Jun 07, 2012 06:30 PM
The Magnificent Medills McCormick Museum Gold Theatre Free event, no parking fee Join us for a booksigning and lecture by Megan McKinney, an expert on historic Chicago families. Ms. McKinney will discuss her recent book The Magnificent Medills: America's Royal Family of Journalism During a Century of Turbulent Splendor. From Joseph Medill to Robert R. McCormick and Joe Patterson to Cissy and Alicia Patterson, this lecture will explore four generations of the Medil/McCormick/Patterson publishing family. Copies of The Magnificent Medills will be available for purchase at the lecture.Ms. McKinney has written for Town & Country, TV Guide, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. Doors open at 6:30, lecture starts at 7:00Museum Tours will follow the programReservations suggested, please call 630-260-8162 or email register@cantigny.org