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2016 Program Book 2016 INDUCTION CEREMONY Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame Gary G. Chichester Mary F. Morten Co-Chairperson Co-Chairperson Israel Wright Executive Director In Partnership with the CITY OF CHICAGO • COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS Rahm Emanuel Mona Noriega Mayor Chairman and Commissioner COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Published by Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame 3712 North Broadway, #637 Chicago, Illinois 60613-4235 773-281-5095 [email protected] ©2016 Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame In Memoriam The Reverend Gregory R. Dell Katherine “Kit” Duffy Adrienne J. Goodman Marie J. Kuda Mary D. Powers 2 3 4 CHICAGO LGBT HALL OF FAME The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame (formerly the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame) is both a historic event and an exhibit. Through the Hall of Fame, residents of Chicago and the world are made aware of the contributions of Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities and the communities’ efforts to eradicate bias and discrimination. With the support of the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, its Advisory Council on Gay and Lesbian Issues (later the Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues) established the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame (changed to the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2015) in June 1991. The inaugural induction ceremony took place during Pride Week at City Hall, hosted by Mayor Richard M. Daley. This was the first event of its kind in the country. Today, after the advisory council’s abolition and in partnership with the City, the Hall of Fame is in the custody of Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, an Illinois not- for-profit corporation with a recognized charitable tax-deductible status under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). The Hall of Fame honors the volunteer and professional achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, their organizations and their friends, as well as their contributions to the LGBT communities and to the city of Chicago. This is a unique tribute to dedicated persons and organizations whose services have improved the quality of life for all of Chicago’s citizens. A nominee must have made either (1) a single, far-reaching contribution or (2) significant long-term contributions to the quality of life of Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender communities or the city of Chicago. The Chicago LGBT of Fame is privately funded through generous donations from individuals, businesses, and organizations. Staff support is provided by volunteers associated with Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. The selection of inductees for the Hall of Fame is made by former recipients of the award in the individual category based on nominations from the general public. Planning is under way for a permanent location for the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame display. www.ChicagoLGBTHallofFame.org 5 2016 PLANNING COMMITTEE Jennifer Brier Kathern N. Caldwell Parker Callahan Gary G. Chichester Co-Chairperson William W. Greaves Phillip A. Hannema Jack Hazan Darrick L. Johnson Owen Keehnen Mary F. Morten Co-Chairperson/Selection Committee Facilitator Vince Pagán Administration J. Garrett White Administration Mark Wojcik Israel Wright Executive Director 6 2016 INDUCTEES CHICAGO LGBT HALL OF FAME Robert Allerton Tom Bachtell Ronald E. Bogan Román Buenrostro David Cerda David Lee Csicsko Patrick Dennis Kim L. Hunt Dr. Thomas R. Klein Norma Seledon Maritxa Vidal Dr. Yvonne Welbon Amigas Latinas Big Chicks Patrick Quinn Friend of the Community The John Marshall Law School Friend of the Community 7 ROBERT HENRY ALLERTON (1873-1964) Once dubbed “The Richest Man in Chicago,” Robert Henry Allerton was the son of the founder of the First National Bank of Chicago. Yet despite being born into luxury, Allerton rejected the typical trajectory of the elite -- from posh schools to tycoon career. Instead, after prep school, Allerton spent five years studying art in Europe and in 1897 bought a farm near Urbana, Illinois, transforming it into a baronial estate called “The Farms” featuring ornate gardens, neoclassical statues, and Asian art. In 1922, Allerton met John Gregg, an aspiring architect. Photo: Courtesy of the University of Illinois Although there were gay rumors, Allerton’s wealth and status allowed them to live as openly as the era allowed. Most assumed Gregg was his protégé. The men remained happily together for decades, summering in Illinois and spending winters abroad. The two men endowed The Robert Allerton Park (donated to the University of Illinois), the Allerton Gardens in Hawaii (now part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden), the Honolulu Academy of Art, and notably for Chicago, the main building of the Art Institute where Allerton served as the honorary president and trustee. The building was renamed in his honor in 1968. In addition, Allerton gifted over 6,600 pieces to the Art Institute, including six Rodin sculptures and its first Picasso, and making him one of the most dedicated patron-benefactors in the Institute’s history. As he grew older, Allerton worried about his estate. He could merely amend his will and leave everything to Gregg, but relatives would protest and legal battles would ensue. Instead, Allerton did something unique. After some pressure on legislators, in 1951 at age 77, Allerton adopted 52- year-old Gregg, making his longtime companion his son. When Allerton died at age 91, his entire estate went to his partner and adopted son, John Gregg, without issue, thus providing a loophole to the first legally recognized same-sex relationships. 8 TOM BACHTELL Tom Bachtell has made far-reaching and outstanding achievements in the world of illustration. He works primarily in brush and ink with a drawing style that harkens back to many of the classic American illustrators and cartoonists. Bachtell’s distinctive drawings and caricatures appear weekly in The Talk of the Town and other sections of The New Yorker, where he has been a regular contributor for 20 years. His work can also be seen in many other publications, including Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Forbes, Bon Appétit, Town & Country, Photo: Jennifer Greenberg Mother Jones, New York, Poetry, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Observer, and London’s Evening Standard. In addition, his ad-campaign clients range from Marshall Field to Lands’ End to the chamber-music series at the University of Chicago. Bachtell, who was trained as a pianist at the Cleveland Institute of Music and earned a liberal arts degree from Case Western Reserve University, is a self-taught artist. His portraits of Barack Obama have helped to shape the way he is perceived by the nation. In addition to his countless illustrations of celebrities and politicians, he illustrated Robert Trachtenberg’s book, When I Knew, a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Exhibits of Bachtell’s work have been shown at the offices of The New Yorker, the Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago, the invitational exhibitions “Drawing the Candidates,” at the New York Times, and “Politics ’08” at the Society of Illustrators in Manhattan. His illustrated talk, “How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Start Drawing Mariah Carey: My Life as a Cartoonist,” was commissioned as a Marquis Lecture at Coe College, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has also been delivered at the Arts Club of Chicago. 9 RONALD E. BOGAN Ronald E. Bogan was born and raised in Chicago. He is a veteran of the Chicago Police Department. In 1992 he acknowledged himself as a gay man in the press, becoming the first Chicago Police Officer to come out publicly in a major Chicago newspaper (The Chicago Tribune). This highly visible act demonstrates the caliber of courage and pride which led to greater acceptance of existing LGBT officers as well as being a precursor to the Chicago Police Department’s eventual recruitment of openly LGBT officers. In his career as a police officer, Bogan has also done extensive work as a Hate Crime investigator, dealing Photo: Cornelius J. Longstreet with crimes in which the perpetrator’s actions were based on a bias against the victim’s race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. Bogan brought both compassion and respect, along with a strong sense of justice, to his role. Bogan’s volunteer affiliations are lengthy and include a variety of organizations. He was a dedicated and consistent route driver when he delivered meals for Open Hand Chicago. He was among the first class of recruits to qualify as buddies for the Test Positive Aware Network. In this capacity Bogan provided support and assisted his buddy in dealing with the stress and depression of being diagnosed as HIV positive. In addition, Bogan also did volunteer work as a gay youth advisor with Horizons Community Center (now known as the Center on Halsted) where he fielded questions on gay and youth issues while setting a powerful and positive example as an older gay adult. Bogan was also a volunteer for Big Brothers and Sisters of Chicago and sponsored two different youths at two different times. Ronald Bogan’s community spirit is on par with his dedication as a police officer, making him a welcome addition to the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. 10 ROMÁN BUENROSTRO Román Buenrostro has lived in Chicago for over twenty- five years. During that period of time he has made an indelible mark on the LGBT community through service, education, and leadership. Román Buenrostro has served people living with HIV/AIDS as a Director of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago for the last eighteen years, most recently as the Director of Special Projects overseeing innovative programs that seek to link or re- engage people living with HIV.
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