The
Annual Award Dinner of the Harvard Club of Chicago was held on Saturday,
March 7, 2009, at the Mid-America Club, Chicago. The Dinner, the Club's
only yearly fund raiser, is the principal source of scholarship and
community service funds for Chicago area students.
Since 1967, the Club has given awards annually to Chicagoans who have
rendered extraordinary service to the community in fields other than
his/her professional endeavors. The 2009 honoree was Harrison
I. Steans.
The evening's speaker was James B. Cuno MA'80, Ph.D. '85,
President and Director, The Art Institute of Chicago. The title
of his talk is The Promise of Museums. Mr. Cuno explored
the premise that museums serve as a force for understanding, tolerance,
the dissolution of ignorance and that they remind us that culture is
always living culture, always changing the way we see the
world.
A Patrons' Reception preceded the dinner when patrons had the
opportunity to meet and talk with the honoree, Harrison Steans, and
the speaker, James Cuno. There was also a general reception for
the other guests.
The president of the Harvard Club of Chicago is Paul Choi. Nancy
Berman was the Dinner chairman. Members of the Dinner Committee
included Deon Falcon, Margaret McCurry , Kellogg Fairbank III, Marshall
Field V, Cindy Galvin, Christopher Galvin, Suzanne McCullagh and James
Stone. Guests included Gary Johnson, president of the Chicago
History Museum.
