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Congregation to mourn destruction of temple and loss of a hospital
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen the sun sets Saturday, members of the Aitz Hayim congregation in Highland Park will sit shiva on the floor of Marc Slutsky's home to mourn the destruction of a temple and a hospital and lament attempts to destroy their spirit. They will turn to...Tags: Robert Katz, Government Health Care, Medical Services, Medicine, Religious Festivals
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Doctor was quiet leader
Chicago Tribune reporterIn his native Belgium, Dr. Harry Lopas spent his childhood hiding in Christian homes and even a Catholic monastery as he and his family fled Nazi persecution of the Jews. Though most of his loved ones survived, his father died in a concentration camp....Tags: David Levin, Medicine, Massacres, Evanston, Austin
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Pioneer in thoracic surgery
Chicago Tribune reporterOne of Chicago's pioneering chest and lung surgeons, Dr. Laurence H. Rubenstein had a big heart when it came to patients, students and colleagues. "A great surgeon is someone who fights for his patients," said Dr. Thomas Deutsch, a friend and dean of...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Surgery, Therapies, University of Chicago, Health Treatments
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Losing a Chicago icon
It is sad that Michael Reese Hospital will soon be closing its doors, leaving a section of the near South Side without medical facilities. This Chicago icon, founded in 1881 to care for the poor and under-served, is reportedly victim of a failing... -
Olympic village has merits
The idea to replace the old Michael Reese hospital and nursing school with an Olympic village has merits. We would also suggest that Mayor Daley scrap the Children's Museum site at Millennium Park and incorporate it to an above ground building within...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Northbrook, Millennium Park
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Cleanup may muddy Reese deal
Chicago Tribune reportersAt first glimpse, Chicago appears to have cut a pretty sweet, low-risk deal in its proposed purchase of the Michael Reese Hospital property for potential use as a 2016 Olympic Village, observers say. The seller, hospital supplier Medline Industries Inc.,...Tags: Painting, Real Estate Buyers, State Budgets, Near South Side, Heavy Engineering
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City bid for Reese site expected
Chicago Tribune reportersChicago is moving swiftly to secure the Michael Reese Hospital property as the potential site for a 2016 Olympic Village, with a deal to purchase the land expected to come before the City Council Finance Committee as early as next week, according to Ald....Tags: Richard M. Daley, McCormick Place, Vehicles, House Building, Mundelein
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Curiosity, humor defined doctor
Chicago Tribune reporterDr. Joel F. Sammet, a Chicago pioneer in the field of radiology, had an insatiable curiosity about how the body works—and a funny bone that colleagues, patients and friends adored. "There wasn't a person who didn't like my father," daughter Trudy...Tags: Colorado, University of Illinois at Chicago, Death and Dying, Genetics, University of Chicago
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Blacks' own groups were not a choice
Since starting our online forum, "Exploring Race," I've received a lot of e-mail from white readers asking why African-Americans have separate groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Why, they ask, are there...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health Organizations, Further Education, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Deal on table for Reese parcel
Chicago Tribune reportersThough the housing and credit markets are reeling, Chicago is poised to make a major bet on real estate, proposing an $85 million deal for the purchase of the Michael Reese Hospital property as a potential site for a 2016 Olympic Village. The transaction...Tags: Bronzeville, Property, Heavy Engineering, Richard M. Daley, Real Estate
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MacArthur top job: No college president pedigree required
Tribune reporterThe hunt is on for a new chief of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Here's good news for prospects: You don't have to be a college or university president to apply. A college presidency "is not a requirement, but we won't rule it out,"...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health, University of Michigan, Medical Research
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Daley says he prefers Reese site for village
Tribune reportersIf Chicago wins the right to host the 2016 Olympics, Mayor Richard Daley would prefer that the athletes' village be built where Michael Reese Hospital now sits, rather than over the McCormick Place truck yards to the east, as planned. Building on land...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Bronzeville, McCormick Place, Multi-Sport Events, Millennium Park
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