The Annenberg Challenge 1999 Report
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Raise your hands if you knew Barack Obama was President of the Board for the Annenberg Challenge for four and a half years? Not seeing too many hands but here it is right FROM the Annenberg Challenge. And wait, there is Bill Ayers serving right along side him but he didn't know him of course.
Leadership of the Board of Directors also underwent change with the resignation of Barack Obama from the Presidency of the board due to his campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Obama remains on the board but chose to step aside from his position as President in which he served for the first four and one-half years of the Challenge. He is the founding President of the Challenge. At the September 1999 board meeting Edward Bottum was elected President of the board and Victoria Chou was elected Secretary-Treasurer to fill the position previously held by Mr. Bottum.
Edward S. Bottum, 68, of Winnetka, a man committed to his family and community, a mentor to many and with a zest for life, died unexpectedly of cerebral hemorrhaging, Friday, May 24, in Muskegon, MI following a heart attack. Ed was Managing Partner for Chase Franklin Corporation, recently named Chairman of Underwriters Laboratories, and previously with the Continental Bank (now Bank of America), retiring as Vice Chairman. He is survived by his wife of nearly 45 years, Joyce Bixler; three sons, Roger (Susan), John (Dr. Jon Karakowski), and Sam (Melanie Domer), one daughter, Carroll Bottum Ritter (Robert Ritter); and four grandchildren, Hannah and Sam Bottum and Jack and Kendall Ritter. A memorial service will begin at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday at Kenilworth Union Church, 211 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth. In lieu of flowers, donations would be most appreciated to The Rush Presbyterian Institute of Mental Well-Being, 1700 W. Van Buren Street, Room 250, Chicago, IL 60612.
Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication from May 26 to May 28, 2002
