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Richard M. Daley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1783 words) |
 | Daley and his supporters argued that the airport was a threat to Chicago's high-rise cityscape and its high profile skyscrapers, Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center. |
| A six-month investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times resulted in a three-day series of articles in January 2004 that revealed that some participating companies were being paid for doing little or no work, had mob connections or were tied to city employees. |
| Announcing the goal of making Chicago the "greenest city in America" Mayor Daley is helping create initiatives to increase green roof usage within the city. |
| Former Chicago alderman Leon Despres earns University of Chicago’s prestigious Benton Medal (656 words) |
| Despres, considered the liberal conscience of Chicago politics for decades, was born in Chicago in 1908, attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and graduated from the College in 1927 and the Law School in 1929. |
| Judson was the second president of the University of Chicago, serving from 1906 to 1923. |
| In 1955, Despres was elected to the Chicago city council to represent Hyde Park as 5th ward alderman, the same year that Paddy Bauler famously uttered that “Chicago ain’t ready for reform.” But that is exactly what Despres delivered. |
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