Your gift of any amount to the Chicago Booth Annual Fund by June 30, 2022 enters you for a chance to win a book set. A winner will be drawn every Friday—so participate early for a higher rate of winning!
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“This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the ideas business—and in the modern world, who isn't? Not a pop book as the title might suggest but instead a richly researched—and beautifully written—book by a historian of science. At the same time, I found plenty of lessons for how to keep my idea well deep and fresh.”
Sendhil Mullainathan
Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science
Nicholas Epley
John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow
“This is an old book, but it's one of my favorite non-economics books. If I wasn't an economist, I think I might have gone to law school and tried to be a law clerk. The Supreme Court is in the news a lot today, and this book gives a fascinating "behind the scenes" look at some of the most famous Supreme Court cases from the Burger court: Roe vs. Wade, US v. Nixon (Watergate), Miller v. California (obscenity), University of California v. Bakke (affirmative action).”
Matthew Notowidigdo
Professor of Economics
Dan Adelman
Charles I. Clough, Jr. Professor of Operations Management
“Paul Farmer, the physician and visionary leader of the groundbreaking nonprofit Partners in Health (PIH), passed away this February. As I reflect on his legacy, I highly recommend “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World” by Tracy Kidder which is a compelling and inspirational read as it traces the trajectory of both Farmer’s life and the impact of PIH across the globe. Reading this book was one of the motivations for me to create a social entrepreneurship course at Chicago Booth back in 2005. I was drawn to the business model of PIH which successfully scaled healthcare delivery in the poorest nations and advocated for others to do the same, a true model of social innovation.”
Robert H. Gertner
Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance; John Edwardson Faculty Director Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
“This is a book about how one of the greatest and most reliable companies in America became a dinosaur that needed to be bailed out by the government. I never feared to fly, until I read this book.”
Luigi Zingales
Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and George G. Rinder Faculty Fellow
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In the season of thanks, we’d like to recognize the more than 35,000 alumni donors who have given back to the school.
Donor Day 2021
The campaign has raised $1.1 billion over five years.
Chicago Booth Campaign Summary
The gift will support the new The Hong Kong Jockey Club University of Chicago Academic Complex The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong, and more.
Alumnus Gives $10 Million for Key University Priorities