University of Chicago - Obama Presidency Oral History Back University of Chicago Index / Organizations Transcripts John Rogers ...school in the country, and he felt the University of Chicago [U of C] was the best. He showed up... ...the test and they enrolled him at University of Chicago Law School, where he promptly met m... ...She became the first Black woman University of Chicago Law School graduate in 1946. It wa... ...that I was a stockbroker—I went to the University of Chicago Lab School, and my friends, I ha... ...years old, because he went to the University of Chicago Lab School too. I met him when I go... ...couple other guys who had played at the University of Chicago . What really was a neat thing is... ...someday Columbia can follow in the University of Chicago 's footsteps and have a commitment t... ...the term “business diversity” that the University of Chicago invented to get rid of th... ...incredibly helpful. You mentioned the University of Chicago . I want to ask you a couple o... ...first, maybe we could talk about the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. You're an alum. Yo... ...Second part, of course, it's a place— University of Chicago , as you know, focuses on fre... ...that Michelle Obama, when she was at University of Chicago Medicine—University of Chicago Medica... ...was at University of Chicago Medicine— University of Chicago Medical Center at the time— And a... ...Center at the time— And at the University of Chicago too. Yes [laughs]. There have been s... ...We have this trauma center now at the University of Chicago that had been shut down for a lon... ...what we talked about already, the University of Chicago —twelve, thirteen years ago—built th... ...companies that do business with the University of Chicago that didn't twelve years ago. And ever... ...get up and speak about how having the University of Chicago as a client and how impactful it wa... ...have been able to make payroll if the University of Chicago Hospital wasn't advertising on he... ...for the endowment. Everything the University of Chicago does, they use minority firms, and tha... ...when Bob became the president of the University of Chicago . Board's much more diverse. I was th... ...didn't like it [laughs]. He joined the University of Chicago board and he came to one meeting. Bu... ...And the fact that they were tied to the University of Chicago , I think, was part and parcel of that... Show more... Leif Elsmo ...of community and external affairs at UChicago Medicine. Leif worked with Michell... ...Michelle Obama at Public Allies at the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Medica... ...at the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Medical Center. Thank you, Leif, fo... ...It might be in a university, like a University of Chicago or a Northwestern. It might be i... ...talk about your transitions to the University of Chicago . Michelle became associate dean o... ...dean of community relations at the University of Chicago , and maybe you can help to sort o... ...the early work that you did at the University of Chicago , and you mentioned experientia... ...mentioned experiential learning. The University of Chicago has been very well known for it... ...learning among students at the University of Chicago , what it took to build that kind o... ...first. I think some of this is broader University of Chicago , U of Chicago Medicine, or Universit... ...of Chicago, U of Chicago Medicine, or University of Chicago Medical Center, understanding at thi... ...already, who believed this, who came to University of Chicago with a unique set of perspectives o... ...Folks come from all over the globe to University of Chicago . So how do they experience Chicago... ...become a part of their learning life at University of Chicago ? Frankly, as they go out, that sam... ...changes how people see students at the University of Chicago and, frankly, inherently, th... ...build a movement, service initiative at University of Chicago within the college, graduate students... ...a program that was Public Allies at University of Chicago , but just for the summer. Summer Link... ...about the translation of this work to University of Chicago Medical Center, at that time. Yes... ...was articulating. Sure. It was University of Chicago Hospitals, then University of Chicag... ...University of Chicago Hospitals, then University of Chicago Medical Center was always sort of th... ...South Side of Chicago and Chicago, that University of Chicago Hospitals, University of Chicag... ...that University of Chicago Hospitals, University of Chicago Medical Center needed to do mor... ...do you think, on the part of the University of Chicago Medical Center? I mean, of course thi... ...making sure that the team at the University of Chicago Medical Center understood th... ...with us at U of Chicago Medicine, so University of Chicago Medical Center, James Williams was par... ...the way. We had many Public Allies at University of Chicago hospitals over the years. We decide... ...of that work at U of Chicago Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, and help support that... ...happened of U of Chicago Medicine, too, University of Chicago Medical Center. Those principles an... ...from before. And Public Allies and University of Chicago —these kinds of things endure today, ... Show more... Craig Robinson ...Hall, and then she had positions at the University of Chicago . I wanted to bring this back to you... ...about you, and then they were like, “ University of Chicago ,” and I was like, University o... ...of Chicago,” and I was like, University of Chicago ? How come I don't know who this is... James Crown ...energy. Thank you. Let's turn to the University of Chicago [U of C]. You served for a long time a... ...for a long time as leadership of the University of Chicago 's board of trustees. And, of course... ...completely, I became a trustee at the University of Chicago sometime in early '90s, mid-'90s. I... ...the graduate schools as faculty at the University of Chicago . This is true at a lot of higher ed... ...Black kid, who's a lecturer at the University of Chicago , with a name like Barack Obama. An... ...health system. It wasn't called University of Chicago Medical Center at the time. It wa... ...of background. When she was at the University of Chicago Hospitals, at the time I guess. Yeah... ...the time I guess. Yeah, it was called University of Chicago Hospitals. — [crosstalk] evolved an... ...but why was it also important for the University of Chicago to be a part of this bid for the Cente... ...even things like the medical center [ UChicago Medicine] and Booth [School o... Show more... Toni Preckwinkle ...an African American, having gone to the University of Chicago is not a plus, [laughs]— Explain mor... ...[laughs] that I was a graduate of the University of Chicago . Wait a minute, let me say—I alway... ...for the fact that I went to the University of Chicago . But as a politician on the South Sid... ...of Chicago, having gone to the [laughs] University of Chicago was not a plus. [Laughs] No, I worke... ...partly because [laughs] he was a University of Chicago professor, and he's a law professor... ...Well, you're a history professor at the University of Chicago . And of course, that was the home fo... Show more... John Cullerton ...district, liberal Democrats; his, the University of Chicago area, mine DuPage and that. And ou... ...that maybe Barack, being from the University of Chicago area, maybe the whole thing about no... Timuel Black ...the Community Service Center at the University of Chicago ? Yes, that's right. She aske... Gerald Kellman ...that he was a sociology student at the University of Chicago and he studied criminology and worke... ...course, the community just south of the University of Chicago , which is now part of the Universit... ...of Chicago, which is now part of the University of Chicago , if you go in three or four blocks, ... ...famous organization which blocked the University of Chicago from expanding into Woodlawn an... Bobby Rush ...McCormick Theological Seminary near the University of Chicago . Congressman Rush, we are honored t... ...not any university, he was from the University of Chicago , and Harvard, and Columbia, and th... Valerie Jarrett ...a master's in education from the University of Chicago , and she taught in a preschool for ... ...together when I was a trustee at the University of Chicago and chaired the board of the Universit... ...of Chicago and chaired the board of the University of Chicago Medical Center. So I had both ... ...and I saw in the emergency room at the University of Chicago , where we were before th... ...'s professor and mentor at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and helped her alon... ...helped each other. You mentioned the University of Chicago Medical Center, and I'd love to tal... ...love to talk with you a bit about the University of Chicago . Because as an institution, it is on... ...about some of the ways that the University of Chicago , how you would characterize ho... ...Kenwood. So I worked closely with the University of Chicago 's External Affairs team on th... ...down through the decades was that the University of Chicago had been responsible for major urba... ...served as chairman of the board of the University of Chicago Medical Center for a period of tim... ...going to be our partner through the University of Chicago and the Obama Scholars Program, whic... ...six people who were on the board at the University of Chicago , and he gave them his all. It didn'... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Russia Russia go to the Transition Transition go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation