The resume of Tom Ayers is a testament to his connections with the sociopolitical elites of Chicago. He became President of the giant utility, Commonwealth Edison, in 1964, and was Chairman and CEO from 1973 to 1980. He continued to exert influence over the utility until his death in 2007. He served on numerous corporate boards, including Sears, G.D. Searle, Zenith, Northwest Industries, General Dynamics, First National Bank of Chicago, the Chicago Cubs, and the Tribune Company. He was Chairman of several boards, including the Chicago Urban League, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bank Street College of Education in New York, the Chicago Community Trust, and Northwestern University Board of Trustees.
THE POSTMAN'S STORY FROM 2009 LINK
Barack Obama’s Visit to the Other Ayers House
KING HARVEST ^ | SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 | by STEPHEN DIAMOND
Posted on Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:54:26 PM by Jet Jaguar
Barack Obama visited the house of Tom and Mary Ayers, parents of former Weather Underground activist turned education professor Bill Ayers, in the mid-1980s to thank the Ayers’ for their support of his education, according to Allen Hulton, the letter carrier who delivered mail to the Ayers’ Glen Ellyn home at that time. Glen Ellyn is a suburb of Chicago, southwest of the city.
Hulton spoke to King Harvest at length about his experience. The statement by Hulton is the first eyewitness account of a possible relationship between Obama and Tom Ayers and the first that dates his relationship with the Ayers family to the mid-1980s...
SO THE POSTMAN WAS RIGHT.
Thanks for the ping. There is a lot of interesting stuff on this thread I wasn't aware of.