Background
Samors, Neal was born on July 10, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Bernette (Schulman) Samors.
(Chicago's North Michigan Avenue, also known throughout th...)
Chicago's North Michigan Avenue, also known throughout the world as The Magnificent Mile, traces its early history to 1837 when the City of Chicago was incorporated. It is difficult to imagine that today's famous avenue, with shopping malls, skyscrapers, condominiums, world class stores, and major hotels was once a dirt road with a few wooden houses. Almost all of the buildings and mansions were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, except for the Water Tower and Pumping Station. The street that would become known as North Michigan Avenue after the Michigan Avenue Bridge was opened in 1920, was originally called Pine Street. The Fourth Presbyterian Church was built in 1914, and, during the 1920s, such structures as the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, Allerton Hotel, Palmolive Building and Drake Hotel, along with numerous low rise and mid rise buildings went up along the avenue. Construction ground to a halt during the Great Depression and World War II, but, beginning in the 1950s and continuing throuhout the rest of the 20th century, there was an explosion in construction on and near North Michigan Avenue. Two of the best known buildings erected during that period were The John Hancock Building and Water Tower Place. The book also covers the development of the Streeterville neighborhood to the east of the avenue with its world reknowned educational and medical complexes. In addition, Rush Street, and its entertainment venues and restaurants gets special treatment in the book, along with the well known Oak Street. Today, the area known as The Magnificent Mile, and the broader Greater North Michigan Avenue District, is a major attraction in a world class city where visitors increasingly come to discover why Chicago is such a special place. The book includes interviews with 25 well known Chicagoans, skillfully blended with more than 275 black and white, duotone and color photographs presented in a then and now format.
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It is like no other book about Chicago's past and present--exploring the dynamic changes that have continuously shaped the greater Loop district from the late nineteenth century to the present time. Downtown's evolution is vividly portrayed through more than 250 historical photos interlaced with a tapestry of memories, experiences and thoughts related by interviewees such as Josephine Baskin Minow, Gary Johnson, Jerome R. Butler, James McDonough, Ann Roth, James O'Connor, Kay Mayer, Michael Demetrio, Bernard Judge, Paul Meincke, Potter Palmer IV and Marshall Field V. A descriptive narrative introduces each section of the book, tying all the elements together.
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(A nostalgic look at Chicago during the 1950s,with chapter...)
A nostalgic look at Chicago during the 1950s,with chapters entitled Life in the Neighborhoods, Let's Go Downtown, Growing Up in the City, The Sporting Life, and Entertainment in the City. The book has interviews with 65 current and former Chicagoans,including Hugh Hefner, Shelley Berman, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mike Wallace, Hugh Downs, Mort Sahl, Rich Melman, Warner Saunders, Jack Rosenberg, Georgie Anne Geyer, US District Judge Charles Kocoras,Chuck Schaden, Billy Pierce, Carmen Salvino and Johnny Morris. The book also includes more than 200 duotone, black and white photographs.
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Samors, Neal was born on July 10, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Bernette (Schulman) Samors.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1965. Master of Arts, Northern Illinois University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1979.
Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 2000.
Lecturer political science Loyola University, Chicago, 1967-1969. Instructor political science Barat College, Lake Forest, 1969-1974. Professional associate Educational Testing Service, Evanston, 1974-1980, assistant director, 1980-1984, senior field marketing representative, 1984-1988, assistant director field marketing, 1989-1993, executive director field marketing, 1993-1995, executive director market development, 1995-1997, executive director client acquisition and retention, 1997-1999.
President Samors & Associates, Inc., Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 1999—2003, Chicago's Neighborhoods, Inc., Buffalo Grove, since 2003. Consultant and evaluator Alverno College, Milwaukee, 1978-1981, Madonna College, Livonia, Michigan, 1978-1981, College St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, 1980-1981. Consultant Educational Testing Service, Chauncey Group International, 1999-2002.
Consultant University Georgia, 2004-2005.
(It is like no other book about Chicago's past and present...)
(A nostalgic look at Chicago during the 1950s,with chapter...)
(Chicago's North Michigan Avenue, also known throughout th...)
Director resource development Rogers Pk./West Ridge History Society, 2001—2003. Researcher Stevenson for Senator, Chicago, 1970. Member American Association Higher Education, American History Association, Organization American Historians, Chicago History Society, Phi Delta Kappa (research vice president Northwestern chapter 1980).
Married Frieda Anschel, May 25, 1969. 1 child, Jennifer Laura.