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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Gary Marx, Vaisman’s husband and a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, tells stories about his late wife’s knack for storytelling. Marx was one of many to speak about the journalist and educator in the packed McCormick Foundation Center Forum on Monday evening.

Memorial for Medill Prof. Cecilia Vaisman highlights her legacy, passion for underprivileged

January 26, 2016

Friends and colleagues of the late journalist and Medill Prof. Cecilia Vaisman gathered Monday in the McCormick Foundation Center to celebrate her legacy of storytelling and mentorship. More than 150...

Walter Jackson, son of Alfred Jackson, watches the Evanston Fourth of July parade on Central Street with other members of the family.  Alfred Jackson, who died in 2012 at age 91, was a trustee of the city's Fourth of July Association.

Legacy of Evanston Fourth of July devotee lives on in annual family reunion

July 6, 2015

When the late Alfred Jackson began gathering his family to celebrate the Fourth of July in Evanston, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States. Sixty years later, the tradition continues...

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