HONOREE HONOREE Rahm Emanuel Alan M. Krensky Class of 1977 Class of 1969 Rahm Emanuel was elected the 55th mayor of Chicago on February Dr. Alan M. Krensky is a leading pediatric nephrologist and cancer 22nd, 2011, and was sworn in on May 16th, 2011. researcher who served as Associate Dean for Children’s Health at Stanford A Chicagoan with three terms representing his North Side district in University, founding the Children’s Health Initiative, and was Deputy Congress, Emanuel is deeply rooted in the life of the city. Director of the National Institutes of Health, serving as the first Director of Emanuel most recently served as the White House Chief of Staff in the Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives. He currently is President Barack Obama’s administration. During his tenure, he helped a Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute. orchestrate theE passage of key milestones such as the economic Recovery KKrensky has won numerous awards and international recognition for Act, Wall Street reform, and health care reform. his scientific contributions, which focus on understanding the human Prior to his role in the administration, Emanuel served three terms immune system in order to design new diagnostic and therapeutic in the House of Representatives representing Chicago’s 5th District. While approaches to disease. Several of his inventions and discoveries have resulted there, he proved to be a strong, effective voice for Chicago neighborhoods. in FDA approved drugs for use in cancer, transplantation, autoimmune and In 2007, Emanuel was elected as House Democratic Caucus Chair, infectious diseases. He has published more than 280 scientific articles, served the fourth highest position in Democratic leadership. In 2005, he was on numerous editorial and scientific advisory boards and holds 12 patents. appointed as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign He also served as President of the Society of Pediatric Research and Committee. His aggressive leadership helped propel Democrats to pick up Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society of Nephrology and is a member 30 House seats and regain the Democratic majority in 2006. of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and Association of Emanuel also was a key member of the Clinton White House from American Physicians. He has trained more than 50 graduate students and 1993 to 1998, rising to serve as Senior Advisor to the President for Policy postdoctoral fellows in his laboratory and has a special interest in training and Strategy. He played a key role in passing the COPS initiative, which undergraduate and high school students. added 100,000 police officers to U.S. streets. Emanuel also worked in the Krensky received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the private sector for Chicago investment bank Wasserstein Perella. He began University of Pennsylvania and trained at Harvard’s Boston Children’s his career at Illinois Public Action, the state’s largest public interest Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute before joining the Stanford organization. faculty in 1984. At New Trier, Krensky served on the Student Cabinet, Emanuel graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in was Editor in Chief of the Echoes Yearbook and served as a 1981 and received a Master’s Degree in Speech and reporter on the New Trier News . He and his wife Carol Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. Clayberger have three children, Andrew (28), Matthew (26) Along with his brothers, Ezekiel ’75 and Ari ’79, Rahm and Lauren (22), and currently reside in Bethesda, Maryland. Emanuel is a proud alumnus of New Trier High School. Emanuel is married to Amy Rule, and they have three children, Zach, Ilana, and Leah. 8 9.