Using literature, games, art projects and music, Edith Reynolds created a wondrous world for students that sparked a love for books. Since 2001, Ms. Reynolds served as a reading specialist...
Dr. Ronald H. Miller, 73, a highly regarded religion professor and co-founder of Common Ground religious study center who devoted his life to interfaith dialogue and better understanding of the...
University of Chicago mathematics and statistics professor Patrick Billingsley lectured on complex probability theories in a lucid and witty style. Using that same charisma, Mr. Billingsley became an accomplished actor...
Cardinal Francis George's suspension of the Rev. Michael Pfleger last week could emerge as a pivotal moment not only for the future of the charismatic priest, but for the legacy...
The moment one walks through the door of St. Sabina, it is obvious that it is not a typical Roman Catholic church. A life-size mural of an African-American man dressed...
Elmer Lynn Hauldren created the Empire Man character and wrote the carpet company's nationally recognized jingle, which made a lasting imprint of a phone number: "5-8-8, 2-300, Empire!" Mr. Hauldren,...
Chicago architect Ernest A. Grunsfeld III, 81, a distinguished architect of modernist homes and the son of the architect of Adler Planetarium, died of lung cancer Friday, April 22, said...
Chicago architect Ernest A. Grunsfeld III, 81, a distinguished architect of modernist homes and the son of the architect of Adler Planetarium, died of lung cancer Friday, April 22, said...
Ruth Law, 76, a daring Midwestern housewife who reinvented herself to become a renowned expert in Asian cuisine and acclaimed cookbook writer, died of cancer Wednesday, April 13, in her...
William J. McCarter, 81, a broadcasting innovator who led WTTW in Chicago for 27 years and built it to become the most watched public television station in the country, died...