To Preserve And Protect
Arthur Miller’s 1988 Volvo never had a chance. Miller—a resident of Lake Forest since 1972, Lake Forest College’s emeritus Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, and a man whose knowledge…
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by Bill McLean •
Arthur Miller’s 1988 Volvo never had a chance. Miller—a resident of Lake Forest since 1972, Lake Forest College’s emeritus Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, and a man whose knowledge…
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by Mitch Hurst •
Lake Forest native Brendan O’Brien, a trauma surgeon assigned to the Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was recently promoted to the…
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by Ann Marie Scheidler •
Never give up. This has long been the mantra of the American Legion McKinlock Post No. 264 in Lake Forest when it came to building a monument honoring the thousands…
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by Mitch Hurst •
There are those of us who, like Clark Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, like to light up the night sky with our holiday lights and displays to celebrate the…
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by Bill McLean •
For a first date on the 4th of July in Colorado years ago, Annie Pezza watched fireworks from a spot on the roof of a parking garage. Sparks must have…
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by Mitch Hurst •
For the man who built the Wintrust Bank empire, Ed Wehmer is remarkably unassuming. For sure, the former rugby player knows how to compete in the dog-eat-dog world of banking,…
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by Bill McLean •
Katie Brickman has never sold ice to Eskimos, but she did sell leaves on autumn days to Winnetka neighbors with leaf-strewn lawns decades ago. True story. She was Katie Powell…
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by Mitch Hurst •
This fall, Lake Forest College for the first time is offering students a Minor in Public Policy, and to kick it off the college is hosting a series of lectures…
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by Bill McLean •
Good luck finding a better fit than the Lake Forest College—Dr. Jill M. Baren one. You won’t find it. Named the College’s 14th president—and first female president—before the start of…
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by Sherry Thomas •
Americans have been obsessed with automobiles for over a century now, each decade ushering in one nifty innovation after another. And while there are always those people (you know who…
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