EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Chicago, IL

Founding Date:
1866

Enrollment:
2100

Official Website:
http://www.artic.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hardie Albright	Actor	16-Dec-1903	7-Dec-1975	Angel on My Shoulder
Thomas Hart Benton	Painter	15-Apr-1889	19-Jan-1975	Muralist
Nora Dunn	Comic	29-Apr-1952		SNL alumna
Edward Gorey	Author	22-Feb-1925	15-Apr-2000	Amphigorey
Lorraine Hansberry	Playwright	19-May-1930	12-Jan-1965	A Raisin in the Sun
Herblock	Cartoonist	13-Oct-1909	7-Oct-2001	Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post
Robert Indiana	Artist	12-Sep-1928		Creator of the "LO/VE" sculpture
Phil Karlson	Film Director	2-Jul-1908	12-Dec-1985	Walking Tall
Jeff Koons	Sculptor	21-Jan-1955		Artistic hack, Cicciolina's ex-husband
Gregory La Cava	Film Director	10-Mar-1892	1-Mar-1952	My Man Godfrey
Vachel Lindsay	Poet	10-Nov-1879	5-Dec-1931	The Congo and Other Poems
Lee Lozano	Painter	5-Nov-1930	2-Oct-1999	Misogyny as art form
mc chris	Rapper	2-Sep-1975		Hesh, MC Pee Pants
Joan Mitchell	Painter	12-Feb-1925	30-Oct-1992	Abstract Expressionist
LeRoy Neiman	Painter	8-Jun-1921	20-Jun-2012	Painter of sports scenes
Georgia O'Keeffe	Painter	15-Nov-1887	6-Mar-1986	American abstract and landscape painter
Claes Oldenburg	Sculptor	28-Jan-1929		Pop-Art sculptor
Tony Rosenthal	Sculptor	9-Aug-1914	28-Jul-2009	Abstract sculptor, Alamo
Cynthia Rowley	Fashion Designer	29-Jul-1958		Swell designer
David Sedaris	Author	26-Dec-1956		Contributor to This American Life
Bessie Potter Vonnoh	Sculptor	17-Aug-1872	8-Mar-1955	American sculptor in bronze
Sarah Vowell	Radio Personality	27-Dec-1969		This American Life
Chris Ware	Cartoonist	28-Dec-1967		The ACME Novelty Library
Grant Wood	Painter	13-Feb-1891	12-Feb-1942	American Gothic
Azita Youssefi	Musician	1971		The Scissor Girls

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Bellows	Painter	12-Aug-1882	8-Jan-1925	American realist painter
Stan Brakhage	Film Director	14-Jan-1933	9-Mar-2003	Experimental filmmaker
Rosellen Brown	Author	12-May-1939		Before and After

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard J. Almeida	Business	c. 1943		Heller Financial
Norman R. Bobins	Business	c. 1942		CEO of ABN AMRO North America, 2002-07
John H. Bryan	Business	5-Oct-1936		CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000
William M. Daley	Government	8-Aug-1948		White House Chief of Staff, 2011-12
John A. Edwardson	Business	c. 1949		CEO of CDW
H. Laurance Fuller	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Amoco, 1991-98
Bruce J. Graham	Architect	1-Dec-1925	6-Mar-2010	Architect of the Sears Tower
Kenneth C. Griffin	Business	c. 1969		Citadel Investment Group
Arthur C. Martinez	Business	1939		CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1995-2000
Ramon de Oliveira	Business	c. 1955		Former JP Morgan executive
John W. Rowe	Business	c. 1945		President and CEO of Exelon
Richard L. Sandor	Business	c. 1942		Chicago Climate Exchange
Louis B. Susman	Diplomat	19-Nov-1937		US Ambassador to the UK
David J. Vitale	Business	c. 1952		CAO, Chicago Public Schools
Frederick H. Waddell	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Northern Trust
Miles D. White	Business	1955		CEO of Abbott Laboratories
James N. Wood	Administrator	20-Mar-1941	11-Jun-2010	President of Art Institute of Chicago, 1980-2004
Edward J. Zander	Business	12-Jan-1947		CEO of Motorola, 2004-07

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