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Welcome
Class of 1950s
As we celebrate our 150 years of education and research, patient care, and service to our community, we also celebrate you as an integral part of ICO's legacy.
Remember the Year:
1954
President:
Cost of Gas:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
$0.29 per gallon
Billboard Year-End #1 Single:
"Little Things Mean a Lot”, Kitty Kallen
Chicago's Talk of the Town:
Chess Records founded (1950)
One Prudential Plaza, the first skyscraper to be built since the great depression, completed (1955)
Richard J. Daley elected mayor (1955)
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