Charles Storch

Foundation honors Annan

August 22, 2021 at 12:06 a.m.

Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan was cited Monday for his efforts to advance human rights and international justice, receiving a new $100,000 award from Chicago's John D. and...

Chicago Children’s Choir names president

August 21, 2021 at 8:34 p.m.

The Chicago Children's Choir chose Helen Eaton to be its next president and executive director. Eaton, who has been dean of programs at Merit School of Music, is to succeed...

Gone.

August 21, 2021 at 10:37 p.m.

Arthur Rubloff was one of a kind. A dandy by way of Duluth. A visionary real estate developer who helped change the face of Chicago but who would have removed...

Dennis FitzSimons, former chairman and CEO of the Tribune Co., in his office at Tribune Tower. Documents show that the company's top 38 managers received almost $150 million in payments triggered by the Tribune deal, including various incentive and severance packages, as well as restricted stock. FitzSimons alone walked away with a total of more than $40 million, including proceeds from stock holdings accumulated over his career at Tribune Co.

Buyout won’t mean end of firm’s link to foundation

January 30, 2019 at 1:08 p.m.

This story contains corrected material, published April 7, 2007. The deal to take Tribune Co. private would end the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation's long standing as a major shareholder...

Applicants pick NYU; parents say Stanford

August 21, 2021 at 8:13 p.m.

College applicants and their parents are not just a generation but a continent apart when it comes to "dream" schools, as most students, if they had their druthers, would go...

Scoring with style

August 21, 2021 at 7:11 p.m.

THE BOYS pick ... FLORIDA-BUTLER A snoozer from the git-go. Butler's plain navy and white proves no match for the Gators, whose orange and blue dazzles our panelists. Florida's blue...

Gatorade A.M.: It’s what’s for breakfast

August 22, 2021 at 1:29 a.m.

Q. On its label, Gatorade A.M., a new sports drink, says it "helps put back the fluids and energy you lose during a full night's sleep." Should we lie awake...

Crikey! Be a croc hunter fellow

August 21, 2021 at 10:54 p.m.

A fellowship has been established in the name of the late Steve Irwin to send a Midwestern high school student to Australia for two weeks this summer to study marine...

Snow City gets Coming Up Taller Award

August 22, 2021 at 1:22 a.m.

Snow City Arts Foundation, a Chicago non-profit group that provides arts instruction to hospitalized children, is to receive a Coming Up Taller Award in a White House ceremony Monday. Snow...

LaSalle chief Bobins to retire; role being split into 2 positions

August 21, 2021 at 6:22 p.m.

LaSalle Bank Corp. said Thursday that Chief Executive Norman Bobins is retiring as head of the Chicago area's second-largest bank, an institution widely known for its sports and cultural sponsorships....

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