First Lady Michelle Robinson Obama was born in Chicago in 1964. After finishing high school, she graduated from Princeton in 1985 with a B.A. in sociology. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988, and began her law career at Sidley and Austin, a Chicago firm where she met her husband Barack Obama. Michelle Obama served as associate dean of students at the University of Chicago starting in 1996. In 2002, she took the position of executive director for community affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She was named Vice President for Community and External Affairs in 2005. Michelle Obama is the mother of two children, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.
First Lady Michelle Robinson Obama was born in Chicago in 1964. After finishing high school, she graduated from Princeton in 1985 with a B.A. in sociology. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988, and began her law career at Sidley and Austin, a Chicago firm where she met her husband Barack Obama. Michelle Obama served as associate dean of students at the University of Chicago starting in 1996. In 2002, she took the position of executive director for community affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She was named Vice President for Community and External Affairs in 2005. Michelle Obama is the mother of two children, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.
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Gov. Branstad announces health initiative for Iowa
Associated PressGov. Terry Branstad launched an effort Wednesday to make Iowa the nation's healthiest state by 2016, an effort he acknowledged would be difficult but one he said could result in big cost-savings and better lives. Branstad introduced the "Healthiest...Tags: Weight, Celebrities and Health Issues, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Minnesota
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Local Voices, Aug. 03
Dogs in danger A professional dog walker I know recently went to take a client's pets for their walk the morning after the record-breaking rain in the northwest suburbs. When she went to let them out of their cages in the basement, she found the basement...Tags: Weight, Toy Industry, Supervalu Inc., Obesity, Health Organizations
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Kraft Foods' Irene Rosenfeld: Risk-taker
Irene Rosenfeld is among the most powerful women in corporate America, and among the most private. Forbes recently ranked Rosenfeld, the CEO of Northfield-based Kraft Foods, second on its most powerful women list, ahead of Oprah Winfrey and behind only...Tags: Advertising, Warren Buffett, Mutual Funds, Psychology, Medical Specialization
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Michelle Obama pokes fun at hubby's 'gray hairs'
On President Barack Obama's 50th birthday, first lady Michelle Obama poked fun at her husband's age in a fundraising email. "Every day, I see Barack make choices he knows will affect every American family," she wrote in Thursday's message. "That's no...Tags: Elections, CNN (tv network), White House, Barack Obama
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Take a 'coaster ride, see Cosgrove too
After taking a splash around Hurricane Harbor and surviving the drop on Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America, hopefully you'll save a few screams for "iCarly" star Miranda Cosgrove. The Nickelodeon teen star turned pop star performs as part of Great...Tags: Six Flags Great America, Nickelodeon (tv network), Elections, Television, iCarly (tv program)
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Obama's 2012 campaign seeing fewer Chicago bundlers
Prominent Chicago attorney John Schmidt has been a contributor to Barack Obama since he was just a state senator, but despite being a fundraiser for the 2008 presidential campaign, he won't play a similar role bundling cash for the re-election. "It's...
Tags: Charity, Local Authority, Campaign Finance, Diplomacy, Democratic Party
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Susan Sher returns to University of Chicago Medical Center
Susan Sher, a Chicago attorney and former top aide to First Lady Michelle Obama, is returning to the University of Chicago Medical Center. She will hold two titles: executive vice president for corporate strategy and public affairs at the medical center,...
Tags: Elections, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, White House, Hospitals and Clinics
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Should the growing weight of the nation be put in government's hands?
Tribune reporterAmerica undoubtedly has a big obesity problem. With two-thirds of all U.S. adults classified as obese or overweight, public health officials warn that much of the population is at dangerously high risk of diabetes, heart disease and other chronic and...Tags: Weight, Celebrities and Health Issues, Sarah Palin, Advertising, Medical Services
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Emanuel's children going to private school this fall
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his wife have decided to forgo Chicago public schools and send their children to the University of Chicago Lab School in Hyde Park this fall, a source familiar with the decision has told the Tribune. Leah, Ilana and Zach will be...
Tags: Elections, Parochial Schools, Chicago Mayor, University of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel
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Retailers backing Michelle Obama's push to bring fresh foods into impoverished areas
Some of the nation's largest retailers are joining first lady Michelle Obama's effort to bring fresh foods to impoverished neighborhoods by opening and expanding more than 1,500 U.S. grocery stores in those areas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Supervalu Inc. and...
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Chicago Mayor, Physical Conditions, Supervalu Inc., Obesity
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Emanuel sending kids to private school
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will bypass Chicago Public Schools, like many high-profile politicians before him, and send his children to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Hyde Park this fall. The mayor's administration confirmed Thursday that Emanuel...Tags: Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley, Barack Obama
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Supervalu, others to expand produce options in food deserts
Tribune reporterThe nation's largest grocers are set to announce 1,500 stores in neighborhoods without easy access to fresh foods. On Wednesday afternoon, Wal-Mart, Supervalu, Walgreens and a number of independent grocers, will make an announcement with First Lady...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Chicago Mayor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Supervalu Inc., Elections
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