CHICAGO
(AP) — Richard M. Daley is taking the advice of the old
adage, if you can't do, teach. Days after Daley's 22-year tenure as mayor of
Chicago ended, he was at the University of Chicago on Tuesday to announce he's
joining the Harris School of Public Policy Studies as a distinguished senior
fellow. Daley won't be grading papers, but the dean of the
school made it clear that the longest serving mayor in Chicago history will be
teaching students what he knows about cities, offering a perspective they can't
get from tweedy academics. "We see the appointment of Mayor Daley as a
crucial component that rounds off what we do in terms of cities," said the
school's dean, Colm O'Muircheartaigh. "It brings to us an element of policy
implementation and practice, which is not something that we have naturally
within our faculty but which is essential for a true understanding of what's
going on." In other words, book learnin' is one thing, the
real world is another. As a fellow, Daley will coordinate 10 guest
lectures a year for five years, beginning in the fall, and will also lead the
discussions with the guests, said O'Muircheartaigh. "I hope to prepare the next generation of
policy makers and other future leaders," Daley said of his new job, which
is the first he's announced he accepted since Rahm Emanuel was sworn in as
mayor earlier this month. O'Muircheartaigh joked that he expected the
students to provide Daley with as much aggravation as the City Council did over
the years. Daley, who often chafed when grilled by reporters about the costs of
city projects, got a refreshing glimpse at how campus life is different when
the subject of his new salary was broached. "At the University of Chicago we don't discuss
pay for anybody and we're not going to break this rule in the case of the
mayor," said the dean, whose private university version of 'no comment'
prompted Daley to smile broadly. Daley, who announced in the fall that he would not
seek a seventh term, was gracious when asked about Emanuel, though he suggested
he's not quite used to being the former mayor yet. "Of course, anybody would miss the job,"
he said. "But life goes on."
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Former Chicago Mayor Daley accepts university post
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