The Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago will celebrate the 216th anniversary of the United States Constitution by honoring U. S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens at the annual Bill of Rights in Action Awards Benefit on Wednesday, September 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard.

Each year CRFC presents the Bill of Rights in Action Award to honor those individuals and organizations who, through their professional and community endeavors, provide exemplary models of citizenship for our nation's youth.

"No one could be more deserving of this award than John Paul Stevens," said CRFC Board of Directors Chair Jeffrey D. Colman. "For more than 50 years, as a lawyer, leader of the Bar, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Justice Stevens has tirelessly promoted and defended the precious rights enshrined in our Constitution. It is our great honor to recognize him for a lifetime of devotion to the rights and responsibilities incorporated in our Constitutional guarantees."

Stevens, a native Chicagoan, served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit here for five years before President Gerald R. Ford nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, where he took his seat December 19, 1975. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University School of Law, Justice Stevens served in the Navy during World War II. He is married to Maryan Mulholland and has four children- John Joseph (deceased), Kathryn, Elizabeth Jane, and Susan Roberta.

Non-profit and non-partisan, CRFC has conducted democracy education programs in Chicago and across the country since 1974.

Individual tickets for the Benefit are $75, and contributions are accepted at a variety of levels. Contact Margie Chan at (312)663-9057 or chan@crfc.org .

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