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R. Eden Martin

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R. Eden Martin
Born
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Harvard Law School[1]
OccupationLawyer

R. Eden Martin is an American lawyer. Martin was a partner at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP from 1975 to 2004. Martin has served as president of The Commercial Club of Chicago since 1999. He is a member of the boards of directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Nicor Inc., a life trustee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a member of the board of trustees of Northwestern University. He has been an Aon Corporation director since 2002 and serves as chairman of Aon Foundation. He has also served on the boards of the University of Illinois Foundation, the Chicago History Museum, and the Ravinia Festival. Martin is well known as a book collector and donor to libraries [2]

Awards

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Inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2017.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "R. Eden Martin".
  2. ^ "PRESS RELEASE LONDON Russian Literary First Editions and Manuscripts: Highlights from the R. Eden Martin Collection". Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Laureates Inducted in 2017". The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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