Letter of support.
Below is our letter of support that was first circulated in winter of 2018 at the University of Chicago. There was considerable community support for this letter, so soon after circulating we began including signatures from community members outside the University. Please feel free to add your name here if you wish.
In 2015 the Obama Foundation chose the South Side of Chicago as the site of the Obama Presidential Center (OPC), and in 2016 chose the specific location of Jackson Park. This choice of location is deeply intertwined with President Obama’s vision for the OPC: “More than a museum with stories from the past, we want this to be a place that helps all of us to build our collective future” (2018). We, members of the University of Chicago community, are signing this letter to express our support of this mission to build up and invest in the South Side, to break down barriers, and to encourage new and stronger collaborations between UChicago and our surrounding communities.
The OPC has great potential to be transformative for the South Side. It will bring much-needed attention and investment to our often neglected communities, leading to new jobs, businesses, housing, and improved infrastructure. Equally importantly, the OPC will extend the City’s lakefront cultural landscape deeper into the South Side. The proposed OPC campus will transform an underutilized strip of Jackson Park into a beautiful setting that welcomes visitors and neighborhood residents alike.
The choice to locate the OPC in Jackson Park is historically appropriate. Jackson Park itself was originally conceived by landscape architects Olmsted and Vaux as a space whose beauty would provide moral uplift to “thousands of the very class of citizens whose convenience most needs to be considered…the toiling population of Chicago.” Daniel Burnham’s 1909 “Plan of Chicago” adopted this vision, declaring “the Lakefront by right belongs to the people”. Over the last century the city has built beaches and recreational sites, nature areas, and 11 non-profit and largely privately funded museums in its parks. That investment has largely gone to the downtown and Northside, while Jackson Park was shamefully neglected. The OPC campus, with its open grounds, recreational amenities, and community programming, will bring the park closer to fulfilling Olmsted’s democratic vision of access for all.
The OPC will also directly benefit the University community. The Jackson Park location, within walking distance of the campus, opens new opportunities for faculty, students, staff, and their families to engage with our surrounding communities. The Obama Foundation has purposely minimized the role of the OPC as an archive and is dedicating the site instead to education and training on civic engagement “...to prepare the next generation of leaders to take the baton and take their own crack at changing the world” (President Obama, 2017). We look forward to University-OPC collaborations that can enhance our diverse University community, facilitate our efforts in recruiting and retaining excellent staff, students and faculty, and provide new opportunities to link University research, training, and civic engagement initiatives in ways that strengthen individual lives and neighborhoods on the South Side.
It is our hope that the University and South Side communities can come together to realize the vision of Barack and Michelle Obama in setting forth the plans and programs for the OPC. We recognize the problems inherent in planning any public project that touches many interests, but let us remember Chicago’s city motto “Urbs in horto”, (city in a garden) and not participate in the behavior that led columnist Mike Royko to suggest a change to “Ubi est Mea” (where’s mine?). Let us not ask the OPC to solve all our problems, but instead allow it to serve the catalyzing purpose for which it is designed. Let us focus on its programming, benefits to youth, and stimulus to the economic development of our neighborhoods and their residents. The Foundation has encouraged community input on the OPC plans; let us make suggestions that will positively shape the OPC to make it the strongest center it can be, with the goal of uniting us in moving forward. We close in again expressing our strong support for the OPC in Jackson Park and for the Obama Foundation staff who are planning it.
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Erin Adams, Joseph Regenstein Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Liz Moyer, Associate Professor, Geophysical Sciences
Ron Rock, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
David Weisbach, Walter J. Blum Professor, Law School
Omri Ben-Shahar, Leo Herzel Professor of Law, Law School
Brian Leiter, Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and Director, Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values
Phoebe Rice, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mary Anton, AB 70, MBA 79; Retired Staff
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Professor, Law School
Anne Hamada, formerly married to the Dean Emeritus of Booth School, Robert Hamada
Daniel Holz, Associate Professor, Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Robert Rosner, William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Depts. of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Computation Institute, and Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Shay McAllister, Staff, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Somaiyya Ahmad, Staff
Anthony Kossiakoff, Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David Kovar, Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Edward Kibblewhite, Professor Emeritus, Depts. of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Computation Institute
Marvin Makinen, Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lainie Ross, Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Ethics
Carole Ober, Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor, Dept of Human Genetics
Ted Steck, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Angela Olinto, Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor, Depts. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute
Caitlin Castro, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Margaret Gardel, Professor, Physics Department, James Franck Institute
John Leonard, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sidney Nagel, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor, Physics Department, James Franck Institute, Enrico Fermi Institute
Vincenzo Vitelli, Professor, Physics Department, James Franck Institute
Sobhan Roy, Staff Scientist, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Abby Stayart, Program Director myCHOICE, BS Gender Studies '97, PhD Genetics '12
Leslie Rogers, Assistant Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jerry Coyne, Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology and Evolution
Kineret Jaffe, AM '74, PhD '82; Retired Staff
Sally Horne-Badovinac, Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Morton Silverman, BSD Faculty - retired
Cathryn Nagler, Professor, Department of Pathology
Olufunmilayo Olopade, Walter L Palmer Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Steve Cicala, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Anne Sperling, Professor, Associate Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Craig Hogan, Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Anthea Hogan, Supportive Hyde Park Resident
Anthony Reder, Professor, Neurology, Immunology, Neurobiology
Peter Savage, Associate Professor, Pathology
Ursula Storb, Professor Emerita MGCB
Judith McCue, Former Staff, Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies
Bana Jabri, Faculty, Department of Medicine
Ellen Cohen, Staff
Melody Swartz, Professor of Molecular Engineering (W.B. Ogden chair)
Jeffrey Hubbell, Professor, Institute for Molecular Engineering
Fotini Gounari, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Glenn Randall, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Eugene Chang, Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine
Albert Bendelac, Professor, Committee on Immunology, Department of Pathology
Adam Hammond, Curriculum Director, Biophysical Sciences
Amir Jina, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Quincy Castro, Student, Booth School of Business
Sid Colton, AB'73, Retired Staff
Anne Rogers, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Barbara Stranger, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Kerith Luchins, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Natalie Young, Communications Manager, Office of Shared Research Facilities
Andrew Campbell, Professor, Geophysical Sciences
Sara Vaux, The College, former; mother of four College and Pritzker alums
Eduardo Perozo, Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Victoria Prince, Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Marlene Tuttle, Former University Staff
Sylvia Fergus, Former Staff and Graham School alumna
Susan Kossiakoff, Family, married to Anthony Kossiakoff, Professor at U of C
Debra Stulberg, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Brent Krueger, Alumnus, Ph.D. Chemistry 1999
Sonia Oyola, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Joy West, Family, mother of Law Student
Sliman Bensmaia, Associate Professor, Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Bernard Ewigman, Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Zhe-Xi Luo, Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Doug Kuzniar, Alumni, Committee on International Relations
Michael Lieteau, Parent of alumni
Urs Schmidt-Ott, Associate Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Marta Borowska, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michael LaBarbera, Emeritus Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Kennise Herring, Alumni Division of Social Sciences
Robert Josephs, Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Paul Sereno, Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Aaron Elmore, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Marcus Kronforst, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution
Sarah Cobey, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution
Maria-Luisa Alegre, Professor, Department of Medicine
Eleanor Hall, Alumna, Psychology PhD and Hyde Park Resident
Jason Molony, AM'13 Staff
Janice Benson, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Ian Foster, Compton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Computer Science
David Archer, Faculty, Department of Geophysical Sciences
Jill Archer, Neighborhood Supporter
Jun Huang, Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Engineering
Juan de Pablo, Professor of Molecular Engineering
William Schweiker, Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor, The Divinity School and College
Kristine Culp, Associate Professor, The Divinity School and College, and Dean, Disciples Divinity House
Yvonne Gilmore, Alumna, Divinity School; Associate Dean, Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago
Scott Snyder, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Yamuna Krishnan, Professor of Chemistry
Steven Sibener, Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute
Wenbin Lin, James Franck Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology
John Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
David Rubin, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Gregory Voth, Haig P. Papazian Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bryan Dickinson, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Juan Collar, Professor, Department of Physics
Yousef Casewit, University of Chicago Divinity School Assistant Professor
Shrayesh Patel, Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Engineering
James Pilcher, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute
David Miller, Neubauer Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute
Scott Mesdow, Clinical professor of entrepreneurship Chicago booth
Steven Kaplan, Professor, Chicago Booth
Ira Weiss, Clinical Professor, Chicago Booth
Richard Hornbeck, Professor, Chicago Booth
Stephen Morrissette, Faculty, Chicago Booth
Richard Thaler, Professor, Booth School of Business
Christian Leuz, Faculty, Chicago Booth
Savdeep Sethi, Professor of Physics
Heather Caruso, Adjunct Faculty and Executive Director of CDR, Chicago Booth
Jessica Swanson, Research Associate Professor, Chemistry
Jason Heltzer, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth
Bernd Wittenbrink, Professor, Booth School of Business
Chris Blattman, Ramalee E. Pearson Professor, Harris Public Policy
Konstantin Sonin, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
LianTao Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Barbara Scavone, Professor, Anesthesia and Critical Care
Linda Tartof, Staff retired
Tracy Raoul, Research Specialist 3, BSD, Department of Medicine, Hem/Onc, Jackson Park Golf Assoc, CPGA, JPAC/SSPAC
Gary Ossewaarde, alumnus (AM '66 History) and retired Staff
Ilya Kreynin, Part time faculty
Keith Moffat, Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Manish Sharma, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Tamar Polonsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hyde Park Resident
Alexander Pearson, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Eileen Dolan, Professor of Medicine
Michael Bishop, Professor of Medicine BSD
Al DeBonnett, Former U of C Staff Member and South Shore Resident
Everett Vokes, Professor of Medicine
Suzanne Conzen, Professor of Medicine
Wendy Hernandez, Instructor, Department of Medicine
Sachin Shah, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Hae Kyung Im, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Kenneth Cohen, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
David Howes, Professor of Medicine
Andrew Davis, Associate Professor of Medicine
Mary Strek, Professor of Medicine
Arlene Chapman, Professor of Medicine
Margaret M Mitchell, Shailer Mathews Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, Divinity School
Remzi Bag, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Daniel Golden, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Micah Prochaska, Faculty, Department of Medicine
Neda Laiteerapong, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Vahide Dogan-Bag, University Of Chicago, family
Fabrice Smieliauskas, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Shari Snow, Associate Professor, Chief of Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Sandra Valaitis, Professor of ObGyn, Chief of Gynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Anthony Chang, Professor of Pathology
Chalongchai Phitsanuwong, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Biological Science Department
John Hart, Professor, Department of Pathology
David Gozal, Professor of Pediatrics, Biological Sciences Division
Dan Nicolae, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Statistics
Anna Volerman, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
Megan McNerney, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Thelma Wright, Staff, Department of Pathology
Christina Ciaccio, Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine
Gwen Bell, University Of Chicago Project Assistant
Betty Theriault, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery University of Chicago
Jason Kane, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Nora Jaskowiak, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Anna Alecci, Staff, Department of Surgery
Michael Gluth, Associate Professor of Surgery
Gladell Paner, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Adam Cifu, Professor of Medicine
Samuel Volchenboum, Department of Pediatrics, Biological Sciences Division
Tiffany Patton, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Sally Wolcott, Staff, Institute for Molecular Engineering, Hyde Park resident
Donna Christian, APN, MS, FNP, Dept of Surgery
Kiran Turaga, Associate Professor, Dept of Surgery
Balbino Lopez, Clinical Associate, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Kathleen Goss, Staff, Comprehensive Cancer Center
LeRoy Jones, Family member of UChicago member
Mary Buschmann, Research Manager, Department of Surgery
Emily Ott, Research Specialist, Department of ObGyn
Ashley Szofer, Former University of Chicago Employee
Shannon Martin, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Michelle Le Beau, Professor of Medicine and the Comprehensive Cancer Center
Scott Eggener, Professor of Surgery
Sonia Hernandez, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Sarah Hoehn, MD, Director pediatric comfort team
Tracy Koogler, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Rita Nanda, Associate Professor of Medicine
Brittany Dyer, Registered Nurse, Department of Hematology/Oncology
Daniel McGehee, Professor, Chair, Committee on Neurobiology, Dept of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Meritxell Oliva, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Genetic Medicine
Donald Hedeker, Professor, Public Health Sciences
Elia Martinez, Staff
Mim Ari, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sharon Gayle, Registered Nurse, Department of Hematology / Oncology
Angela Hayes, Staff
Daniel Olson, Fellow, Department of Medicine
Roger Hurst, Professor, Department of Surgery
Wei Wei Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., Sydney Stein, Jr. Professor of Public Management Emeritus, Harris School of Public Polcy, School of social Service Administration
Sam Armato, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
James Robinson, Professor, Harris School of Public Policy
Eric Schmitt, Alumnus, BA 2006
Nikunj Chokshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Leslie Stulberg, Alumna (J.D. '78)
Habibul Ahsan, Louis Block Professor of Public Health Sciences
Jamie Brewer, Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine
Peter Bendix, Assistant Professor, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Dept of Surgery
Jeanne Marsh, Professor, School of Social Service Administration
Daniel Hemel, Assistant Professor, Law School
Geoffrey Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law
David Strauss, Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor, The Law School
Martha C. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, Law School and Philosophy Department
Claudia Flores, Assistant Clinical Professor, Law School
Charlie Catlett, Computation Institute
Fred Chong, Seymour Goodman Professor, Department of Computer Science
Jeffrey Harvey, Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Physics
Mihai Anitescu, Professor (part-time), Department of Statistics
Diana Franklin, Research Associate Professor, Computer Science
Rick Stevens, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Bradford Benson, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Janos Simon, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Bao Chau Ngo, Francis and Rose Yuen distinguised service professor, Department of Mathematics
John Reppy, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Kerwin Charles, Professor, Harris School
Vukica Srajer, Research Professor, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources
Dinanath Sulakhe, Staff, Computation Institute
Rayid Ghani, Center for Data Science and Public Policy, Computation Institute and Harris School of Public Policy
Andre Neves, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Jonathan Ozik, Computation Institute
Alexander Razborov, Andrew MacLeish Disringuished Service Professor, Departmens of Mathematics and Computer Sdience
Stuart Kurtz, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Ravi Madduri, Argonne National Laboratory
Peter McCullagh, John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Statistics
Michael Stein, Ralph & Mary Otis Isham Professor, Department of Statistics
Robert Kottwitz, Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, mathematics
Chris McGowan, Board Member, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Sadia Haider, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thanasis Economou, Research Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
Jane Dailey, Associate Professor of History and the Law School
Edward Leung, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Martha Roth, Chauncey Boucher Distinguished Service Professor, Oriental Institute, NELC, and the College
Laimute Baksas, Staff, Biological Sciences Division
Erika Pemberton, Staff, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Section
Douglas Baird, Harry A. Bigelow Professor, Law School
Thomas Christensen, Avalon Foundation Proffesor of Music and the Humanities
Theo van den Hout, Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor of Hittite and Anatolian Languages
Marquita Nelson, Fellow, Department of Medicine
Lior Strahilevitz, Sidley Austin Professor, Law School
William H Sterner, Computer Science, Adjunct and Director of Instructional Lab
Harriette Moody, Staff, Franke Institute for the Humanities
Peter May, Professor of Mathematics
Edward Awh, Professor of Psychology
Dali Yang, William C. Reavis Professor, Department of Political Science
Greg Kaplan, Professor, Department of Economics
John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science
Bao Chau Ngo, Francis and Rose Yuen Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Mathematics
Edwin Kite, Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences
Tahera Qutbuddin, Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Leslie Kay, Professor in Psychology, Institute for Mind and Biology
Hripsime Haroutunian, Lecturer, NELC
David Rowley, Professor Dept of the Geophysical Science
David Frim, Ralph Cannon Professor, Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery)
Daniel Raeburn, Lecturer, the Program in Creative Writing
Raymond Pierrehumbert, Louis Block Prof. Emeritus in the Department of Geophysical science, Halley Professor of Physics University of Oxford
Nicolas Dauphas, Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences
Lidwina van den Hout-Huijben, Lecturer, Romance Languages and Literatures
John MacAloon, Professor, Social Sciences
Marta Ptaszynska, Professor of Music
Elisabeth Clemens, William Rainey Harper Professor of Sociology
Reika Yokochi, Research Associate Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences
Malte Jansen, Assistant Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences
Paul Poast, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Mark Hansen, Charles L Hutchinson Professor, Political Science and the College
Morrie Fred, Lecturer MAPSS
Larry Norman, Frank L. Sulzberger Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Megan Mekinda, Assistant Director for Cancer Education, UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Eric Oliver, Professor of Political Science
Ebenezer Concepcion, Graduate Student & Lecturer, Romance Languages and Literatures; Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
Vera Klement, Professor, Committee on Art and Design
Patricia Swindle, AB-1971, AM 1974, abd 1979, Adjunct Faculty Graham School
Smith Carrie, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sonali Smith, Professor, Dept of Medicine
Paula Ausick, Alumna, AB'72
Lolita Kinds, Oncology Nurse Navigaror BSN RN, section Hematology/Oncology
Judith Garza, Staff
Joscelyn Hoffmann, Staff, Institute for Mind and Biology
Katina Merritt, Staff, Dept. of Pathology
Brittany Ciboski, Executive Assistant, The Harris School of Public Policy
Mark Sheffield, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology
Jane Booker, Staff, Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Akira Imamoto, Associate Professor, Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Jackson Cone, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurobiology
Sylvia Ortega Martinez, Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Neurobiology
Angele Parent, Research Associate Professor, Neurobiology Department
Ruth Anne Eatock, Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Hyde Park resident
Anning Lin, Professor, Ben May Department
Kay Macleod, Associate Professor, Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Robert Andrew, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology
John Maunsell, Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Peggy Mason, Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Kristen Becker, Research Nurse, Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Narayanan Kasthuri, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Sheheryar Hasnain, Executive Administrator, Neurobiology
Sonya Malunda, Former University Staff and current South Shore resident
Jay Ellison, University Staff and resident of Jackson Park Highlands
Anne Strohm, M.A., 1979, Clinical Psychologist
Susan Art, UChicago College staff, retired
David Schmitz, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute
Sara Szuchet, Professor Department of Neurology
Deborah Burnet, Professor and Chief, General Internal Medicine
Trevor Price, Professor, Ecology & Evolution
Selwyn Rogers, Professor, Surgery
Roger Myerson, Professor, Economics
Richard Rosengarten, Associate Professor, The Divinity School
Andrew Howard, Clinical Associate, Radiation Oncology
Mary Okwuje, U. of C PhD Alumna and Jackson Park Highlands Resident
Jason Merchant, Lorna P Straus Professor, Department of Linguistics
John Lockhart, MBA '97, Woodlawn Resident
Michael Sorkin, Distinguished Professor of Architecture, The City College of New York, UChicago College Alumnus, 1969)
James Osborne, Assistant Professor, Oriental Institute, NELC Departmen
Kennise M Herring, PhD, U of C 1978 graduate & South Shore resident
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Community Members:
Alicia Kelly, Jackson Park Highlands
Jason Lofgren, Jackson Park Highlands
Margaret Lofgren, Jackson Park Highlands
Lewis Lofgren, Jackson Park Highlands
Isabelle Lofgren, Jackson Park Highlands
Paul Crutchfield, Jackson Park Highlands
Natalie Goldberg, Community Member
Bruce Strohm, retired General Counsel--EQR
Beverly Cox, Jackson Park Highlands
John Bailey, South Shore
Will Purba, South Shore
Lucinda Pardo, Hyde Park
Jennifer Bosch, Woodlawn
Jerry Levy, Jackson Park Advisory Council; Park District Volunteer Steward, Wooded Island and South Shore Nature Sanctuary
Karen Ashley-Bowman, Jackson Park Highlands
Steven Bowman, Jackson Park Highlands
Tanya Marfo, Jackson Park Highlands
Deborah Pratt, Hyde Park
Louise McCurry, JPAC, HPKCC, AYSO, HPCC
Jake Young, Hyde Park, Jackson Park Steward, JPAC
Gretchen Engimann, Hyde Park
Anne Marie Miles, Jackson Park Advisory Council
Rafael Graham, South Shore
Susan Augustine, Hyde Park
Laura MacGregor, Woodlawn
Alejandra Lastra, Woodlawn
Spencer Bibbs, Hyde Park, Jackson Park Advisory Council
Lorene Barnes, Roseland Community/Jackson Park Participant
Mae Carr, Calumet Heights
Gerald Williams, South Shore
Charles Malone
Dorothy Wilson, South Shore
John Cruzat, Member: Jackson Park Golf Alliance
Frances Hagemann, Chicago Public Schools & UIC retired
Sharon Lewis, South Shore & Hyde Park, PAC President, JPAC, SSCC, Bessemer,
Christopher Lewis, Parent, Kenwood H.S., JPAC, Former Hyde Park Resident
Mable Cartlidge, Chicago State University
Mattie Gunter-Travis, Chicago Public Schools
Katherine Thomas, Hyde Park
Alvin Rider, Woodlawn
Michele Posey-Johnson, Woodlawn, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Member
Dawn Posey, Jackson Park Advisory Council
Andre Stephens, Businessman
Paul Fregia, Jackson Park Golf Association
Russell Pike, Jackson Park Highlands Resident, President of the Jackson Park Highlands Association
Camille Billingslea, Jackson Park Highlands
Mazi Farris, Jackson Park Highlands
Tyrone Farris, Jackson Park Highlands
DeRon Howard, Jackson Park Highlands
Wil Lewis, Jackson Park Highlands, CNH Board Member
Sofia Anastopoulos, Jackson Park Highlands
Patricia Pike, South Shore
Patricia Holmes, Partner Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP; Jackson Park Highlands
Michael Holmes, Jackson Park Highlands; Leo Catholic High School Administrator
Aasha Holmes, Jackson Park Highlands; Museum of Science and Industry
Aamir Holmes, Jackson Park Highlands; University of Kentucky
Alisa Starks, Jackson Park Highlands
Byron Mason, Jackson Park Highlands
Nicole Mourillon, Jackson Park Highlands
Polly Ellison, Jackson Park Highlands
April Platt, Jackson Park Highlands
Patricia Miller, Jackson Park Highlands
Susan Campbell, Jackson Park Highlands
Richard Hope, Jackson Park Highlands
Patricia de la Cerna, Jackson Park Highlands
Victoria Thompson, Jackson Park Highlands
Authedna Smith, Jackson Park Highlands
Glenda Johnson, Jackson Park Highlands
Robert Johnson, Jackson Park Highlands
Elsa Tullos, South Shore
Franklin Thompson, Jackson Park Highlands
Charles Petersen, Jackson Park Highlands, JPHA
Sheila Grannen, Jackson Park Highlands
Tracy Smith-Jackson, Jackson Park Highlands
Robert Jackson, Jackson park Highlands
Mikael David, South Shore
Hubert Thompson, Jackson Park Highlands
Samuel Thompson, Jackson Park Highlands
Diann Crutchfield, Jackson Park Highlands
Geralyn Thompson, Jackson Park Highlands
Russell Johnson Cochran, Jackson Park Highlands
Victoria Cochran, Jackson Park Highlands
Terrell Brown, Jackson Park Highlands
Daniel Krysinski, Jackson Park Highlands
Eric Marfo, Jackson Park Highlands
ADORN Lewis Mitchell, Business owner - AB Mitchell & Associates LLC
Alice Anderson-Hope, Jackson Park Highlands
Franklin Smith, Jackson Park Highlands
Charisma Thapa, Jackson Park Advisory Council
Philip Okwuje, Jackson Park Highlands
Tasha Levy, Jackson Park Highlands
Betty Sweetland, Hyde Park
Joshua Childs, Jackson Park Highlands
Andreea Cochran, Jackson Park Highlands
Jeannette Jones, Jackson Park Highlands
Walter Kindred, President, South Shore Cultural Center Advisory Council
Jennifer Baker, Hyde Park business owner
Alma Buckner, MD, Jackson Park Highlands
Curtis Myers, Hyde Park
Gail Robinson, Jackson Park Highlands
Erika Shavers
Juliet Dervin, Hyde Park
Patricia King, Jackson Park Highlands
Charles Petersen, Jackson Park Highlands (Board member and resident)
Candice Washington, Hyde Park Resident
Louise McCurry, Hyde Park
Mary Ann Davis, Jackson Park Highlands
Kathryn Williams, Hyde Park
Everlena Meadows, South Shore
Danita Childers, Woodlawn
Dave and Linda Tartof, Hyde Park
Gregory Smith, South Shore
Mary Schwartz, Woodlawn
Sarah Mirkin, Lincoln Park
Judith Wright, Hyde Park
Jiuyue Xu, Hyde Park
Elizabeth Cooke, Hyde Park
Michael Johnson, Hyde Park
Marissa Tucker, Jackson Park Highlands
De Shun Wang, Jackson Park Highlands
Kenneth Hill, Hyde Park
Natalie L. Goldberg, Hyde Park
Danielle Martinez, Woodlawn
Julie Shelton, Hyde Park
Micah Thomas Prochaska, Hyde Park
Cecilia Collar, Hyde Park
Daniel Raichel, Hyde Park
Cynthia Bagrowski, Hyde Park
Lindsey Strieter, Hyde Park
Maria Leone, Streeterville
Candice Prochaska, Hyde Park
Espinola Woolfolk, UofC and Woodlawn
Pierre Watkins, Washington Park
Ashlee Nichols, South Shore
Don Vincent, Jackson Park Highlands
Vicki Wilson, Jackson Park Highlands
Edward Charles Lampley, Jackson Park Highlands
Gloria Needlman, Hyde Park
Benjamin Rossi, Login Square
Elaine M Beaudoin, Edgewater
Donna Pocius, Berwyn
Charlene Hill, Hyde Park
Elizabeth Shen, Hyde Park
Susan Alitto, Hyde Park
Kevin Wright, Woodlawn
Savitha Cheadurai, Lakeview
Erin Fry, Hyde Park
Leon Walker, Woodlawn/Hyde Park
Sharon Hicks, Woodlawn
Bernie Williams, Hyde Park
Pamela Williams, Roseland
Walt Kindred, South Chicago
Ibn Abney, Chicago
David Wilson, Chicago
Jessie Mjasiri, Hyde Park
Carolena McEwen, Bronzeville
Corey Mason, Hyde Park
Kathy Cullick, Woodlawn
Ruth Bloom, Hyde Park
Cheryl Wooten, South Shore
Michelle Campbell, Woodlawn
Quincy Dyer, Woodlawn
Charles C. Campbell, Woodlawn
Charles Newsome, South Shore
Ghian Foreman, Chicago
Peter McCarthy, Hyde Park
Aidan Kaplan, Hyde Park
Layla Treuhaft-Ali, Hyde Park
Maya Hodari, Woodlawn
Brian Dexter O'Neal, Woodlawn
Toya King Merriweather, Woodlawn
Terri Kilbane, Woodlawn
Myriam Weaver, Woodlawn
Reginald Weaver, Woodlawn
Jarquetta Egeston, Woodlawn
Othiniel Mahone, Woodlawn
Stephanie Mahone, Woodlawn
Stephen Brown, Woodlawn
Jeane Clark, Woodlawn
Lanita Lewis, South Shore
Derrick James, Avalon Park
Robin Boyd-Clark, South Shore
Candice Hunter, Kenwood & South Shore
Sharon Fleming, South Shore
Loren Taylor, Chicago
Amena Karim, South Shore
Felix Ramos, Chicago
Val Free, South Shore
Patric Barnes, South Shore
Helena Robinson, South Shore
Randy Evans, Chatham
Donna Strickland, South Shore
Tim Boylan, South Shore
Jameka Sampson, South Shore
LaShawn Edwards, South Shore
Lillie Campbell, South Shore
Tona Franklin, South Shore
Day Mitchell, South Shore
Andy White, Evanston
Diana Collymore, South Shore
Roshawn White, South Shore
J. Terrell, South Shore
Deborah Ross, South Shore
Eulisa Thomas, South Shore
Valerie Triche, South Shore
Ashley Yameogo, Chicago
Thomas Muhammad, Chicago
JoAnn Terry, Hyde Park
Litricia Payne, South Chicago
Robin Bland, South Shore
Stanley Turner, South Shore
Dean Reiel, South Shore
Marcus Knight, Chatham
Calvin Love, South Shore
Dr. Alfred Williams, South Shore
Corey Mason, Hyde Park
Nikki Lacewell, South Shore/Bryn Mar East
Jawanda Hairston, Woodlawn
Betty Sweetland, Hyde Park
June Mire, Hyde Park
Doug Kuzniar, Jackson Park Highlands
Franklin Thompson, Jackson Park Highlands
Samuel Thompson, Jackson Park Highlands
Tyrone Hughes Jr, Bronzeville
Juwan Martin, Bronzeville
Pierre Watkins, Bronzeville
Norma Deshields, South Shore
Camille Irvin, Morgan Park
Kathryn Williams, East Hyde Park
Linn Orear, Hyde Park
Charemi A Jones, Woodlawn
June Cooper, Scottsdale
Bashar H. Malkawi, Jackson Park
Janet Barnes, South Shore
Amy F., Douglas
Elizabeth Albrecht, Woodlawn
John Sciberras, Woodlawn
Katrin Melville, Woodlawn
Toya Merriweather, Woodlawn
Phillip Smith, Hyde Park
John Watkins, Bronzeville
Pierre Watkins, Hyde Park
Andy Carter, Hyde Park
June Mire, Ecological Risk Assessor, Hyde Park
Kenneth Shaw, Hyde Park
Stacey Rustin, Hyde Park
Sylvie Bendier, Hyde Park
Amanda Espitia, Woodlawn
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