LifePath Entry
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Looking Back
- Born
- Moved to Jakarta
- Lived in Indonesia
- Returned to Hawaii
- Lived with maternal grandparents
- At Punahou School, began high school studies
- Graduated from Punahou School
- Began studies at Occidental College
- After living with maternal grandparents, moved to college
- Attended Occidental College
- Began studies at Columbia University
- Graduated Columbia University with BA in Political Science
- A Community Organizer, Harlem
- A Writer/Financial Analyst, Business International Corp
- Director of the Developing Communities Project
- Accepted to Harvard Law School
- First visit to Kenya, the homeland of his father
- Met Michelle Robinson while working in Chicago
- Attended Harvard Law
- An Associate at Hopkins and Sutter in Chicago
- Elected President of the Harvard Law Review
- Graduated Harvard Law Magna Cum Laude
- Ran Project Vote in Illinois, Registering 150,000 New Voters
- Married Michelle Robinson
- Received Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40” Award
- Joined Miner, Barnhill and Galland
- Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago
- Received Monarch Award for Outstanding Public Service
- Received Legal Eagle Award for Litigation
- Dreams From My Father Originally Published
- Made Partner at Miner, Barnhill and Galland
- Elected to the Illinois State Senate
- Received Best Freshman Legislator Award
- Passed sweeping government reform measures in
- Received Outstanding Legislator Awards
- Served as an Illinois State Senator
- Daughter Malia was born
- Ran for the U.S. House of Representatives
- Daughter Sasha was born
- Spoke in opposition to the invasion of Iraq
- Passed legislation to expand health care to 154,000 Illinoisans
- Passed an important ban on racial profiling
- Passed a near-unanimous death penalty overhaul package
- Keynote Speaker at the Democratic National Convention
- Elected to the United States Senate
- Went to Russia with Sen. Lugar, probed risk of unsecure weapons
- Dedicated Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield
- Sworn in as a United States Senator
- Met Dalai Lama
- Received Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
- Visited Iraq to talk with troops and observe situation
- Travelled to South Africa and Kenya
- Audacity of Hope published
- The Audacity of Hope stays on the NYT Bestseller list 29 weeks
- Announced Candidacy for the Presidency of the United States
- To Serve as President of the United States
Looking Forward
Passed sweeping government reform measures in
1998
Known as the Illinois Gift Bill, the law was labeled by the Chicago Tribune as "the most sweeping good-government legislation in decades."
