Bob Rowley’s Experience
Executive Director, Government and Community Relations
Elmhurst College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2009 — Present (1 year )

Advocate for the College in Chicago, nationally and globally. Also lobby specifically for the college, its students and higher education issues in Springfield and Washington. And help promote the Elmhurst Experience, a contemporary framing of liberal learning that seeks to educate the the whole person for a life in global society--in the tradition of Reinhold and Richerd Niebuhr, who were among our prominent founders.

Independent Writer, Editor, Speaker, Teacher
journalism and communications work
(Newspapers industry)

April 2009 — August 2009 (5 months)

Wrote opinion pieces, lectured on journalism, did radio commentary.

National Editor
Chicago Tribune
(Public Company; TRB; Newspapers industry)

2002 — 2009 (7 years )

Managed a staff of correspondents in bureaus around the nation and in the DC bureau, as well as source/copy editors in Chicago, preparing the daily and Sunday national reports and covering and analysing national news, cultural trends, politics, disasters, economics, projects, and national presidential elecitons--including the rise and election of Barack Obama.

Narional Editor, Editorial Board, Correspondent
Chicago Tribune Media Group
(Newspapers industry)

1979 — 2009 (30 years )

D.C., National, & Foreign correspondent, & Editorial writer
Chicago Tribune
(Public Company; TRB; Newspapers industry)

1979 — 2002 (23 years )

Served as White House and Pentagon Correspondent based in Washington, D.C. (1982-85), National Correspondent based in Dallas (1985-86), Latin America Correspondent based in Mexico City (1986-89), Canada Correspondent and roving foreign correspondent to world hotspots, based in Toronto (1989-94), Middle East Correspndent based in Jerusalem and Cairo (1994-98), Editorial Writer for foreign affairs and national security issues, based in Chicago (1998-2002).

Newswriter
WIND Radio
(Broadcast Media industry)

1979 — 1979 (less than a year)

Write morning drive newscasts for Chicago's popular AM talk-radio station.

Assistant City Editor, Broadcast editor, beat reporter and rewrite
City News Bureau of Chicago
(Newspapers industry)

August 1976 — March 1979 (2 years 8 months)

Served as Assistant City Editor, Broadcast Editor, State of Illinois beat reporter, Rewrite Desk editor, and a reporter covering general assignment stories, politics, government, and crime at the legendary bootcamp of "Front Page" fame for young journalists in Chicago.


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Bob Rowley’s Education
Harvard University
Arabic language 1994 — 1994


Activities and Societies: Studied Arabic for a summer before Middle East assignment.

I have also studied Spanish, French, and Arabic with tutors while based in Mexico City, Toronto, and Jerusalem.
Northwestern University
Newswriting and fiction writing courses 1977 — 1978


Activities and Societies: Non degree professional training.
Harvard University
Honors BA , English and American Literature and French Language , 1972 — 1976



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Additional Information
Bob Rowley’s Websites:
My Company
Bob Rowley’s Interests:
Higher Education, foreign affairs, politics, traveling, photography, skiing.

Bob Rowley’s Groups:
Overseas Press Club
Harvard Club of Chicago
National Press Club
Society of Professional Journalists
Belmont Hill School alumni

Belmont Hill Alumni
Harvard University Alumni
Tribune Alumni Network (TAN)
Newspaper Professionals Network
The Overseas Press Club of America
Bob Rowley’s Honors:
2005 Templeton Prize for Religion Story of the Year, for a Tribune series on the struggle for the soul of Islam. My part was a piece on a young Hamas suicide bomber with a bright future who chose hatred and death, revealing a transformation of Gaza into a breeding ground for terror against Israel.

1996 Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and 1996 Overseas Press Club’s Madeline Dane Ross Award for the best foreign reporting showing a concern for the human condition, for a Tribune’s series, “Gambling with Life,” on why people have children they can’t afford to raise. My part was about a family in Gaza who raised their kids to be ‘martyrs’ against Israel. This series also won the 1996 Peter Lisagor Award from the Headline Club, Chicago Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

1991, 1996 and 1998 - Tribune in-house Edward Scott Beck Award for foreign reporting.

1986 National Semifinalist in the Journalist-In-Space Project to be the first reporter in space.