University of Chicago - Obama Presidency Oral History Back University of Chicago Index / Organizations Transcripts Susan Sher ...who was the general counsel of the University of Chicago , who had been a lawyer—he hadn't bee... ...and had left to be a lawyer at the University of Chicago . But one of my partners from Maye... ...Turns out we both had kids at the [ University of Chicago ] Lab [Laboratory] School in the sam... ...her time at City Hall, she moves to the University of Chicago . Well, first she went to Publi... ...said, “I think I'm ready to work at the University of Chicago .” So I called that same person... ...in the Dean of Students Office at University of Chicago .” So he hired her, and she starte... ...work at the university. She got to the University of Chicago before you then left— That time, yes... ...too busy.” But I got a call from the University of Chicago Medical Center asking if I would b... ...Michelle took this on and with the [ UChicago Medicine] Center for Care an... ...what I wanted to do. By the way, the University of Chicago from the very beginning had said... ...more I talked to the president of the University of Chicago , they structured a job for me that wa... ...do the [David] Rubenstein Forum [at the University of Chicago ] . And then, Jeanne Gang, our loca... ...charge of government affairs at the [ University of Chicago ] Medical Center. That one was, ... Show more... Martin Nesbitt ...wife went to Northwestern, and then the University of Chicago for medical school. And of course, w... ...But Anita had met Michelle at the University of Chicago , where they both worked, and insiste... ...from that time. And he was then at the University of Chicago when I was in business school, and w... ...was the reason she stayed at the University of Chicago after graduating and became resident... ...was to go to business school at the University of Chicago [U of C]. The African Americans that ... ...was like for you to be a student at the University of Chicago , and your awareness of the kinds o... ...that's what the neighborhood around the University of Chicago was like. We were off, but we were onl... ...You know, I played, of course, at the University of Chicago , on campus. I think it was Crown Fiel... ...in a way. Then, when I got to the University of Chicago , there was a critical mass of peopl... ...Chicago home is now. It's close to the University of Chicago . It just made a lot of sense to buil... Show more... David Axelrod ... The problem was, when I got to the University of Chicago —and now I'm the Institute of Politic... ...newspaper around the area of the University of Chicago . And the day I walked in, the genera... ...always say that I attended the University of Chicago , but I was educated in the Chicag... ...started an Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago , carved out a profile as a commentato... ...decision to try to do something at the University of Chicago , to start the institute? Yes. Tha... ...much a part of that. I had been at the University of Chicago as a student. I hated it there, becaus... ...of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago , and a senior political commentator a... ...interview. But when you came to the University of Chicago , very quickly, you became involved i... ...town. That's why I wanted to go to the University of Chicago . I knew it was a great city. I knew i... ...was teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago . And I thought to myself, You know... ...was the principal at the Lab School [ University of Chicago Laboratory Schools]. David called m... Show more... Avelino Halagao ...formally. It was – came down to University of Chicago , who ultimately won it. I believ... Konrad Ng ...said, "Well, he's a law professor at University of Chicago and a politician." And then she gave m... ...to not only see Hawaiʻi's proposal, but University of Chicago 's proposal, University in Illinois. S... ...States or still a professor at the University of Chicago . It would just still be the same... Bronwen Solyom ...a good career. And I signed up to go to University of Chicago Library School, and I was accepte... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Science Science go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency