EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Chicago, IL

Founding Date:
1945

Motto:
Dedicated to the enlightenment of the human spirit

Enrollment:
7,500

Official Website:
http://www.roosevelt.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Andrew C. Barrett	Government	14-Apr-1942		FCC Commissioner, 1989-96
Melissa Bean	Politician	22-Jan-1962		Congresswoman from Illinois, 2005-11
Anthony Braxton	Jazz Musician	4-Jun-1945		Inventive jazz multi-instrumentalist
Jesse Brown	Government	27-Mar-1944	15-Aug-2002	US Secretary of Veteran's Affairs, 1993-97
Les Brown	Encyclopaedist	20-Dec-1928	4-Nov-2013	Television encyclopaedist
Brenda J. Gaines	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Diners Club NA, 2002-04
Herbie Hancock	Jazz Musician	12-Apr-1940		Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist
Lorraine Hansberry	Playwright	19-May-1930	12-Jan-1965	A Raisin in the Sun
Donald P. Jacobs	Economist	22-Jun-1927		Dean of the Kellogg School, 1975-2001
John H. Klein	Business	c. 1946		CEO of DAVA Pharmaceuticals
Mort Kondracke	Columnist	28-Apr-1939		Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin
Robert W. Mahoney	Business	c. 1936		CEO of Diebold, 1985-99
Frank A. Ninkovich	Historian	19-Dec-1944		The Diplomacy of Ideas
Mike Quigley	Politician	17-Oct-1958		Congressman, Illinois 5th
Bobby Rush	Politician	23-Nov-1946		Congressman, Illinois 1st
Gus Savage	Politician	30-Oct-1925	31-Oct-2015	Congressman from Illinois, 1981-93
David Y. Schwartz	Business	c. 1941		Former Partner, Arthur Andersen
Peter Sebastian	Diplomat	19-Jun-1926	22-Mar-2011	US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87
Shel Silverstein	Poet	25-Sep-1930	10-May-1999	Where the Sidewalk Ends
James A. Skinner	Business	c. 1944		CEO of McDonald's, 2004-12
Raymond Tanter	Scholar	?		Iran Policy Committee founder
Harold Washington	Politician	15-Apr-1922	25-Nov-1987	First black Mayor of Chicago
Ronald A. Williams	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Aetna, 2006-10
Louis Zorich	Actor	12-Feb-1924		Burt Buchman on Mad About You

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel R. Headrick	Historian	2-Aug-1941		When Information Came of Age
Christopher Lasch	Author	1-Jun-1932	14-Feb-1994	The Culture of Narcissism
Abba Lerner	Economist	28-Oct-1903	27-Oct-1982	The Economics of Control
Mel Reynolds	Politician	8-Jan-1952		Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95
Donald Weinstein	Historian	13-Mar-1926	13-Dec-2015	Savonarola and Florence

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David D. Hiller	Publisher	12-Jun-1953		LA Times publisher, 2006-08
John F. Sandner	Business	3-Nov-1941		Past Chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange

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