Every year, the Harris School welcomes an exciting group of scholars and practitioners as visiting faculty from across campus and around Chicago, the nation, and the world. These visitors enable the School to offer courses in a wide range of areas that complement those of the faculty. In addition to those profiled in this issue, during 2002-2003, the Harris School faculty was joined by the following University faculty, researchers, and visitors: Donald Bogue, Kathleen Cagney, Dr. Marshall Chin, Sean Durkin, Robert Goerge, Sydney Hans, Rowan Miranda, Kenneth Rasinski, and Lisa Rosen.

Daniel Diermeier, IBM Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, was also a visiting faculty member, as were the following distinguished Chicago policy professionals: Jack Bierig, Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP; Richard Sewell, Senior Vice President, United Way Chicago; and Paula Wolff, Senior Executive, Chicago Metropolis 2020. In addition, Jonathan Katz, CEO of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), and Michael Rushton, Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, taught a course for the Cultural Policy Center. Katherine Baicker, assistant professor at Dartmouth College’s Department of Economics, joined the faculty for the spring quarter to teach a course on social welfare programs. Finally, Ronald Meyers, who recently received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University, was a visitor for the entire academic year teaching courses on ethics and environmental policy.

David Wilhelm
President, Wilhelm/Conlon Group David Wilhelm, a Lecturer at the Harris School for the 2003 spring quarter, is the president of the Wilhelm/Conlon Group, a firm that has launched companies specializing in public affairs, venture capital, and financial consulting for corporate and governmental clients since its inception in 1998. Wilhelm’s career is notable for a series of firsts: he is the founder of the nation’s first New Markets Venture Capital Company, Adena Ventures, which focuses on investment opportunities in central Appalachia; he was the campaign chair and transition director for Rod Blagojevich, the first Democrat to win the Illinois governor’s office in 30 years; he was the national manager of the Clinton/Gore campaign in 1992; and was subsequently named the chair of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the youngest person ever to serve in that capacity. Wilhelm directed the 1989 and 1991 campaigns of Mayor Richard M. Daley, as well as the 1984 upset bid of Senator Paul Simon. His political credits also include serving as the chief architect of the post-convention bus trip across the heartland during the 1992 Clinton campaign, and, as chair of the DNC, selecting Chicago as the site of the 1996 Democratic National Convention. Today, he is working to raise capital for Hopewell Ventures, a private equity company dedicated to making investments in companies with high growth potential in the Midwest. Wilhelm is a graduate of Ohio University and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the recipient of and honorary doctorate from Ohio University, for which he serves as chair of its national alumni association.

Wilhelm is teaching Political and Campaign Strategy.

Laurent Fabius
Former Prime Minister of France and Former President of the French National Assembly Laurent Fabius is a Senior Visiting Lecturer for the spring quarter 2003. He brings vast experience as a leader in the French government, including serving as the Prime Minister of France (July 1984–March 1986), the President of the French National Assembly (1988–1992 and January 1997–March 2000), the Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industry (April 2002– May 2002), the Minister of the Industry of Research (March 1983–July 1984), the President of the Socialist Delegation of the French National Assembly (1995–1997), and as a European Parliament Member (1989–1992). M. Fabius currently serves as a Member of the French Parliament from the Seine-Maritime, as First Assistant to the Mayor of Grand-Quevilly, and as a member of the French Socialist Party’s Steering Committee. A graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, M. Fabius is the author of four books:

• La France Inégale (France’s Inequalities), Edition Hachette, 1974
• Le Coeur du Futur (The Heart of the Future), Edition Hachette, 1985
• C’est en allant vers la mer (By Going Toward the Sea), Editions du Seuil, 1990
• Les Blessures de la Vérité (The Wounds of Truth), Editions Flammarion, 1995

His most recent publications include:

• “L’Etat au 21ème siècle” (“The State in the 21st Century”) published in Académie des Sciences
• Morales et Politiques
• “L’Europe du Future” (“Europe of the Future”) published in Revue Commentaire
• “Les Chantiers de la Gauche Moderne” (“Worksites of the Modern Left”) published in Note de la Fondation Jean-Jaurès (Editions Plon)
• “Vers la VIème République”(“Toward the Sixth Republic”) published in Revue de Droit Public

M. Fabius is teaching The European Union: Its Institutions, Its Challenges, Its Future.