Friends of Obama–1995 (Updated with time table)
September 4, 2008 by Procrustes
Patricia Albjerg Graham, $250, 12/26/1995. In 1999, then president of the Spencer Foundation, Graham contributed $1000 to Obama for Congress 2000.
Graham, then of Cambridge, Mass., and the former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, served on the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Graham has been a director of the Apache Corporation since 2002.
Craig A. Griffith, $200, 12/12/1995. Griffith, a partner and practices banking and finance law with the Sidley Austin law firm, contributed $500 to Obama for Congress 2000, $3900 to Obama for Illinois 2002-2004, and $3800 to Obama’s presidential campaign.
Ferial Hamid, $500, 12/22/1995. Hamid, who resided in Hong Kong in 1995, contributed $2300 to Obama’s presidential campaign. Ferial A. Hamid, the wife of Walid Hamid, senior vice president of Pepsico, now resides in New York.
“As a freshman [at Occidental College in San Francisco, Obama] quickly became friends with Mohammed Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, two wealthy Pakistanis. [...]
In 1981, Obama transferred from Occidental to Columbia. In between, he traveled to Pakistan – a trip that enhanced his foreign policy qualifications, he maintained in a private speech at a San Francisco fundraiser [in April 2008]. Obama spent “about three weeks” in Pakistan, traveling with Hamid and staying in Karachi with Chandoo’s family, said Bill Burton, Obama’s press secretary.”
Juana J. Harper, $150, 12/13/1995. In 2002, Harper was appointed Deputy Director, Bureau of Safety and Security, Chicago Public Schools.
Toya D. Horn [Howard], $150, 12/11/1995. In 1999, Howard contributed $1000 to Obama for Congress 2000, in addition to $3700 2002-2004 to Obama for Illinois and $2300 towards Obama’s presidential campaign.
In August 1998, Horn married and became Toya Horn Howard. A graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Washington in Seattle, she was then an account executive for multifamily housing at Fannie Mae. When Obama was sworn into the U.S. Senate in 2005, Howard was described as a long-time supporter.
Linzey D. Jones, $300, 12/12/1995; $50, 12/29/1995.
Jones is a partner in the Chicago law firm Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt, specializing in labor and employment law for businesses and public agencies. “Jones is Mayor of the Village of Olympia Fields, Illinois, a Member of the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, a Member of the National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc., and past President of the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association.”
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Around $ 150 million was doled out by the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Most went to activist groups and ‘charities’ in the geographic area where Obama first entered politics. How much of this money (intended for the benefit of Chicago school children), went to political supporters of Obama, and how much went to supporters of the agenda of Ayers? Individuals identified on the tax returns for the CAC and information on charities available through GuideStar would surely come up with quite a few matches when correlated with lists of the campaign contributors of Obama. I hope you are able to post those lists of contributors.
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