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WHEREAS, Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg, esteemed Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Chicago, social psychologist, and the former host of WGN Radio's thought-provoking "Extension 720," a talk show and forum of ideas he conceived in 1973, passed away at the University of Chicago Hospital on January 9, 2018; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg, the son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, was born in New York City and educated at Brooklyn College and the University of Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg attained a doctorate in psychology at the University of Michigan where he met his future wife, Marjorie Anne King; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg began his academic career as an Instructor in Psychology at the University of Michigan; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg taught at Yale University (1954-1961), Ohio State University (1961-1963), Dartmouth College (1963-1965) and at the Naval War College before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, During his tenure at the University of Chicago, Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg served as Director of the Doctoral Program in Social and Organizational Psychology; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg was the author, co-author and editor of many scholarly books including "Attitude Organization and Change; Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy; Beyond Conflict and Containment: Critical Studies of Military and Foreign Policy and Vietnam and the Silent Majority; and
WHEREAS, in 1973 Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg began an uninterrupted thirty-nine year tenure as host of "Extension 720;" and
WHEREAS, The two-hour talk show format aired five days a week unless otherwise preempted by the broadcast of professional sporting events; and
WHEREAS, Each night for thirty-nine years Dr. Milton J. Rosenberg engaged prominent guests from a broad spectrum of human endeavor in lively discussion, includ...
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