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Article: Chicago Urban League president steps down
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- Miami Times
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- November 15, 2005
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Miami Times
11-15-2005
Citing a desire to travel and perhaps "do some writing," James W. Compton,
president & CEO, and a member of the board of directors of the Chicago
Urban League since 1978, has announced his retirement effective in
mid-2006.
"I just thought it was time to step down after almost 33 years, having
first served as executive director from 1972 to 1978. I leave the
organization in capable hands, including a stellar board of directors, to
continue moving the organization forward," says Compton. Before heading the
Chicago Urban League he was executive director of the Broome County Urban
League in Binghampton, New York.
Thomas M. Patrick, chairman of the Chicago Urban League and ...