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Michael Furey Elected to Board of Trustees
Elmwood Park resident Michael J. Furey has been elected to the board of trustees of Dominican University. Furey received his MBA from Dominican University and was selected as the Distinguished Alumnus of the university’s School of Business in 2000. He has been a member of the School of Business Advisory Council and the Alumni Council.Furey is a senior vice president at The Northern Trust Company in Chicago. He is a member of the University Club of Chicago, a board member of Urban Gateways, a member of the Board of Governors and past treasurer of the Chicago Catholic Lawyers Guild, and a member of the Deferred/Planning Committee of Catholic Charities. Furey served six years as a board member for Trinity High School in River Forest and is an active supporter of his alma mater, Fenwick High School.
Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 15 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the Institute for Adult Learning. In the 2005 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report again ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a “best value” for the seventh consecutive year.
“As a student I wanted an intimate community. As an aspiring journalist I wanted a big city. Dominican gave me both—and so much more.”
Tracy Samantha
Schmidt
2005
TIME Magazine
