho
n an
d th
e H
oly
Gra
il. A
s a
mem
ber
of th
e en
sem
ble
cast
, he
app
ears
as
a d
anci
ng n
un, a
kni
ght
and
a ki
ller
rabb
it. A
fter
grad
uatin
g fr
om R
oose
velt,
C
row
le
mov
ed
to
New
Y
ork
whe
re h
e sp
ent
the
next
two
year
s w
orki
ng a
s
cont
inue
d fr
om p
revi
ous p
age
RU
wh
ere
a si
ngin
g w
aite
r and
aud
ition
ing
for s
how
s. H
e al
so a
ppea
red
in th
e na
tiona
l tou
ring
com
pany
of D
octo
r Doo
little
.
Bre
nt W
. Ada
ms (
MA
, ’05
) cur
rent
ly te
ache
s pre
-alg
ebra
and
al
gebr
a to
sev
enth
and
eig
hth
grad
ers
at Q
ueen
of
All
Sain
ts
Scho
ol in
Mic
higa
n C
ity, I
nd.
Paul
a A
men
ta (M
SIM
C, ’
05) w
as n
amed
man
agin
g di
rect
or
of m
arke
ting
and
com
mun
icat
ions
at E
lgin
Com
mun
ity C
olle
ge
in E
lgin
, Ill.
As
win
ner o
f the
200
7 M
aria
n A
nder
son
Aw
ard
for E
mer
ging
C
lass
ical
Arti
sts,
Jon
atha
n B
eyer
(B
M,
’05)
was
aw
arde
d $6
,000
and
per
form
ed in
con
cert
at P
hila
delp
hia’
s Pe
relm
an
Thea
ter a
t the
Kim
mel
Cen
ter o
f Per
form
ing
Arts
.
Bri
an M
. B
lack
(M
PA,
’05)
, a
10-y
ear
polic
e ve
tera
n an
d se
rgea
nt fo
r thr
ee y
ears
, was
app
oint
ed d
eput
y po
lice
chie
f for
th
e vi
llage
of M
ayw
ood,
Ill.
He
over
sees
inte
rnal
aff
airs
issu
es
and
the
com
mun
ity p
olic
ing
prog
ram
.
Sand
ra A
. Flo
wer
s (B
PS, ’
06) i
s an
IT a
dmin
istra
tor a
t Ron
in
Cap
ital,
a lim
ited
liabi
lity
tradi
ng fi
rm a
ffi lia
ted
with
the
C
hica
go B
oard
of T
rade
. The
fi rm
is h
eadq
uarte
red
in C
hica
go
and
has o
ffi ce
s in
New
Yor
k an
d C
alifo
rnia
.
ROSE
N
CROW
LE
4TH
AN
NU
AL
YO
UN
G A
LUM
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7 w
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r in
the N
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Tele
visi
on
Fest
ival
’s co
med
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mpe
titio
n. B
oth
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lso
invo
lved
in o
ther
pr
ojec
ts.
Moo
re w
rote
a s
how
that
was
sta
ged
at C
hica
go’s
V
icto
ry G
arde
ns’
Bio
grap
h Th
eatre
and
Gru
sh a
ppea
red
in a
pr
oduc
tion
of C
ymbe
line
at C
hica
go S
hake
spea
re T
heat
er a
nd
Goo
d Bo
ys a
nd T
rue
at S
tepp
enw
olf T
heat
er.
Adr
ienn
e H
enze
(B
M,
’07)
wro
te t
o th
ank
Che
ryl
Fraz
es
Hill
, ass
ista
nt p
rofe
ssor
of
mus
ic e
duca
tion,
for
the
sup
port
she
prov
ided
ove
r the
yea
rs. H
enze
cur
rent
ly te
ache
s m
usic
at
Stoc
kton
Ele
men
tary
Sch
ool i
n C
hica
go.
SE
ND
US
YO
UR
PH
OT
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ase s
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PR
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00
85
3
AL
UM
NI
N
EW
S
Ear
l L. D
urha
m (B
S, ’5
8) o
f Chi
cago
, on
Oct
. 27,
200
7Je
rom
e L
efto
n (B
SC, ’
58) o
f St.
Loui
s, M
o., o
n Ju
ne 2
0, 2
007
1960
S
Hen
ry G
olds
tein
, M.D
. (B
S, ’6
0) o
f Chi
cago
and
Haw
aii,
on
Feb.
13,
200
7T
hom
as R
. Car
ney,
Sr.
(BM
, ’61
) of H
anov
er P
ark,
Ill.,
on
Mar
ch 2
2, 2
007
Ele
anor
Pun
kay
(BSB
A, ’
63; M
A ’6
6) o
f Chi
cago
, on
Sept
. 5, 2
007
Kat
heri
ne S
tem
pel K
now
lton
(BA
, ’64
) of N
azar
eth,
Mic
h., o
n Ju
ly 1
4, 2
007
Law
renc
e L
erne
r (B
S, ’6
4) o
f Buf
falo
Gro
ve, I
ll., o
n Ja
n. 3
0, 2
007
Ric
hard
I. C
itron
(BS,
’66)
of M
ount
Kis
co, N
.Y.,
on
Aug
. 28,
200
7V
allm
er E
. Jor
dan
(BA
, ’67
) of C
hica
go, o
n M
arch
23,
200
7R
icha
rd M
artin
(BSB
A, ’
68) o
f Nap
les,
Fla.
, on
Feb.
16,
200
7D
oris
Boo
mer
(BA
, ’69
) of D
owne
rs G
rove
, Ill.
, on
May
4, 2
007
Mar
jori
e D
onov
an (M
A, ’
69) o
f Oak
Law
n, Il
l., o
n Ju
ly 1
5, 2
007
Nic
hola
s Sm
iew
ec (B
SBA
, ’69
) of E
lk G
rove
Vill
age,
Ill.,
on
May
2, 2
007
1970
S
Rob
ert M
. Sea
rs (B
SBA
, ’70
) of S
t. Pe
ters
, Mo.
, on
Aug
. 3, 2
007
Bar
bara
R. G
uth
(MA
, ’71
) of S
outh
port,
N.C
., on
M
arch
23,
200
7K
athe
rine
Cra
use
(BA
, ’72
; MP,
’83)
of C
hica
go, o
n Se
pt. 8
, 200
7K
aryn
B. F
ick
(BA
, ’73
) of A
rling
ton
Hei
ghts
, Ill.
, on
Mar
ch 1
8, 2
007
Jam
es M
. Ruz
ick
(BA
, ’73
) of S
umm
it A
rgo,
Ill.,
on
Sept
. 11,
200
7D
orot
hy B
artm
an (B
A, ’
74) o
f Chi
cago
, on
Apr
il 15
, 200
7St
uart
C. N
ilson
(B
SBA
, ’74
; MB
A, ’
82) o
f Chi
cago
, on
May
24,
200
7Jo
hn S
. Ven
clov
as (
MA
, ’75
; MC
, ’78
) of C
hica
go a
nd S
eattl
e,
on A
ug. 2
3, 2
007
Geo
rge
Shor
es (B
SBA
, ’78
) of C
hica
go, o
n Ju
ly 1
6, 2
007
Stan
ley
D. T
roye
r (M
PA, ’
78) o
f Pla
infi e
ld, I
ll., o
n A
ug. 1
3, 2
007
Orl
ando
Jon
es (M
PA, ’
79) o
f Chi
cago
, in
Sept
embe
r 200
7
1980
S
Mar
y D
ean
Jenk
ins (
MK
, ’84
) of C
hica
go, o
n A
pril
5, 2
007
Ter
esa
Cas
sidy
(MA
, ’88
) of A
rling
ton
Hei
ghts
, Ill.
, on
Feb.
28,
200
7
1990
S
Dor
is S
cher
er (B
GS,
’90)
of A
rling
ton
Hei
ghts
, Ill.
, on
Mar
ch 3
0, 2
007
Les
lie C
aitu
ng (B
A, ’
93) o
f Eva
nsto
n, Il
l., o
n M
arch
1, 2
007
Ela
ine
C. L
asin
e (B
A, ’
96; M
A, ’
00) o
f Chi
cago
, in
Janu
ary
2007
Will
iam
Per
ry (B
A, ’
97) o
f Eva
nsto
n, Il
l., o
n Ja
n. 2
7, 2
007
DID
YO
U W
ON
DE
R W
HO
YO
U W
ER
E T
AL
KIN
G T
O?
The
RU
pho
nath
on te
am h
as b
een
wor
king
the
lines
all
year
long
. With
the
end
of
the
acad
emic
yea
r jus
t aro
und
the
corn
er, t
here
is st
ill ti
me
to m
ake
a gi
ft to
the
Ann
ual F
und.
Gift
s to
the
Ann
ual F
und
ensu
re st
uden
t suc
cess
, rel
ieve
stud
ent
fi nan
cial
bur
dens
, inc
reas
e te
chno
logy
tool
s, lib
rary
reso
urce
s and
so m
uch
mor
e.
Mak
e a
gift
to th
e 20
07-0
8 R
oose
velt
Uni
vers
ity A
nnua
l Fun
d to
day:
IN
ME
MO
RIA
M
Roo
seve
lt U
niv
ersi
ty re
gret
s to
repo
rt th
e d
eath
s of
the
foll
owin
g
RU
com
mu
nit
y m
embe
rs.
FA
CU
LTY
LeR
oy L
ouis
Ahs
man
n, as
soci
ate p
rofe
ssor
emer
itus o
f man
age-
men
t, di
ed o
n Th
ursd
ay, D
ec. 2
7, 2
007,
at h
is h
ome i
n B
eauf
ort,
N.C
. D
r. A
hsm
ann
bega
n hi
s te
achi
ng c
aree
r at
Roo
seve
lt U
nive
rsity
in 1
975
and
retir
ed in
200
6. D
urin
g hi
s te
nure
at
Roo
seve
lt, h
e ta
ught
und
ergr
adua
te a
nd g
radu
ate
prog
ram
s in
th
e W
alte
r E.
Hel
ler
Col
lege
of
Bus
ines
s A
dmin
istra
tion
and
was
the
Sch
aum
burg
Cam
pus’
Dis
tingu
ishe
d Pr
ofes
sor
of
Bus
ines
s A
dmin
istra
tion
in 2
002-
03 a
nd t
he A
lyce
DeC
osta
Pr
ofes
sor
in 2
004-
05. D
r. A
hsm
ann
rece
ived
bac
helo
r’s
and
mas
ter’
s de
gree
s in
psy
chol
ogy
from
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Illi
nois
an
d a
PhD
in in
dust
rial p
sych
olog
y fr
om th
e Ill
inoi
s In
stitu
te
of T
echn
olog
y.
1940
S
Lou
is M
cPhe
e (B
A, ’
40) o
f Sag
inaw
, Mic
h., o
n Ja
n. 1
7, 2
007
Ber
nard
Kat
z (B
S, ’4
1) o
f Dee
rfi el
d, Il
l., o
n A
pril
19, 2
007
Mor
ton
Bla
nk (’
46) o
f Nile
s, Ill
. and
Dee
rfi el
d, Il
l., o
n M
ay 1
9, 2
007
Nao
mi B
ersc
h St
ucki
(BM
, ’46
) of K
alam
azoo
, Mic
h., o
n Ju
ly 1
7, 2
007
Mar
vin
A. M
arde
r (B
SC, ’
47) o
f Hig
hlan
d Pa
rk, I
ll., o
n Fe
b. 2
5, 2
007
Rud
olph
M. L
app
(BA
, ’48
) of S
an M
ateo
, Cal
if., i
n 20
07St
anle
y E
. Aub
ens (
BS,
’49)
of B
runs
wic
k, M
aine
, on
Sept
. 11,
200
7C
arl L
erne
r (B
S, ’4
9) o
f Chi
cago
, on
Sept
. 17,
200
7H
arry
R. S
chw
artz
(BS,
’49;
MS,
’56)
of L
agun
a W
oods
, Cal
if.,
on Ju
ne 8
, 200
7
1950
S
Fran
k C
herv
enak
(BSC
, ’50
) of W
heat
on, I
ll., o
n M
arch
24,
200
7H
arri
et D
ejac
k G
ore
(BA
, ’50
) of F
rem
ont,
Cal
if., o
n Fe
b. 1
4, 2
007
Shay
le R
. Ray
(BSC
, ’50
) of E
ncin
o, C
alif.
, on
July
7, 2
007
Rob
ert C
. St.
Cla
ire
(BA
, ’51
; MA
, ’58
) of L
afay
ette
, Ind
., on
Ju
ly 1
5, 2
007
Phill
ip C
. Gor
man
(BSB
A, ’
52) o
f Pal
atin
e, Il
l., o
n M
ay 1
, 200
7R
aym
ond
R. B
laig
e (B
SC, ’
53) o
f Sum
mer
fi eld
, Fla
., on
Ja
n. 1
, 200
7W
illia
m J
. Wol
fe (B
A, ’
53) o
f Tuc
son,
Ariz
., on
July
30,
200
7L
ouis
J. B
akou
ris (
BSC
, ’56
) of L
ansi
ng, I
ll., o
n M
ay 1
6, 2
007
Gild
a F.
Ros
e Pe
ters
on (B
A, ’
56) o
f Ant
ioch
, Ten
n., o
n M
ay 6
, 200
7Jo
hn H
. Mor
an (B
A, ’
57) o
f Zio
n, Il
l., o
n Se
pt. 7
, 200
7Jo
hn P
. Rad
cliff
e, J
r. (B
S, ’5
7) o
f Chi
lder
sbur
g, A
la.,
on
July
13,
200
7
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EIN
VE
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