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The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations ANNUAL REPORT 2002 2002Contents The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations is an 2 Letter from the Chairman Conferences, Studies, and Exchanges independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to building global awareness in Chicago 4 Letter from the President 25 Conferences and Studies and the Midwest and contributing to national and Public Programs 26 Exchanges international discourse on the great issues of our time. We accomplish this mission through: 7 General Membership 27 Seminars 12 Invitational Dinners and Council Leadership, Benefactors, and Contributors Public programs for members and diverse President’s Circle Briefings constituencies, 29 Board of Directors 14 The Global Chicago Center 30 Board Committees Leadership dialogue drawing on business, the 16 Young Professionals professions, government, academia, the media, 31 New Challenges Fund Contributions and civic life, Leadership Programs 32 Benefactors 18 The Mid-America Committee National and international conferences, 37 Annual Giving Contributors studies, and exchanges. 22 The Chicago Committee 38 Financial Statements Founded in 1922, The Chicago Council on 40 Staff Foreign Relations is supported by its members and other individuals, corporations, and foundations. Letter from the Chairman became chairman of the Council’s Board at badly needed communications technology and a virtually the same time that Marshall Bouton wide range of contacts across Chicagoland. The Iarrived from the Asia Society in New York to latter gave the Council new depth in its vital rela- become the Council’s new president. That tionship with Chicago’s business community. moment, the summer of 2001, seems like ancient In blazing these new trails, the Council’s lead- history now. Neither of us could have imagined ership has built on the organization’s 80-year his- the events of the coming year or the challenges tory in Chicago. More immediately, it has stood they would present to the Council. Both of us can on the shoulders of past leaders, especially Duane look back now on a year of growth and achieve- L. Burnham, my predecessor as chairman, and ment. John E. Rielly, rightly honored in spring 2001 My first year as chairman was one of great when he stepped down after thirty years as execu- change for the Council. Under new leadership and tive director and president. in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Marshall and I began our second year with Council faced needs and demands perhaps the release of the Council’s quadrennial public unprecedented since the end of World War II. opinion survey on foreign policy attitudes and The Council’s mission—to help Chicagoans both with the inauguration of an exciting new interna- “The growth in the understand and influence their world—had taken tional conference entitled “America and the on new significance. Under Marshall’s direction World.” Both deal with the world after 9/11 and Council’s strength the Council responded to these challenges by define the huge challenges facing America in the and depth in expanding its programming, its scope, its man- coming years. Both go beyond the immediate date, and its constituency. In the process, it has issue of terrorism to consider America’s place in 2001-02 gives it cemented its position as the premier forum in the world, its relations with friends and foes, the new capacity to Chicago for the discussion of foreign affairs. global economy, and the conflicting policy para- The Council responded instantly to the digms—unilateralism vs. multilateralism—that meet the twin goals events of 9/11 with a series of programs on the will frame America’s foreign policy debate. The of informing political, strategic, economic, and social aspects of growth in the Council’s strength and depth in terrorism and its impact on America. Capacity 2001-02 gives it new capacity to meet the twin Chicagoans about crowds testified to the hunger of Chicagoans for goals of informing Chicagoans about new foreign this information and their gratitude to the policy challenges and helping them contribute to new foreign policy Council for providing it. The Council’s scope and this great national debate. challenges and vision widened to include issues and regions like immigration and the Third World, too little con- helping them sidered by Americans before 9/11 forced them on contribute to this our attention. The Council’s mandate and its con- stituency also broadened to embrace all great national Chicagoans, with programs crafted to include debate.” immigrant communities, young people, and activists, without neglecting the interests of the —JOHN W. MADIGAN Council’s traditional core constituency. The Council’s ability to meet these new chal- lenges was strengthened during the year by its merger with Global Chicago and the Mid- America Committee. The former gave the Council 2 CCFR 2002 CCFR 2002 3 Letter from the President “The Council’s highest priority during 2001-02 was to meet the urgent and he year 2001-02 was a time of change in for understanding of the causes and consequences deeply felt public need for understanding world affairs and at The Chicago of the 9/11 attacks. Our response began with a of the causes and consequences of T Council on Foreign Relations. The dev- town hall meeting on October 1, 2001, attended astating events of September 11, 2001, opened a by 1,000 people. It continued in the following the 9/11 attacks.” new era in which combating terrorism has become weeks and months with programs ranging from a central challenge for the United States and other lecture series on Islam to panel discussions of the —MARSHALL M. BOUTON nations. We were reminded that globalization is war in Afghanistan, the history of terrorism, and altering the nature of threats and opportunities in immigration. Thanks to the early and generous international relations. Cold War-era security support of the John D. and Catherine T. structures and political alignments began to shift. MacArthur Foundation for 9/11 programming, and institutions in Chicago and the Midwest in long-standing Travel Program. In an earlier era, New foreign policy priorities and even new doc- we were able to attract some of the best minds to collaborative efforts. The Council will be a produc- providing international travel opportunities was a trines emerged in the United States and elsewhere. our platform and broaden our audiences. er as well as a presenter of information, analysis, valuable service to members. But with the advent It was my privilege to be The Chicago Overall, the Council organized 129 events and insight on critical issues. The Council’s Board of low-cost air travel and competing travel pro- Council’s new president, beginning just one involving 14,592 people during 2001-02. While approved a strategic plan for 2002-07 based on grams offered by large educational and cultural month before 9/11, as the Council sought to most focused on terrorism-related subjects, we also these ideas at its April 2002 meeting. institutions, the Council no longer had a compara- address these new challenges. Under the leadership addressed important topics such as the economic tive advantage in this arena. The collapse of inter- of Council Chairman John W. Madigan and with crisis in Argentina, the conflict between India and Creating New Capacity national travel in the weeks and months after the the support of our Board and others in the city, Pakistan, the global economy, troubling trends in Even as the Council was setting long-term goals, 9/11 attacks greatly heightened the risks to the the Council moved to respond programmatically Africa, U.S.-European relations, and developments we began in 2001-02 to build the capabilities need- Council of continuing the program. to a dramatically changed global agenda, to chart in Asia, including U.S.-China ties. ed to implement the strategic plan. Meeting the challenges of change in 2001-02 new long-term directions, and to create new In February 2002 the Global Chicago Project also required additional financial resources. The capacities for impact in Chicago and beyond. Charting New Directions of the Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago- Council’s Board responded to this need with Tackling these challenges was possible for an During 2001-02 the Council’s Board undertook a Kent College of Law was integrated into the extraordinary generosity, quadrupling its personal institution made strong by the previous chairman- several month-long strategic planning process. We Council. Founded only two years earlier, Global giving over the amounts of previous years. Many ship of Duane L. Burnham and by John E. Rielly’s examined changes in the global agenda and in the Chicago had broken new ground by identifying the other individuals and organizations in Chicago rec- thirty years of devoted service as president. Duane needs of our city and region, and we assessed the challenges and opportunities of globalization for ognized the importance of the Council’s mission at Burnham not only oversaw a smooth presidential Council’s ability to respond to these changing the city and by creating resources and relationships such a time and came to our aid. Thanks to the transition but provided vital guidance and support needs and issues. The Board envisioned three goals to assist the city’s responses. The formation of the support of the Chicago community, the Council in my first year. I am deeply indebted to him. for this decade. The Council will strive to be: Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council balanced its fiscal 2002 budget despite the negative Under John Rielly’s leadership The Chicago • A leading forum in Chicago and the Midwest immediately strengthened the Council’s ability to impact of 9/11 on philanthropy in general and the Council cemented its role as the city’s preeminent for public learning about global issues, address issues of globalization.
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