Please join us for the Second Annual Mickey Hammerman Legacy Event
Friday, September 6th, 2024, 11:45am - 2pm
The Michigan Room, University Club of Chicago, 76 E Monroe St, Chicago IL
A buffet lunch will be served.
Ian Rowe, MBA ‘93
The event will include a fireside chat with guest speaker Ian Rowe, MBA 1993. Rowe is the CEO and co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a tuition-free International Baccalaureate (IB)-for-all model of public charter high schools focused on empowering its graduates to lead lives of meaning and purpose. Rowe is author of Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power. He is also a visiting fellow at the Woodson Center and a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he focuses on education and upward mobility among other areas. Earlier in his career, Rowe served as deputy director of postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and also did extensive work focused on early childhood education. Rowe holds a BS in computer science engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was editor-in-chief of The Harbus, the non-profit news organization of HBS.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, September 6th, 2024
Time: 11:45am to 2pm CT
Location: The Michigan Room, University Club of Chicago, 76 E. Monroe Street, Chicago 60603
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Cost: This event is free to attendees, funded by the Mickey Hammerman Legacy Fund.
RSVP: Please click the button below to RSVP to attend.
For planning purposes, please RSVP by September 2nd. Due to limited space, this is a first come, first served opportunity.
Mickey Hammerman Annual Legacy Event and How to Donate
Throughout his life, Mickey was devoted to education and to Harvard, with a special focus on Chicago-area students interested in attending Harvard College. One of Mickey’s great life passions was to ensure that as many students as possible from the Chicago Region were admitted to the College. For more than 50 years, Mickey led the charge as Chair of the HCC Schools Committee by ensuring that applicants from the area received personal college interviews.