Lutheran Seminary Plans Campus on Greenwood and 55th
The Lutheran Seminary secures almost all parcels in a square block between University and Greenwood for a 3.5 million campus on 54th Place to 55th Street. Seven of eight buildings on the block will be razed for a library classrooms and auditorium while 199 units on the 5400 block of University will be renovated as dormitories.
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Lutheran Seminary
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Greenwood
54Th Place
55Th St
University
Woodlawn
Seminary
Department of Urban Renewal Relocation Bureau
University- Woodlawn
S4th Place
Woodlawn University
Zimmerman
University of Chicago
55Th Street
Greenwood University
Hyde Park residents gain five seats in Illinois Assembly
The Herald reports five Hyde Park Kenwood residents won seats in the new Illinois House, with Dr Paul Boswell of 5211 Greenwood noted as the sole Negro Republican. Others elected include Abner Mikva 548 Kenwood Robert Manny 5535 Harper Noble Lee 5541 Woodlawn and James McLendon 1015 Hyde Park Blvd, among ten Black members in the Assembly.
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Herald
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Illinois
Paul Boswell
Greenwood
New House
Boswell
Abner J. Mikva
Kenwood
Robert E. Manny
Harper
Noble Lee
Woodlawn
James McLendon
Hyde Park Blvd
Architects unveil plans for Hyde Park public housing
Architects Y C Wong and Ogden Hannaford presented a new scattered site public housing concept in Hyde Park Kenwood. An atrium style elder housing block centers on a courtyard at Woodlawn and 53rd with 8 units plus 14 elderly units with courts at 5 and Woodlawn. Family housing aims for six units per site on Blackstone blocks and Dorchester block. Elderly units are one bedroom, family units two bedrooms.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Woodlawn
Blackstone Block
Dorchester Block
University Creates Center for Health Administration Studies
The University of Chicago forms the Center for Health Administration Studies uniting twenty members from multiple schools to study social economic and administrative aspects of medical care. It aligns with the Health Information Foundation and Graduate Programs in Hospital Administration and the MBA program. An administrative council will oversee the center.
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University of Chicago
George Wells Beadle
University
Graduate School of Business
Health Information Foundation
Center
Beadle
Alony
Center For Health Administration
United States
Gift From Standard Oil Foundation to George Williams College
The Standard Oil Foundation gave George Williams College a 15000 dollar unrestricted grant to be paid in three equal installments commencing in 1964. Rep T G Hanlon presented the gift and emphasized it carries no restrictions beyond current educational use. John K Swearingen stated funds may support research faculty salaries libraries training, operating costs or building programs.
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Drexel
Standard Oil Foundation
Richard FE. Hamlin
T. G. Hanlon
John K. Swearingen
Chicago
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