Interviewed and Written by Patrick Mc Gavin 1/11 CURTIS COOPER '75 Every era has its wonders and aura of innate possibilities. Coming of age on the South side of Chicago in the late nineteen-sixties and early seventies is tinged with the contradictory and the eventful. It was a time of discord and … [Read more...]

Interviewed and Written by Patrick Mc Gavin 8/10 JACK SCHALLER ~ SCHALLER'S PUMP A LEO STORY OF MEN GIVING BACK It could be a scene from a play, or a movie. It's a beautiful late summer afternoon. A weekday. A group of older, clearly distinguished gentlemen, friendly and at ease with each other … [Read more...]

Interviewed and Written by Patrick Mc Gavin 8/10 EDWON SIMMONS '93 What’s in a name, Shakespeare famously asked in Romeo and Juliet. Juliet observes, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Names are sometimes a curse, but they sometimes get right at the heart of the … [Read more...]

Interviewed and Written by Patrick Mc Gavin 4/10 DONALD WHITESIDE '87 The greatness of a man is measured from the neck up, Napoleon said. Donald Whiteside never commanded armies or fought in wars. He has from his early beginnings smart, shrewd and instinctive. He also was a guy that was never … [Read more...]

Interviewed and Written by Patrick Mc Gavin 3/10 JAMES J ARNEBERG '45  Scene: The Southwest Side of Chicago. Time: The mid-1930s, the height of the Great Depression. It was a volatile time when people moved and acted with a naked desperation, regardless of their age, to get by, to feel worthy … [Read more...]

Interviewed and Written by Patrick Mc Gavin 10/09 MARK DWYER '66 “Whoso would be a man,” Emerson said, “must be a nonconformist.” The story of Mark Dwyer is of a man who’s ostensibly gone against the grain. Not every time, mind you. But he found his own road, his own path and took the plunge. It … [Read more...]