Board of Directors

In Memoriam:
Art Sussman

Art Sussman served three years on the Chicago Dramatists Board of Directors and was respected by the board and staff for his quiet and well-informed counsel. It is with great sorrow that we announce  his passing.

Sussman was general counsel and vice president of administration at Argonne National Laboratory at the University of Chicago for over 20 years. Prior to working at University of Chicago, he was a partner in the Chicago law firm of Jenner & Block and served as legal counsel for Southern Illinois University. He also worked for the New York law firm of Cahill-Gordon.

A cherished husband, father, grandfather and brother, Sussman was also a vibrant citizen of Chicago. He shared his talents with many of the city’s academic, cultural, and philanthropic communities. Sussman served as vice president at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for 10 years. He also served as general counsel and vice president at UChicago, chairman of the Illinois Humanities Council, board chairman for the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, and on our board here at Chicago Dramatists.

Sussman is survived by his wife Rita, son Eric and daughter-in-law Carrie, daughter Johanna Ilfeld and son-in-law Jeff Ilfeld, brother Edward, and six grandchildren.

DISTINGUISHED EMERITUS BOARD

Sandra Blau

Michael J. Keating

Ellen Krasnow

Dianne S. Rossell

ARTISTIC ADVISORY BOARD

Susan V. Booth

Dean Corrin

Michael Cullen

Steven Dietz

Ann Filmer

Gary Garrison

Arthur Kopit

Douglas Post

Rondi Reed

Bruce Sagan

Steve Scott

Dana Singer

Chuck Smith

Edward Sobel

Michele Volansky