How It All Started
Whatever Happened To?
After graduating from the University of Illinois, Grace worked as an advertising copywriter, editor and media buyer for five years before becoming a stay at home mom. Grace met her husband, Len, while attending college. Len is a retired trial lawyer. Grace and Len have three children -- Steve, Jenny and Liz. Steve practices law. Jenny is in environmental science and sociology, and Liz teaches architecture at the University of Kentucky. Liz and her husband oversee a group of students in New Orleans who are studying the Gulf Coast issues. Grace and Len will become grandparents for the first time in July of 2007. Grace spent many years in volunteer work in her community. One of her most rewarding experiences was serving as a trustee for the Glen Ellyn Public Library and the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation in the 90's. The Board passed a referendum and built a beautiful new library. Grace attributes her time spent at Kelvyn to laying the foundation for her to become involvement in community affairs later in life. Because Kelvyn was such a small school, Grace had the opportunity to participate in many different activities. She said, "That's the beauty of a small school." Best of all, Grace remembers the kind, caring and fun people at Kelvyn. Grace believes they shaped her future, and for that she is grateful. Of her days at Kelvyn she said, "What happy days!" She now spends her time as a Chicago Architectural Foundation docent giving tours of skyscrapers and Millennium Park. She likes to golf and work in her garden in the summer months. Grace and her husband, Len, also enjoy birding and travel.
