Heal-Raiser CURE Related: PHOTO GALLERY » MORE CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR 2009 » 2008 » 2007 » 2006 » LIST OF HONOREES » dating back to 1994 In 1981, Susan Axelrod was a young mother tending to her seven-month-old baby, A doted-on firstborn. The baby, Lauren, was healthy and bouncy—and then one day she developed … Read more
Past Perfect SULLIVAN CENTER Related: PHOTO GALLERY » MORE CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR 2009 » 2008 » 2007 » 2006 » LIST OF HONOREES » dating back to 1994 On the southeast corner of State and Madison, it’s as if the 20th century were dawning anew. Looking better than it has since a Roosevelt—Teddy—sat in … Read more
Royal Model URBAN PREP ACADEMIES Related: PHOTO GALLERY » MORE CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR 2009 » 2008 » 2007 » 2006 » LIST OF HONOREES » dating back to 1994 Members of Tim King’s family have been going to college for three generations, so it wasn’t unusual for him to attend Georgetown University and earn … Read more
House Mother A SAFE HAVEN Related: PHOTO GALLERY » MORE CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR 2009 » 2008 » 2007 » 2006 » LIST OF HONOREES » dating back to 1994 As Neli Vazquez-Rowland drives up Michigan Avenue, she gestures at the plantings in the median. “It’s one of the best-kept secrets of Chicago,” she says. “People don’t … Read more
Our six honorees include an orthopedic surgeon, a crusading mom, a preservationist, a hockey baron, an educator, and a woman who helps recovering addicts
RELATED STORY: Chicagoans of the Year 2010 » Click the thumbnails to view larger images. Photography: Katrina Wittkamp
[click to enlarge] BARACK OBAMA President of the United States MICHELLE OBAMA First Lady DAVID MANILOW Executive producer, Check, Please! When Manilow needed guests in the show’s early days, he tapped Barack, then a “lively, articulate” state senator, who taped an episode in 2001. ALPANA SINGH Host, Check, Please! She wasn’t hosting when Barack appeared—and … Read more
WHAT I WAS THINKING: Our interview with the chief of the Downers Grove higher-ed group
STORM TRACKER: The coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room—the bestseller about the Enron debacle—discusses her newest tale of Wall Street villainy, about the global financial collapse
Retired Hyde Park doctor and activist Quentin Young, who is well known for his efforts in advocating for single-payer health care, has taken the role of co-chair in City Clerk Miguel del Valle’s mayoral campaign. The 87-year-old former internist told me in an interview Monday that he believes del Valle and Rahm Emanuel will take the top two spots on February 22nd—and “Miguel will…
