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08-05-2025
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Beyond ‘LOVE,' The Enduring Legacy Of Robert Indiana Resonates Deeply Through Pace Gallery Representation
Robert Indiana, A Divorced Man Has Never Been the President, 1961–62, oil on canvas, 60" × 48" ... More (152.4 cm × 121.9 cm), Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy averaged a 70.1% approval rating, handily the highest of any post-World War II U.S. president. While his alleged mistresses and lovers included movie stars Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich, White House intern Marion Fay "Mimi" Alford (née Beardsley), Judith Exner (who also claimed to be the paramour of Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana and mobster John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli), American painter Mary Pinchot Meyer, Swedish aristocrat Gunilla von Post, and Pamela Turnure (the first first Press Secretary hired to serve a U.S. First Lady), Kennedy only married once. More than six decades later, the country is led by a man who has been married three times and divorced twice, with the most dismal 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years. Robert Indiana was exposing the sanctimony of a system where leaders are held to higher standards than the people they serve, with his cutting critique in A Divorced Man Has Never Been the President (1961-1962). A preeminent figure in American art since that time, Indiana was directly referencing Nelson Rockefeller, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968, losing the party's favor after he divorced his first wife Mary Todhunter Clark in 1962 and married Margaretta Large Fitler (A.K.A. Happy) a year later. A blue star in the center is flanked between each point by five green circles emblazoned with 'US' in blue, signifying the infusion of envy and greed into the colors of the American flag. The composition, featuring a circle emblazoned with text above stenciled letters expressing the title, recurs in Indiana's paintings from the early 1960s. In this work, Indiana eschews the periods in the abbreviation so that 'US' can be dually interpreted as the collective inhabitants and the country itself. In 1961-1962, the U.S. political climate was icy, amid escalating strife with the Soviet Union, but there was a warmth emanating from the burgeoning counterculture movement. Sadly, today's political revolt is divorced from the cultural and artistic values that define and empower humanity. The timing is uncannily ripe for Robert Indiana: The American Dream, a major exhibition at the New York flagship of Pace Gallery, showcasing pristine examples of paintings and sculpture created from the early 1960s and evolving over decades. The groundbreaking presentation opens Friday at the 540 West 25th Street gallery and remains on view until August 15. 'In our world, what's urgent is that really great artists have a tendency sometimes to disappear and to be rediscovered. It's always great to rediscover an artist, especially one who has such vast influence,' Pace CEO Marc Glimcher said in a phone interview. Indiana's oeuvre is 'deeply embedded in the context of his entire contribution to art and to Pop Art, which was enormous,' Glimcher continued. 'If we just look at all the artists using words and language to make their art today, and 10 years ago. and 20 years ago, we can see how much influence Robert Indiana had.' Robert Indiana, The Black Marilyn , 1967/1998 PAINTING Oil on canvas 102 x 102 in. (259.1 x 259.1 ... More cm), diamond This essential exhibition examines Indiana's inquiry into the duality of the American Dream, highlighting the connections between the artist's personal history and the social, political, and cultural nuances of postwar America. 'It's a treasure trove of work from the 60s, 70s, 80s, works we don't see that often. By this stage, there's only kind of late work left, usually when you start working with an artist like this. So we just have the capacity to show in the gallery a bunch of real masterworks, but we obviously got amazing loans from museums as well,' said Glimcher, who recalls meeting Indiana as a child. Indiana abandoned New York for Vinalhaven, Maine, in 1978, where he lived in the Star of Hope, a Victorian building that had previously served as an Odd Fellows Lodge. His departure from the New York art world was partially entangled in lawsuits, and Pace was indispensable in his profound rediscovery. The CEO's father, Arne Glimcher, the founder of Pace Gallery, included Indiana's work in a seminal 1962 group exhibition, Stock Up for the Holidays. Last year, Pace announced its global representation of The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, the primary organization advocating for the artist's achievement and maintaining a collection and archive of his extensive breadth of work. A pioneer who continues to influence generations of artists, Indiana utilized letters and numerals in his brazen sculptures, paintings, and prints, delving deep into American identity and iconography, and amplifying the power of abstraction. Indiana called himself an 'American painter of signs,' developing a singular graphic visual lexicon that transformed American art. Pace now champions Indiana as a luminary in the global art world. For many casual observers, Indiana is synonymous with his ubiquitous, quintessential LOVE sculptures with a slanted 'O'. The first iteration of the work in Cor-Ten steel was created in 1970, and acquired by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. With more than 50 LOVE sculptures around the world, there is often a lack of philosophical inquiry and the lazy temptation to take a monumental word at face value, especially in an Instagram age. Indiana was openly gay, though he didn't publicly display his sexuality. Instead, his art, particularly LOVE, was intertwined in his personal experiences and his romantic relationship with painter, sculptor, and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly. Robert Indiana, The American Dream , 1992, Cast: 2015 SCULPTURE Painted bronze 83 7/8 × 35 1/2 × 11 ... More 13/16 in. (213 × 90 × 30 cm) Edition of three plus one artist's proof. 'We started last year, when we had an exhibition called The Sweet Mystery, which was presented in Venice. We started with this sort of entry point into Indiana's world, arising in New York. One of the main aspects that we are trying to do as we are building upon the legacy of this great American artist is to introduce his storytelling. This idea of where his name comes from, where he came from, how he arrived to where he became a great American figure having created quite possibly, one of the most iconic works,' said Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative Managing Director Emeline Salama-Caro, who investigates 'what's behind him as an artist, what he's trying to convey. One of the most significant themes in his work, obviously, is that of the American Dream, which is an autobiographical reflection, but also profound commentary on the American Dream itself, both the optimism and the aspirations, but also the challenges and the contradictions. I think that, given today's social-political landscape, these things are more relevant than ever.' Robert Indiana, The Demuth Five, 1963, oil on canvas, 64" × 64" (162.6 cm × 162.6 cm), diamond, ... More PAINTING, #93211, Format of original photography: high res PSD Salama-Caro continued: 'What we're trying to do with this exhibition in New York, and all the exhibitions that we are thinking of, is to expand to a new generation, to engage with Indiana's poignant reflections of being an artist who's so connected with his identity to America. This is a person who was an extremely cerebral human being. This is someone who's very introspective, yet he came from the Midwest … It is very well documented about his life and being an adopted child and sort of not feeling that he was really part of this family, and all the difficulties and psychological traumas that came with that. But if you learn a little bit about him, he was a valedictorian, he was part of the Latin society. Poetry is something that's so important to him. He was able to travel outside of America. But he came back and realized that, for him, the landscape, the history, the geography (of America) is so integral to his work, and yet he's presenting it in a way, a style, that is so different to what we're seeing out of the postwar period. You've got this moment of Abstract Expressionism. There's a lot of gesture, there's all these layers, and as you start to unpack that, it's the story, it's the narrative which makes Indiana's work very interesting, and it can be related to so many different things that we're feeling today.' Robert Indiana, Apogee, 1970, oil on canvas, 60" × 50" (152.4 cm × 127 cm), PAINTING, ... More #91756, Alt # MAF-P-020, Format of original: high res TIF Born in 1928 as Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana, some 44 miles east-northeast of Indianapolis, the artist proclaimed himself an 'American painter of signs' and his legacy positions him as a towering figure in art history. His career celebration comes full circle with a return to Pace, which unravels the verisimilitude of his persona and outlook on life, embracing the deep emotions behind his multi-faceted art. 'Everybody knows that the gestalt of the Abstract Expressionists was so intense and their lives showed it. And there's a (misconception) that these Pop Artists were having fun and being clever and not showing their soul. And that is not true. And that is especially not true for Robert Indiana,' said Marc Glimcher. 'His portrayal of the American Dream (embodies) all of his personal hope and torment, a very complex personal story, and this is true for all of those artists. This was still them spilling their guts.'
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Yahoo
'Operation Family Secrets': Former Chicago mobster reflects on life after testifying against his father
The Brief April marks 20 years since the FBI brought charges against 14 Chicago mob figures in "Operation Family Secrets," cracking open decades of unsolved murders. Key testimony came from Frank Calabrese Jr., who secretly recorded conversations with his father, mob hitman Frank Calabrese Sr. The trial resulted in life sentences for multiple top mobsters and severely weakened the Chicago Outfit's grip on organized crime. CHICAGO - It has been called the most important mob prosecution in U.S. history. Twenty years ago this month, the federal government filed charges against more than a dozen top leaders of the Chicago mob, Outfit. It involved nearly two dozen murders that had gone unsolved for decades. They called the case "Operation Family Secrets." On Tuesday, FOX 32's Dane Placko talked to the ex-mobster who wore a wire against his father and triggered the FBI investigation. Tonight, we look back at the historic trial and its aftermath. "I know I had to finish what I started. Because if he gets on the street, I'm done or he's dead. And one of us is locked up forever," said Frank Calabrese Jr. The backstory In April 2005, following a seven-year investigation and the surprise cooperation of Frank Calabrese Jr. and his uncle, mob hitman Nick Calabrese, federal prosecutors filed a 43-page racketeering indictment against 14 Chicago mobsters and associates responsible for 18 murders going back to the 1960s. Calabrese Jr. says he doesn't regret wearing a wire on his father. "The hardest thing I ever did in my life. I loved my dad. I did not love his ways, but it's my father," he said. In addition to his father, Frank Calabrese Sr., the feds charged top Outfit leaders James "Little Jimmy" Marcello, Paul "The Indian" Schiro, and Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, who disappeared as the indictment was filed before being discovered hiding in a basement in Elmwood Park several months later. "It was by far the most committed team I've ever had the opportunity and the privilege working with," said Markus Funk. Funk was part of the "dream team" of federal prosecutors at the 2007 trial, which featured a colorful cast of defendants, witnesses and defense attorneys. "I mean, every day, things expected and unexpected happened," Funk said. "It was drama filled. I mean, every day. And we were always aware that the public was there in large part to see the mobsters, right?" At one point, as Funk grilled Calabrese Sr. on the witness stand, jurors heard the mobster whisper that Funk was a dead man. "I think the legacy of the trial is, in part, that it was the first time in Chicago we ever had a made member of the mob convicted of murder. And in fact, we had many murders," Funk said. Dig deeper The trial lasted nearly two months, with prosecutors calling 125 witnesses and presenting over 200 pieces of evidence. And with the smoking gun first-hand testimony of star witnesses Calabrese Jr. and Nick Calabrese, the jury returned guilty counts on all charges, sending Calabrese Sr., Lombardo and Marcello to prison for life. "I think that's the legacy of this case, to not only take down the entire organization, but also to remember that there's victims. And those victims' families, they will live with this forever," said Michael Maseth, a former Chicago FBI agent. Those victims' families also received restitution after the FBI found $1.7 million in stolen loot hidden behind a family portrait in the basement of Calabrese Sr.'s Oak Brook home. Both Calabrese Sr. and Lombardo have since died behind bars. Marcello is now 81 and remains at the federal supermax prison in Colorado. Schiro was released from federal custody in 2022. As for Nick Calabrese, despite 14 murders, he received a short sentence in return for his cooperation and spent his final years a free man. "He did pass on a couple years ago, naturally, with his family. So he had a heavy heart. He had a hard time sleeping at night. He had some ailments that were caused by the stress of it and what you've done," said Calabrese Jr. "The victims were very upset with the sentence that Nick got and the fact he died a free man," Funk added. "He lived up to every part of his deal. He testified to dozens of criminal acts and murders the government had no idea about, frankly, before he began talking. And so, he did what we expected and more and we held up to our side of the deal." Local perspective "As far as I'm concerned, the Chicago Outfit still exists, but it's a very reduced form of what it once was," said John Binder. Binder, a Chicago mobologist, says the Outfit was badly damaged by Family Secrets but also by the fact the government has legalized much of their old business model: bookmaking, gambling, loan-sharking and drugs. "Basically, legalization has been killing them. So much of what they did for years and liked to do because it's profitable has gone away because they've legalized any number of things," Binder said. "Kind of crazy, payday loans. That was one of our biggest things, loan-sharking. The only difference now is there's no violence. But you sign your life over so they just take it from you the easy way," Calabrese Jr. So, is the Chicago Outfit still alive? "There's certainly evidence that the mob is not even close to full strength anymore in the way that they once were. But they also are not dead. In other words, the story of the mob demise is premature and they're still very much active," Funk said. What's next "Operation Family Secrets" was the most successful mob trial in Chicago's history. Now, two decades after the case that brought down the mob's old guard, Calabrese Jr. spends much of his time in Las Vegas, telling his spellbinding life story as a lecturer at the Mob Museum. We asked Calabrese Jr. after 20 years, why does he think people are still fascinated by this story? "I speak to a lot of people, and there's a lot, because this is a family story, Dane. It's not about me getting up and telling you who got killed, who ordered it, who's the boss. This is about what this life does to your family. And at the museum here, I think I found my niche and it's going great," Calabrese Jr. responded. "And you know who I answer to today? My two kids and my grandson. That's my life now." There have been books written about the "Family Secrets" case, but remarkably, given the Shakespearean family drama at the center of the story, there hasn't yet been a movie. Calabrese Jr. said there's still plenty of interest and that he hopes to be able to make an announcement soon. The Source For this story, FOX 32 Chicago interviewed several key players from this historic trial. Those included a witness who is the son of one of the defendants, an FBI special agent who was originally assigned to the case and one of the federal prosecutors who tried the case.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
'Operation Family Secrets': Inside the FBI takedown that shattered the Chicago Outfit
The Brief "Operation Family Secrets," launched 20 years ago, is considered the most significant mob prosecution in U.S. history. It began when Frank Calabrese Jr. secretly cooperated with the FBI against his father, a notorious Chicago mobster. The case led to charges in nearly two dozen murders and helped dismantle the Chicago Outfit's leadership. CHICAGO - It has been called the most important mob prosecution in U.S. history. Twenty years ago this month, the federal government filed charges against more than a dozen top leaders of the Chicago Outfit, involving nearly two dozen murders that had gone unsolved for decades. They called the case "Operation Family Secrets." What we know The Chicago Outfit had a hold on the city for decades, with influence in the courts, the police department, and at City Hall. But that all changed when the son of a powerful mob boss grew frustrated that his father would never change his ways. Frank Calabrese Jr. went to the library in the federal prison where he was doing time with his father and typed out a cry for help to the FBI. "I feel like it was a different life," said Calabrese Jr. during a recent interview for the 20th anniversary of the Family Secrets indictment. "Sometimes I feel it was like a nightmare that it really didn't happen, that I'm just talking about some story." Calabrese Jr. was raised to be a mobster. His father, Frank Calabrese Sr., ran the Chicago Outfit's notorious Chinatown crew. Frank Sr.'s brother, Nick Calabrese, was a trusted mob soldier responsible for at least fourteen hits. "The difference between me and my uncle is as soon as he got in this life, he was ordered to kill," said Calabrese Jr. "And once he was in, he could not get out." The backstory In 1998, Calabrese Jr. was serving time with his father at the federal prison in Milan, Michigan, for illegal juice loans and racketeering. "I'll never sit up there and tell you I'm a victim. I did a lot of bad things in my life at one time that I'm embarrassed of today." The younger Calabrese said he wanted to turn his life around. But he said it became clear his father had other ideas. "It came to the point where I realized he is never going to let me out of this and he's never going to lose control of me, and I have to do something. And the choices that I had were to wait till he gets on the street, finish this with him. He's good at killing. I'd probably be dead or he's dead and I might be in jail. The other one was getting the government to help." After considering his options, Calabrese Jr. went to the prison library and typed out a letter for help to the FBI, writing, "I feel I have to help you keep this sick man locked up forever." Calabrese Jr. said it was a gut-wrenching decision. "I knew the day that I did that letter that my life was going to change forever. It wasn't about prison. It was about me and my dad. And the hardest thing I ever did to this day is go against my own father." When the letter arrived at the Organized Crime Division of the FBI, agents weren't sure it was real. "That letter was extremely important to the organized crime squad," said Michael Maseth, a former Chicago FBI agent who was assigned to the Organized Crime Unit in the late '90s. "There was a lot of excitement, but there was a lot of secrecy associated with it." Maseth was among the agents who set up top secret meetings with Calabrese Jr. at the Michigan prison, eventually giving him a recording device hidden inside a pair of headphones and setting up an undercover surveillance system in the prison's visiting area. "There were gang members there, all in the area of the yard. And so had they seen that he was wearing a wire, it would not have gone very well for him." Calabrese Jr. knew his life was on the line. "If (my father) catches me, I'm dead. And if anybody else catches me there, I am dead." In long conversations recorded in the prison yard, Calabrese Sr. opened up to his son about unsolved mob murders going back decades, including the assassination of mob hit man William Dauber and his wife in 1980, and the car bombing of businessman Michael Cagnoni in 1981. "The amount of information on those recordings was phenomenal," said Maseth. "We were astounded at how Frank Calabrese would talk about the homicides that he was involved in. Just the amount of information he was providing, the detail." Dig deeper Around the same time, FBI agents approached Nick Calabrese, who was serving time inside another federal prison. The agents told Nick they had newly obtained DNA evidence from a bloody glove left at the scene of a mob hit on the Northwest Side years earlier. Nick Calabrese had killed Outfit enforcer John Fecarotta but hurt himself during a struggle for the gun. After initially clamming up, "Nick had had enough and realized that I'm not going to stand up for my brother," said Maseth. "He's a horrible person and I'm going to, I'm doing it." Calabrese Jr. said he had no idea his uncle was also turning on Calabrese Sr. "That's when my uncle started cooperating. And he was the one who really took down the whole mob." Maseth said Nick Calabrese broke the case wide open. "Telling us about one murder after the next, and the members of organized crime who were involved in it. And that's when we realized that we had to expand our investigation ten to twenty-fold." That also includes the infamous execution of mob brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro, whose bodies were found buried in an Indiana cornfield in 1986. The murders were portrayed in the 1995 mob movie Casino. Nick Calabrese revealed for the first time that the Spilotros had been killed in a home in the northwest suburbs, then buried in a shallow grave in Indiana. "Nick Calabrese had quite a bit of insight about that because he said he was there," said Chicago mobologist John Binder. After a seven-year investigation, the Family Secrets case exploded into the public with sweeping charges against not just Calabrese Sr. but the longtime leaders of several other Outfit street crews. What's next In part two of our look back at the historic case, we'll revisit that dramatic trial, examine what happened to the key players, and ask whether the Chicago Outfit still has a pulse. The Source For this story, FOX 32 Chicago interviewed several key players from this historic trial. Those included a witness who is the son of one of the defendants, an FBI special agent who was originally assigned to the case and one of the federal prosecutors who tried the case. FOX 32 Chicago also interviewed a local professor and author regarding the historical impact this trial had on the mob and Chicago.
Daily Mail
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
John Travolta reassures fans after candid bedroom snap of dog Peanut in $10M Florida home sparks concern
John Travolta reassured his fans after sharing a sweet Easter photo featuring his dog Peanut and a chocolate Easter bunny. The actor, 71, posted the photo of the yellow Chihuahua mix on his bed sniffing the Lindt treat wrapped in gold foil writing, 'Happy Easter from me, Ella, Ben and Peanut!' Before adding: 'Not to worry, she won't eat the chocolate bunny.)' As chocolate is known to be toxic to dogs, fans responded with relief at the message. 'That's good to hear - Happy Easter to you, too,' commented one relieved fan. The Travoltas adopted Peanut after the pooch attended the Oscars with Jamie Lee Curtis in 2022. The future Oscar winner was honoring the late Betty White, who died in December 2021, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. White was an avid animal lover, and her contributions were honored at that year's ceremonies, which included an appearance on stage with Curtis and Peanut, then known as Mac & Cheese. After meeting and holding the pup backstage, Travolta lost his heart and made her a part of the family the following day. 'The day we adopted Peanut on Oscar night! She's brought the biggest joy to our family,' the Saturday Night Live star wrote next to a flashback photo in July 2024. Family photos have given a small peek into the mansion Travolta shares with his children in Ocala, Florida, just a short flight away from the Church of Scientology's worldwide spiritual headquarters, known as Flag Land Base, in Clearwater. According to an Instagram account called the 7600 square foot home comes with its own private airport. The estate includes five bedrooms, six bathrooms, an indoor gym, outdoor pool, a garden and a garage that can fit 16 cars. Its estimated worth is $10 million. Travolta is reprising his role professional thief Mason Goddard in Cash Out 3. The thriller is currently being shot along the Mississippi Gulf Coast with work expected to continue through the end of this week. The versatile star has also signed to star as mobster Johnny Roselli, in the film November 1963. The thriller looks at the alleged connection to the assassination of President John Kennedy, by a crime group known as the Chicago Outfit. Bonnie Giancana, the daughter of Tampa based mobster Sam Giancana, who was affiliated with the Chicago Outfit, has contributed to the script. Mandy Patinkin, Robert Carlyle and Dermot Mulroney are also taking part in the project being directed by Roland Joffee.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Today in Chicago History: Michael Jordan wears No. 45 in return to the Bulls
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 19, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 78 degrees (2012) Low temperature: Zero degrees (1923) Precipitation: 2.5 inches (1948) Snowfall: 4.1 inches (1986) 1918: Daylight saving time, also known as 'fast time' back in the day, had its first run in the United States when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to support World War I efforts. All clocks were moved forward an hour on the last Sunday of March and turned back again on the last Sunday in October. A Tribune editorial described the effort as giving 'the nation the gift of a twenty-fifth hour, a new hour insinuated into the clock at the best time of day.' It didn't last. The law was repealed by Congress — overriding Wilson's veto — in August 1919. President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched year-round daylight saving time in the U.S. on Feb. 9, 1942. 1943: The body of Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti — the man who succeeded Al Capone as head of the Chicago criminal empire — was discovered along a railroad embankment in North Riverside. In tales of the Chicago Outfit, the widowed Annette Nitti mostly stayed in the shadows Nitti, facing trial and possible imprisonment for his role in a Hollywood movie studio extortion scheme, drank himself into a semi-stupor and fatally shot himself three times as he wandered in the railroad yard only blocks from his Riverside home. 'In pulling the trigger on himself, Nitti, who had become a pariah among the piranhas, became the first major Chicago gangland character to cheat the government out of a trial by sentencing himself to death,' Tribune reporters Ronald Koziol and Edward Baumann wrote in 1987. 1995: In his first game back with the Chicago Bulls since he retired in 1993, Michael Jordan gave a 'less-than-otherworldly performance,' according to Tribune reporter Melissa Isaacson. The Bulls lost in overtime 103-96 to the Indiana Pacers. Jordan barely left the court, playing 43 minutes and scoring 19 points. He missed his first six shots, was 7 of 28 overall and was certainly not the same player. Jordan showed his work ethic, however, even playing until his legs cramped up at the end of the game. Michael Jordan: Top moments and stats in the life and career of the Chicago Bulls and NBA legend 'I love the game,' he said solemnly. 'I had a good opportunity to come back. I tried to stay away as much as I could. The more active I was in other sports, it kept my mind away from the game. When I was in baseball, I was a distance away. But when you love something for so long … 'I think at the time I walked away from it, I probably needed it — mentally more so than anything. But I really, truly missed the game. I missed my friends. I missed my teammates. I missed the atmosphere a little bit. So I was eager to get back into the little things.' 1996: In an event at the Harold Washington Library Center, Microsoft Corp. chairman and CEO Bill Gates donated $1 million in computer and educational software to the Chicago Public Library system. On hand for the event, Mayor Richard M. Daley told the Tribune afterward that he didn't use computers. 2021: Loretto Hospital CEO George Miller and Chief Operating Officer Dr. Anosh Ahmed were reprimanded for their roles in allowing the hospital to improperly distribute coronavirus vaccines at Trump Tower, to Cook County judges and at Miller's church in south suburban Oak Forest. The hospital's board decided to suspend Miller for two weeks without pay, and Ahmed resigned. Ahmed was charged in July 2024, alleging he embezzled at least $15 million from Loretto. Miller was charged in October 2024 in an embezzlement scheme that allegedly bilked millions from the small West Side safety-net hospital, even as the COVID-19 pandemic was raging. Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@ and mmather@
