Princeton Club of Chicago

ANNUAL DINNER FEATURING JOHN W. ROGERS JR. '80 - APRIL 29, 2024 - NEW INFO INSIDE

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We will be at the historic landmark City Hall again, with an extended cocktail/apps party beforehand (in lieu of a sit-down dinner) next door at Recess, a club/bar that is all ours for the event and after. Calling ALL Tigers!

Join fellow alumni, parents, and friends (see attendee list below) as we enjoy a program which includes a conversation between our honored speaker John W. Rogers Jr. '80 and Jason Tyler '93 P22 P27 with an introduction by Morgan Smith '21 h02. We will also honor Brian C. Johnson '99 and Sally Metzler-Dunea Ph.D. *97 for their service to Princeton and to our Chicagoland community.

Anyone who purchased a Friend-of-the-Dinner ticket and/or a Sponsorship is eligible for reserved seating during the program and admittance to the 5:00 pm Pre-Reception, and your generosity will be noted in the dinner program if desired. 

 

The Princeton Club of Chicago 

cordially invites you and your guests to the 
 

2024 Annual Dinner:

Calling ALL Tigers!

 

Monday, April 29, 2024
 

5:00 p.m. - Reception for Friends of the Dinner and Sponsors 

5:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Food Stations

7:30 p.m. - Program

8:30 p.m. - After-program mingling

9 p.m. - After-party with cash bar
 

City Hall

838 W Kinzie, Chicago, IL

(cocktail reception at Recess, next door)

 

This year’s dinner features

 

John W. Rogers Jr. '80

Chairman and Co-CEO of Ariel Investments, 2008 Woodrow Wilson Award winner, Founder of Ariel Community Academy

in conversation with

Jason Tyler '93 P22 P27

Chief Financial Officer of Northern Trust, Board Chair of UChicago Lab Schools, former Chair of the Joffrey Ballet

discussing

"In the Service of Chicago"

with an introduction by

Morgan Smith '21 h02

Young Alumni Trustee, former Chicago P55/AlumniCorps Fellow, future public interest lawyer

 

The Club will also honor

Sally Metzler-Dunea Ph.D. *97

with the John Fish '55 Distinguished Service to the Community Award

&

Brian C. Johnson '99

with the Arnold M. Berlin ’46 Distinguished Service to Princeton Award

 

Reservations will be held at the door

 

Cocktail Casual attire. Orange and Black attire strongly encouraged!

For public transportation:

El: The Blue Line Grand station is 0.3 mi away (1 city block north and 1/2 block east) at Halsted and Grand 

Bus: The #8 bus stops at Halsted and Hubbard 1/2 block east and 1/2 block north

Ogilvie and Union Station are a 5-minute Uber/taxi ride away

For parking:

On a Monday night, there should be a fair amount of street parking, but there are also parking lots/garages less than a block away:

Mid City Parking lot: 1/2 block east across the bridge at 810 W Kinzie St

333 N Green Parking Garage: 1/2 block south across the tracks at 333 N Green St

365 N Halsted St Parking Lot: 1/2 block east across the bridge at 365 N Halsted

Tip: Prepurchase parking using ParkWhiz or Spot Hero to save money

 

 

 

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Questions?  

Contact Annual Dinner Co-Chairs, Ronnie Raviv '95 at raraviv99@gmail.com and Al Chan '91 at akcp91@gmail.com or Club President, Yung Bong Lim '87 at yungblim@alumni.princeton.edu.

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• John W. Rogers Jr. '80

  John W. Rogers Jr. is the founder, chairman, and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, LLC, the oldest Black-owned mutual fund firm in the United States. John’s passion for investing began at age 12 when his father began buying him stocks as Christmas and birthday gifts. His interest in equities grew at Princeton University, where he majored in economics, and over the two-plus years he worked as a stockbroker for William Blair & Company, LLC. In 1983, John founded Ariel to focus on patient, value investing within small- and medium-sized companies. While Ariel's research capabilities have since expanded across the globe, his patient approach still anchors the firm today.
      John is active civically and professionally based on his belief that these engagements make him a better leader and a better investor. Beyond Ariel, he is a member of the board of directors of NIKE, The New York Times Company, and Ryan Specialty Group Holdings. John also serves as Vice Chair of the board of trustees of The University of Chicago.

       John is committed to a number of philanthropic endeavors. He founded Ariel Community Academy (ACA) in 1996, a public school in Chicago. ACA incorporates an immersive and innovative financial literacy program with an emphasis on investing. He also created the John W. Rogers, Jr. Internship Program in Finance (JWR) at the University of Chicago to connect exceptional students from underrepresented backgrounds with internship opportunities in the investment offices of non-profit foundations and endowments. Over 20 years ago, he co-founded the Black Corporate Directors Conference to foster corporate DEI; develop best practices; and encourage directors to promote the civil rights agenda in the boardroom. The conference’s call to action focuses on the “Three Ps”: People, Purchasing and Philanthropy.

       In 2008, John was awarded Princeton University’s highest honor, the Woodrow Wilson Award, presented each year to the alumnus or alumna whose career embodies a commitment to national service. John received an AB in economics from Princeton University, where he was also captain of the varsity basketball team.

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  Jason Tyler '93 P22 P27

  Jason Tyler is Chief Financial Officer of Northern Trust, a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families, and individuals.
  Born and raised in Chicago, Jason attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where he developed a deep commitment to the city of Chicago, as well as independent thinking and leadership. Jason then attended Princeton University, majoring in Politics.
  After ten years in banking, at what is now part of JP Morgan, Jason joined Ariel Investments, serving as Senior Vice President, Director of Research Operations and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.
      Jason also returned to the University of Chicago where he earned an MBA.
      Jason is a Trustee of the University of Chicago, Board Chair at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, a Director of TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS), Advance Illinois, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Foundation, the Becker Friedman Institute, and the Joffrey Ballet where he formerly served as Chair.
      Jason devotes significant time to supporting the Chicagoland area through his work in various non-profit organizations. Those passions extend through his family. Both of Jason and Yolanda’s children (Ethan Tyler ’22 and Sydney Tyler ’27) graduated from Lab Schools before attending Princeton.

  
  Sally Metzler-Dunea Ph.D. *97

  Sally earned her Ph.D. with distinction in Art & Archaeology, specializing in Renaissance art of Eastern Europe. She has curated over 200 exhibitions, among them the international loan exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bartholomäus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague and authored the monographic exhibition catalogue. Previous positions have included the Director of the D’Arcy Museum at Loyola University and Associate Visiting Professor, Northwestern University.
       Volunteer efforts outside Princeton embrace the Luminarts Cultural Foundation, which Sally oversees as the President. Additionally, she is Chair of the Commission to build and fundraise for the Global COVID-19 Monument of Honor, Remembrance, & Resilience, slated to unveil in Chicago in 2025 (covidmemorialmonument.org).
      For over two decades Sally has also championed PCC alumni spirit, launching the inaugural PCC Tiger Ball along with co-Chair Peter Baugher '70 and returned for a second time as Co-chair with Mike Laidlaw '94. She served as VP Graduate Alumni and VP Programs, organizing myriad events such as the long-running Precepts Series featuring Chicago alumni; outings to the Lyric Opera, Raven theatre, and Ravinia; and promoted graduate alumni engagement, hosting in her home a yearly Graduate Alumni Summer Soiree. She participated at the PICS History Fair at Roosevelt High School and served on the national committee to select the Award for Service to Princeton. 

  
  Brian C. Johnson '99

  Brian is a proud member of Princeton's great class of 1999.  Since 2016, he has served as the CEO of Equality Illinois, the statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization.  In this role, he leads efforts to build a better Illinois by advancing equal treatment and full acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community.  Prior to his time at Equality Illinois, Brian spent nearly two decades as a leader in social justice.  His passion for fighting for equity was catalyzed by having served as a first-grade teacher, and Teach For America corps member, in Baton Rouge, LA.   

      In addition to his full time work, Brian is an author.  His book Our Fair Share: How One Small Change Can Create a More Equitable American Economy (Broadleaf Books 2021) tackles economic inequality in America.  His upcoming book, due out May 7th, is The Work is the Work: Letters to a Future Activist (Broadleaf Books 2024).  In it, he shares lessons he has learned over 25 years in social justice work about how to do good work well.

      Brian was a religion major at Princeton and also earned his JD from Stanford Law School, and his MBA, as an Arjay Miller Scholar, from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  An avid Princeton volunteer, he has served as a University Trustee, President of the Princeton Club of Chicago, a member of the Alumni Council Executive Committee, the Committee to Nominate Alumni Trustees, and is co-chairing this fall's Every Voice conference to honor and celebrate Princeton's LGBTQ+ alumni.       
      Most importantly, he lives with his husband Toby and their daughter Josephine in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago.