University won't open Obama-related records now

[kskiska]

Source: SF Chronicle

The University of Illinois on Tuesday refused to release records relating to Barack Obama's service to a nonprofit group linked to former 1960s radical activist William Ayers.

The university's Chicago campus said the donor of the records that document the work of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge has not yet turned over ownership rights to the material.

The university is "aggressively pursuing" an agreement with the donor, and as soon as an agreement is finalized, the collection will be made accessible to the public, the university said in a one-paragraph statement.

There was no indication when an agreement will be worked out. The university did not identify the donor who it said was concerned that the release not invade personal privacy.

The Obama campaign said the senator does not have control over these records or the ability to release them, adding that it has made many documents related to Obama's life available to the public and that "we are pleased the university is pursuing an agreement that would make these records publicly available."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/19/politics/p124501D67.DTL

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Is ther some way this can be leveraged to put pressure on McNutso

to release his military & POW records?

Didn't think so, but I had to ask.

[Ian David]

2. Which rich Repukes are on the board of Chicago Annenberg Challenge? n/t

[Ian David]

3. Board member of the Joyce Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago, and the Chicago Annenberg Challenge

Barak Obama's Experience
<snip>
Board member of the Joyce Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago, and the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2981345



There MUST be a bunch of rich, white Repubklickers on these boards, right?



Chicago Annenberg Challenge
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/challenge/index.html

Chicago Annenberg Challenge
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Arnold Weber, a business sector representative and former President of Northwestern University

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Other CAC board members were prominent Chicagoans from both the private and non profit sectors.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Annenberg_Challenge


Here is the list in a PDF Document: http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/p0b06.pdf (PDF)

Steering Committee

James H. Lewis
Chicago Urban League

Rachel W. Lindsey
Chicago State University

John Ayers
Leadership for Quality Education

Tariq Butt, M.D.
Chicago Public Schools
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=IL&last=Butt&first=Tariq


Michael E. Carl
Northeastern University

Karen G. Carlson
Academic Accountability Council

Molly A. Carroll
Chicago Teachers Union

Victoria Chou
University of Illinois at Chicago

Philip Hansen
Chicago Public Schools

G. Alfred Hess, Jr.
Northeastern University

John K. Holton
Harvard School of Public Health

George Lowery
Roosevelt University

Angela Perez Miller
DePaul University

Donald R. Moore
Designs for Change

Jeri Nowakowski
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=IL&last=Nowakowski&first=Jeri


Sharon Ransom
Chicago Teachers' Center

Barbara A. Sizemore
DePaul University

Linda S. Tafel
National-Louis University

Beverly Tunney
Chicago Principals & Administrators Association

Paul G. Vallas
Chicago Public Schools


DIRECTORS

Anthony S. Byrk
University of Chicago
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_result.php?first=A&last=Byrk&st=IL

John Q. Easton
Consortium on Chicago School Research
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=IL&last=Easton&first=John


Albert L. Bennett
Roosevelt University
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_result.php?first=Albert&last=Bennett&st=IL


Kay Kersch Kirkpatrick
Consortium on Chicago School Research
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_result.php?first=Kay&last=Kirkpatrick&st=IL


The following people appear on the title page of the report:

Dorothy Shipps
Teachers College, Columbia University
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_result.php?first=Dorothy&last=Shipps&st=IL


Karin Sconzert
Consortium on Chicago School Research
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=WI&last=Sconzert&first=karin


Holly Swyers
Consortium on Chicago School Research
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_result.php?first=Holly&last=Swyers&st=IL








The Joyce Foundation
President Ellen S. Alberding
Staff:
Whitney Smith
Jennifer Phillips
Sarah Gildea
http://www.joycefdn.org/



The Woods Fund of Chicago
http://www.woodsfund.org/about/history
STAFF & BOARD DIRECTORY
http://www.woodsfund.org/about/staff