Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley Speaks at Wheaton College

Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley will offer a lecture on the campus of Wheaton College Thursday, March 3 at 4 p.m. The lecture is presented by the J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government and Public Policy at Wheaton College.

A former state senator and county prosecutor, Daley was elected mayor on April 4, 1989, to complete the term of the late Harold Washington. He was re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007. He has earned a reputation for improving Chicago’s quality of life and public schools, strengthening its economy, and helping Chicago become among the most environmentally friendly cities in the world.

“It will be a pleasure for Wheaton College to host Mayor Richard M. Daley as a guest speaker at the Hastert Center,” says Dean of Natural and Social Sciences Dr. Dorothy Chappell. “Mayor Daley is a distinguished guest and a valued contributor to public discussion on the themes the Hastert Center addresses. He will offer remarkable forward-looking analyses to advance the conversations, theory, and applications where economics, government and public policy intersect.”

Free and open to the public, the lecture will take place in Barrows Auditorium, located in the east wing of the Billy Graham Center at 500 College Avenue (campus map).

The Hastert Center will also host a fundraising dinner with Mayor Daley in support of Hastert Center programs. The dinner will be held at 5:15 p.m. in the South Party Room of the Todd M. Beamer Student Center, located at 421 Chase Street in Wheaton. Mayor Daley will speak briefly at the event. Tickets are $100 per person or $150 per couple. For more information, call 630.752.5975.

The J. Dennis Hastert Center of Economics, Government and Public Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan institution housed within Wheaton College. The Center aims to educate current and future leaders on the integration of economic and political analysis in order to address major challenges to the economy, public policy and ethics in the coming generations.