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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Aurie Pennick
Aurie Pennick
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| Other authors / contributors: | Pennick, Aurie, 1947- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2005 September 29.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Foundation executive Aurie Alma Pennick was born December 22, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Graduating Englewood High School in 1965, she earned her B.A. degree in the administration of criminal justice from University of Illinois at Chicago in 1971; her M.A. degree in the administration of criminal justice in 1981 and a law degree from John Marshall Law School in 1986. Pennick directed the Chicago Abused Women Coalition and Citizens Alert. In 1983, Mayor Harold Washington appointed Pennick to the Chicago Police Board. Pennick joined the MacArthur Foundation as assistant director of Special Grants in 1984. In 1987, Pennick was managing attorney for the Chicago Transit Authority. From 1992 to 2002, she was president and CEO of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities. In 2002, she was appointed executive director and CEO of the Chicago based Field Foundation, which sought to provide support for community, civic and cultural organizations in the Chicago area.
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