Please join us for the Third Annual Mickey Hammerman Legacy Event
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Arne Duncan
Former US Secretary of Education
The event will include a fireside chat with guest speaker Arne Duncan. Arne served as U.S. Secretary of Education from January 2009 through December 2015 as part of the Obama Administration. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Duncan served as chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools.
From 2001 to 2008, Duncan won praise for uniting the city’s stakeholders behind an education agenda that included opening 100 new schools; expanding after-school, summer learning, early childhood, and college access programs; dramatically boosting the caliber of teachers; and building public-private partnerships around a variety of education initiatives.
He currently leads Chicago CRED, a nonprofit trying to achieve a transformative reduction in gun violence in Chicago. Through partnerships with local business leaders, community organizers, and nonprofit groups, Duncan aims to provide outreach, therapeutic, education, and employment opportunities for the young men most likely to be engaged in gun violence. He is also the managing partner at Emerson Collective, an organization dedicated to removing barriers so people can live to their full potential.
Secretary Duncan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1987, majoring in sociology. At Harvard he served as co-captain of the basketball team and was named a first team Academic All-American.
Arne serves on the boards of Ariel Investments, Communities in Schools, Eat. Learn. Play., Edmentum, Education Advancement, ESS, Howard University, Metropolitan Family Services, MGT Consulting Group, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Peace for DC, Schoolhouse world, and Chairs The Hunt Institute.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Time: 11:45am-2pm
Location: University Club of Chicago, The Michigan Room
76 E Monroe St, Chicago IL 60603
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A Buffet Lunch Will Be Served
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 August 28. 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.