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The Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum
The Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum has become a key international gathering for discussion of innovative ideas about the future of our cities. At its annual meetings, mayors from around the world, business leaders, key policy-makers, leading scholars, and commentators assemble for private working sessions and public discussions of the most important urban issues and most promising solutions.
The Forum is named for Richard J. Daley, who served as mayor of Chicago from 1955 until his death in 1976, and was a major figure in American national politics throughout his career. At the center of interest for the Forum are the issues that concerned him during his life and that concern urban policy-makers and scholars today.
The activities of the Forum are linked to the Richard J. and Eleanor Daley Archive at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library, which houses the papers and memorabilia of the mayor.