Program: January 31: Robert L. Heilbronner, Ph.D, Forensic and Clinical Neuropsychology

Luncheon Program: Robert L. Heilbronner, Ph.D, Forensic and Clinical Neuropsychology - 1/31/2012

"Where did I put my keys?" Is it Alzheimer's Disease or Normal Aging?

Robert L. Heilbronner, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, is a board-certified neuropsychologist with over 20 years of professional experience. In addition to maintaining a private clinical practice, Dr. Heilbronner is a court-approved forensic expert who consults with plaintiff and defense attorneys in regard to the impact of brain injuries and various neurological disorders on civil and criminal cases.
Robert is the Director and Founder of the Chicago Neuropsychology Group (CNG), a private practice serving patients with brain injuries for over 15 years.
His specialty areas of practice include the neuropsychological manifestations of:
    Mild traumatic brain injury / concussion
    Neurotoxic exposure
    Malingering, secondary gain, and functional disorders
    Dementia, brain tumors and infections
    Stroke and seizure disorders
    Learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder
    Other disabling medical / psychiatric conditions

The Chicago Neuropsychology Group receives referrals from physicians (e.g., neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, etc,) for the purpose of documenting their patients’ cognitive and emotional concerns. Common conditions include: traumatic brain injury, post-concussion syndrome, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dementia, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), stroke, epilepsy, and other chronic medical and psychiatric conditions. Results are used to assist in differential diagnosis, treatment planning, determinations of functional capacity (e.g., ability to live independently, manage financial affairs, make health-care decisions, etc.). Most insurance plans are accepted.

Tuesday, February 7 Meeting
ROTARY AFTER WORK

5:30 - 7:00 PM

Union League Club

"Celebrate Our Own Series", Blondean Davis

Program February 7: Dr. Blondean Y. Davis, "Celebrating Our Own"

CEO, Southland Charter College Preparatory High School

Dr. Blondean Y. Davis is recognized for her vision and leadership in raising student achievement levels and in the reform of education.

“I believe that every child has a right to learn and can achieve the 21st century skills needed for success—to think critically and to problem solve,” she states.
Dr. Davis holds that “children can achieve their highest potential to learn, despite socioeconomic realities that are often cited as insurmountable barriers to achieving optimal educational results.”
The former Chief of Schools and Regions of Chicago Public Schools from 1995 to 2001, where she was responsible for the daily management of seven regions and 601 schools, Dr. Davis joined Matteson School District 162 as Superintendent in 2002.
At the time, only 55 percent of the district’s students met or exceeded the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) proficiency goals. Today, the District is the only one of Illinois’ 870 school districts that has an enrollment of 50 percent or higher poverty level and an African-American student population of at least 40 percent, with 82 percent or more of its students scoring at or above state standards. http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/il/district-profile/677#standards
In 2010, after less than a year of planning, in the belief that the area’s students needed a choice and hope for their future, Dr. Davis spearheaded the launch of a new charter high school to serve at risk students in nine southwest Chicago suburban communities. Southland Charter College Preparatory High School, which opened in temporary quarters in August of 2010, is the first charter public high school approved by the Illinois State Board of Education in Chicago suburbs.
Dr. Davis serves as the CEO, without compensation, of the new charter school that has a comprehensive educational program that is both creative and rigorous. Opened in temporary quarters in August of 2010, the charter high school moved into a newly remodeled building in Richton Park in April of 2011.
By the Fall of 2013, the new charter high school will meet its enrollment cap of 500 students set by the Illinois State Board of Education. It has a 25:1 pupil teacher ratio, an extended school day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and an emphasis on foreign languages and the arts. The new charter school, “is designed to prepare all of its graduates for academic success in college,” says Dr. Davis.
Named the Superintendent of the Year in 2008 by the Illinois Association of School Administrators, Dr. Davis believes that the future of urban education depends on quality leadership that requires dedication, cooperation and acceptance of new levels of responsibility by administrators, principals, faculties, parents, students and community leaders to produce a true learning community.
In 2009, one of the District’s seven elementary schools, Arcadia, was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.
A product of Englewood High School on the south side of Chicago, Dr. Davis earned bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in education from Loyola University Chicago. She began her educational career as a Chicago Public School teacher and counselor and later served as assistant principal, principal, district superintendent until her appointment as Deputy Chief Education Officer of the Chicago Public School system.
Immediately prior to joining District 162, Dr. Davis was associate professorial lecturer at Saint Xavier University where she trained prospective school principals. She has served as a senior consultant to the Illinois State Board of Education.
The first woman president of a Phi Delta Kappa chapter, Dr. Davis has received numerous honors and awards for her service to education, including:
   Whitman Award of Excellence in Educational Management
   Reader’s Digest American Heroes in Education Award
   Chicago Assistant Principal Association Distinguished Service Award in Education
   Mercedes Mentor Award
   Kathy Osterman Award for Superior Public Service
   Frederick Patterson United Negro College Fund Outstanding Service Award
   Par Excellence in Education Award
   Diversity Inc. Award for Leadership
   Damen Award of Loyola University Chicago
   James Edwin Stamps Memorial Award
Gavin Image Award
Dr. Davis has served as chairperson for numerous charitable campaigns and has helped to raise more than $ 8 million for the United Negro College Fund. She is a member of the Illinois Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Secretary of State Literacy Advisory Board, Phi Delta Kappa and Rotary One Chicago.
She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Dr. Davis holds a Doctor of Humane Letters from Governors State University and is a member of the Governors State Foundation Board.

ROTARY/One Supports Haiti

On the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, ...The Rotary Club of Chicago has partnered with the Rotary Club of Pignon, Haiti to build two houses and a community well. Four members of the Rotary Club of Chicago and two daughters just returned from working on the buildings and finishing up the community well.

Attendees included: Marshall Schmitt and his daughter, Andrea Luehmann and her daughter; Dr. Pancho Nunez; and Jodi Santeford.

This is Chicago's Rotary Club's second project in Haiti. The first was through immediate response by supporting an Rotary founded disaster relief agency called Shelter Box, which provides immediate relief for families following natural disasters throughout the world. Shelter Box provided temporary housing and provisions for Haitian families, over 28,000 shelter boxes were provided. Each box contains shelter, water purification, emergency supplies and more.

Twenty-five thousand dollars has been contributed so far towards this year's project. The Rotary Club of Chicago, known as ROTARY/One, the founding Rotary Club and the worlds first service club was founded in 1905. Today there are over 33,000 Rotary Clubs throughout the world. Donations can be made to the ROTARY/One Foundation, a 510c3 charity.

Donations can be made online: Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund

Program: February 14, 2012 - M. Cherif Bassiouni,Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Law;President Emeritus, International Human Rights Law Institute

Luncheon Program: Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul Law School - 2/14/2012

M. Cherif Bassiouni is a distinguished research professor of law emeritus at DePaul University College of Law and president emeritus of the law school’s International Human Rights Law Institute. He also is president of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Siracusa, Italy, and honorary president of the International Association of Penal Law in Paris, France.

Bassiouni has served the United Nations in a number of capacities, including as co-chair of the Committee of Experts to draft the Convention on the Prevention and Suppression of Torture (1977); member, then chairman, of the Security Council's Commission to Investigate War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (1992-1994); vice-chairman of the General Assembly's Ad Hoc and Preparatory Committees on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (1995 and 1998); chairman of the Drafting Committee of the 1998 Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; independent expert for the Commission on Human Rights on The Rights to Restitution, Compensation and Rehabilitation for Victims of Grave Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1998-2000); and independent expert for the Commission on Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan (2004-2006).

In 1999, Bassiouni was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the field of international criminal justice and for his contribution to the creation of the International Criminal Court. He has received the following medals: Medal Beccaria, Spain (2009); Knight of the Grand Cross (Cavaliere di Gran Croce), Italy (2006); Order of the Academic Palmes, Commander, France (2006); Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Commander, Federal Republic of Germany (2003); Legion d’Honneur, Officer, France (2003); Order of Lincoln of Illinois, United States of America (2001); Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Austria (1990); Order of Sciences (First Class), Egypt (1984); Order of Merit (Grand’Ufficiale), Italy (1977); and Order of Military Valor (First Class), Egypt (1956).

He also has received numerous academic and civic awards, including the Special Award of the Council of Europe (1990); the Defender of Democracy Award, Parliamentarians for Global Action (1998); The Adlai Stevenson Award of the United Nations Association (1993); the Saint Vincent DePaul Humanitarian Award (2000); and the Silvia Sandano Humanitarian Jurist Award, Italy (2008). He has honorary Doctor of Law degrees from the University of Torino (Italy), Pau (France), National University (Ireland), Niagara University (USA), and a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Catholic Theological Union (USA).

Bassiouni is the author of 32 and editor of 47 books, and the author of 241 articles on a wide range of legal issues, including international criminal law, comparative criminal law and international human rights law. His publications have been published in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian and Spanish. Several of his publications have been cited by the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the U.S. Supreme Court, and a number of state supreme, U.S. appellate and federal district courts.

Education

J.D., Indiana University; LL.B. University of Cairo; LL.M. (International and Maritime Law), The John Marshall Law School; S.J.D. (International Criminal Law), George Washington University; Doctor of Law, honoris causa, University of Torino (Italy), University of Pau (France), Niagara University (U.S.A.) and National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)

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