CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014. More than 200 vintage and distinctive photographs of Roosevelt University from its pioneering days to the present are featured in a new history book, appropriately titled Roosevelt University. Compiled and written by University Historian Lynn Weiner and Archivist Laura Mills, Roosevelt University is part of a series of books on campus histories by Arcadia Publishing, the leading local history publisher in the United States.
Many alumni will find themselves or their friends in photos of classrooms, dances, plays, protests and sports teams. They’ll also recognize professors and such luminaries as Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayors Richard M. and Richard J. Daley, Marion Anderson, Mayor Harold Washington, Oprah Winfrey and Frank Lloyd Wright to name a few.
The photographs and detailed captions that accompany them show the changing look of Roosevelt’s campus buildings, from the Wells Street campus and Auditorium Building to the Schaumburg Campus and new Wabash Building. Most importantly, there are wonderful images reflecting Roosevelt’s devotion to civil rights, social justice and academic excellence.
Roosevelt University is available for purchase in the University’s bookstore and is being given free to donors who make a contribution of $100 or more during the University’s 70th anniversary year, 2014-15. In addition, persons making a gift of $1,000 or more will receive a book personally signed by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and a life trustee of the University.
Join us at the book signing on October 1 from 4–5:30 p.m. in the Murray-Green Library on the 10th floor of the Auditorium Building.
Source: roosevelt.edu
