Michael Ebner

Michael H. Ebner (Grad ’66, ’74) is the recent recipient of the Chicago History Museum’s J. Young Scammon Award for Exemplary Service. A museum trustee for 30 years, he has served on three presidential search committees and is the founder of the Chicago Urban History Seminar, sponsored by the museum since 1984. Ebner is the James D. Vail III professor of American history, emeritus, at Lake Forest College where he taught from 1974 until 2007 and served as senior adviser to the president. He previously taught at Herbert H. Lehman College and The City College, campuses of City University of New York.