5 pm CST Reception
6 pm CST Program begins
Admission is free, but space is limited. For reservations, call 312.587.0234 or email events@pritzkermilitarylibrary.net. If you cannot attend in person, visit the home page and access the weblink for our live broadcast at the time of broadcast, or view any of our past programs by accessing the past events pages.
John Callaway - Host
After a broadcast journalism career of 48 years, John Callaway is now engaged in writing, freelance broadcasting and speaking. The long-time host of Chicago Tonight on Chicago public television station WTTW Channel 11, Mr. Callaway is now host and senior editor for "Chicago Stories", a documentary and interview weekly program on WTTW. He has been honored with more than one hundred awards, including the coveted Peabody Award and fifteen Emmys. A drop-out from Ohio Wesleyan University who hitchhiked to Chicago with 71 cents in his pocket in 1956, he is the recipient of nine honorary doctorate degrees, including those from Northwestern University and the John Marshall College of Law. Mr. Callaway was also the founding Director of the William Benton Fellowships in Broadcast Journalism Program at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the bestselling book of essays, "The Thing of It Is" and has written and performed two one-man shows, " John Callaway Tonight", and "John Callaway 's Life is . . . Maintenance" at the Pegasus Theater in Chicago.
Official Website: http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2006-06-29-frontAndCenter.jsp
Added by tembrey on June 6, 2006